To bring this conversation to a close - an update: I had a Nissen on December 1st. After a few days I felt pretty recovered except for I kept my food very soft. Two weeks later I am still avoiding...
I'm the other way around... Everything was becoming so overwhelming that I decided to let some of the issues go for the time being - bad back, neck, ankles - all of the musco-skelletal issues....
Boom! Surgery coming either later next month or December!...
I have my initial consultation with the fundo doc tomorrow... any recommendations for questions I need to ask? I plan to ask: Recovery time Recovery diet Laproscopic procedure? How many has he done...
Over the weekend became very apparent that the Lamictal is working - or something else changed/cycled/whatevered - I do not feel wound up - I do not feel pressed down. I feel... even and good. Is...
The support group was of little help... there were only three others there and they were all related. It seemed more of a ____measuring contest to see who was worse and a discussion about how bipolar...
Up to 75 mg Lamictal... can't tell if it's my imagination or that I really am starting to feel somewhat evened out. However they are not treating my OCD really at all right now - the spirals in my...
I'm new to the world of bipolar... not new to the symptoms and cycles - but new to the diagnosis and cause of many of my issues. I refuse to let this run my life. I accept that my career is in...
Fatigue - You bet! I had been to a host of specialists trying to diagnose a source of my fatigue... by diagnosis of exclusion - all that left is the mental health....
I walked-in to the docs office. They cut my Zoloft in half....
Still no change with the Lamictal - I just stepped up to 50 mg. Each week 25 mg more. I understand from a lot of online research that this drug kicks in all at once for many people after reaching a...
lamictal...
Thanks. They are starting me on lamisomething. If I am responding positively then they will consider that diagnostic. Not sure career impacts at that point....
Didn't provide any figures. I didn't ask for a copy of the report....
Saw the doc last week. Results showed that I have enough strength to support getting cut! I see the surgeon for a consult in a couple of weeks. The GI doc believes I am an ideal candidate for...
Sorry - stayed off the 'net for a long weekend! Appt went as expected: OCD (primarily obsessive/ruminatative), bipolar and PTSD. She did ask for me to wait until she could confer with the...
doc called in sick. I swear it's all sitting on a report somewhere and it doesn't take a doctor to read it outloud. Atleast they didn't cancel my Friday appointment. I honestly do not know how I'm...
Was able to move up results from friday to tomorrow morning... well, my appointment, at least, hopefully the results will be ready!...
No matter the excuse: Abuse is abuse. It took my wife a lifetime of abuse to realize how abusive her mother was... it took when she started saying things about our children. They are now no contact....
Thanks Pink! I get the official results on thurs. next week. The nurse said only the doc could tell for sure after he reviews all of the pressures - but thought most likely he would recommend...
I am off to get my next round of manometry in a few minutes. The nurse called and left a message that biopsies from the scope returned and I still have esophagitis and gastritis. She emphasized twice...
cilly - that makes the last two threads I've started looking for support/help about someone else....
Ugh. Had a full psych eval on friday the 26th. I was expecting to FINALLY receive an official diagnosis and have a little clarity on how the Army would be proceeding with me. BBUUTT I will not be...
Which meds? What effects made them your horror drugs? Keep up the good fight - you manage your own care and health... the docs are only your assistants....
Those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind....
Sexually cranked?! Maybe for some (like me) - but not after the meds kick in! I was extremely nervouse about what I called "coming out of the crazy-closet" at my work. I am an Army officer. I...
Thanks - I suppose these muscles are like any others - if you don't use them, they get weak! It takes no effort for materials to pass my wide-open LES - gravity can do it all. I wouldn't get very...
Thanks Happy Turtle - sounds like you've had a rough time. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my questions. Looks like my original group of questions, specifically for bipolar/OCD were lost...
Thanks Pink I had my scopings yesterday. Everything on the back-end looked fine. Some biopsies were taken as well. On the Endoscopy the doc observed that most of the damage that was demonstrated by...
I'm really disappointed I am getting NO response to this thread. I want... NEED... to know from men: Which drugs caused sexual issues for you? Which drugs did not? What medications did the doc try to...
Curious if there are any other members of the board that have been diagnosed bipolar comorbid with OCD or another anxiety disorder. What are your symptoms? Do you experience more manias, depressions...
Thanks diaba. I wish I could see the full data (I am a data scientist for the Army)... 10 bucks says that while I spent very low time with at or below 4 - I spent a lot of time very close to 4....
Andy and Pink - Thanks for checking in on me! I just saw the new GI on Friday. Very glad that I fired the old one! This doc seems like a champ in comparison. He actually took the time to have a...
Has anyone had experience with their meds or mental condition making their penis feel almost numb making "complete" intercourse near impossible? I'm not having erectile problems - just a lack of...
Thanks, Anonymous - I already have a very small business. It's really just a hobby that initially neighbors/friends/family were excited about and willing to pay for - not I have a loyal following in...
Wow, which forum to place my introduction in...? I went with bipolar since this seems to be the best representation of the chaos in my head! This is lengthy - if you are in a hurry only read the...
Hello - I still owe an introductory message - but first... (and since I have very limited time at the moment) I am wondering what kind of career fields different members of the board work in with...
Thing is - I used to have the dysphagia - until my LES was dilated. There really is no winning. Never tried wither of those. I'm military - they really don't appreciate us going off to other nations...
Yes I can feel it. I also get massive spells of hiccups. But hiccup isn;t the right word. They are somewhere between a hiccup and a dry-heave - often they have a loud screeching sound as I violently...
No....
There is nothing on my sheet that states distal amplitude. The items that are given values on the swallows are (I'm posting averages) LES risidual 1.2 (<15) % failed Chicago Class 100 UES residual...
Also - ph study results Distal - # of episodes 48 time below pH 4 - 1.4% upright 2.1% supine .2% DeMeester score - 6.83 (<14.7) Proximal # 0 Ph 0% 0% 0% Si < 50% impression - study did not...
I received a copy in the mail of the report. Each swallow isn't listed seperate and I don't see an average of DCI. The Finding/Interpretation by the doc: EGJ: Normal Relaxation Mean IRP (1.2 mmHg) is...
Thanks Trotters - I've started a new thread about this issue at: http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=45&m=3163552...
I was expecting to go into the doc yesterday afternoon to be told that surgery was the right course for me. Instead the doc told me that I do not have any acid reflux. This is the same doctor that...
Sorry to be so confusing... Same doc. I was never sent through any sort of screening. He asked about my symptoms the first time we met and put me on... I forget which... later switched to Zoloft. He...
I'm at a total loss. The gi said my motility weak but okay... and that my ph was negative for gerd. This is the same guy that after my endoscope said I was an inflamed mess, dilated a stricture at my...
I met with the psychiatrist today. Shortest appointment ever. That is very frustrating when I sit across from his desk - tell him I am doing awful and he quickly makes a change to my meds and says...
Hey Trotters - After a LONG discussion with the ENDOcrinologist - he said that he believes there is some sort of issue in my endocrine system. He put me in for a bunch of lab work. He specifically...
Yikes. I'm pretty nervous about the next two day's appointments - endo today and then the GI today. I've been doing a lot of research - and from my understanding there are a lot of professionals that...