Another thought: we have no control over what someone else does, it's hard enough controlling our own selves.......
As someone who struggles with depression, I know that when you're hammered by such an emotional event, it has an effect on your whole being, which includes real-time changes to your neurotransmitters...
Without knowing you, other than what you've shared here, I'd agree with the others that counseling AND medication are recommended. In fact, counseling is really most helpful when you're brain...
Absolutely don't take it till you've seen a cardiologist! The risk is for "QT Elongation(Prolongation?)",whatever that is, a possibly fatal event. She didn't read her PDR very carefully that's for...
One year on... Status, having RF Ablation Dec 3rd: This morning I reread all the posts since I started this thread last year and it was good to give me perspective via reviewing my own comments and...
:cool: Hello Jay. You're welcome. Ah, rat poison -- I had terrible time with it (bleeding eye, bruising, never able to keep levels right, and thank God I stopped it. As for the ablation, do you know...
Thanks for the post Jay. In my experience with PAF the last 10 years I'd say that stress and fatigue are definitely factors. Before Sotalol a common sequence would be I come home from a stressful...
:idea: [Status-Follow-up] -- Sotalol update: It's 2 months on 80mg morning and night and I'm doing great. Not even close to any rhythm changes in situations where normally I'd feel something not...
Thanks for sharing your story. I think your 'mind-over-matter' approach, holistic health etc is a superb approach. However, knowing what I know at my own place on the journey(seems like a few years...
Hi GonFishn...love your user name btw. Thanks for adding this. Your description of your experience is so like mine, except my metaphor describing the PAF epidodes has been 'fish in chest' rather than...
Report on how it went with the Sotalol start up: Well, it was rather uneventful and I had very little noticeable response to the Sotalol other than fatique. They must have taken a dozen or more EKGs...
PS to STKITT: About pacemaker. My present Doc didn't put that on the list, he said for my profile it's way down the road, if at all. I will ask him though when I'm admitted on Tuesday.tnx. "OO"...
Great to hear from you Wotan (aka Robert) :} : The blockers I tried in the past were Toprol and another one in the same class I don't remember. Also used Diltiazem, a calcium channel blocker. They...
Appreciate the responses, sorry I've been off line mostly. Paroxysmal AFib is the kind that comes and goes. Before I started the atrial fibrillation episodes, and before the Amiodarone, the pattern...
Hi all. I'm normally over in Chronic Pain or Depression, though not active there last few months. I've been looking on the internet for anyone who's had the in-patient (3 days) start to take Sotalol...
Thanks Skeye. Years ago I had Sacral Cranial therapy from a wonderful chiropractor (who also used microcurrent accupuncture). It was a couple years into my cp for the bad lumbar fusion and he wanted...
Thanks, Dani! No, I've not tried that but will look into it. Thanks!...
Hi PAlady: Thanks for the info. Sounds like you and I share alot of the same symptoms -- misery loves company I guess :D. I started the Cymbalta at 60 mg for chronic depressive disorder (which I had...
Hi Susie & Dani -- as always, this board is such a welcoming caring place -thanks for your kind thoughts. I've decided to give it a try . The testimonials I read (presuming their not fictional)...
{{{{{{Mystic_Duck}}}}}: You poor dear! I mean it, so young and dealing with such a cluster of symptoms. My heart goes out to you; but by coming here I think you're being smart. You also seem to...
Hello all: I've not been here in a long while but am glad to see it's still active and well used in supporting each other. I think this is maybe the best such board on the web, and I really...
I've been on Cymbalta (with wonderful results) for almost a year. Makes me hyper (bouncing knee syndrome :smilewinkgrin: ). Take it in AM after breakfast. If I happen to forget and take it after 12...
Hello all. I've been away quite awhile but checked in to see this topic so wanted to add my nickel as the topic is close to my heart. As I understand it, the Chinese model is holistic. It sees the...
Oh yeah...Cymbalta with too much Choline combo did it for me. Stopped the choline and at least the dreams are not violent,etc. Now they're just dramatic and busy. Turns out the choline has similar...
Wonderful stuff here! As a former mental health professional I strongly agree with what you said (PALady) about the misuse of Kubler Ross's (KR)paradigm. From my own work with sexually abused...
Ruth, appreciate your starting this thread, following PAlady's thoughts to start something on 'acceptance'.I will share my own ideas and experiences here, but cannot tonight, the sciatica's winning...
Hi Starbrite. We've not 'met' as I'm new here and until a few days ago only a lurker. Sounds like you might want to call the Doc who discharged you from hosp. or, whoever you're using as primary doc;...
Hi MrT and welcome to the forum I'm wondering what type of doctors these are, family Doctor? It would seem that a psychiatrist would surely know how to manage the use of your meds. Good luck and hang...
Welcome to the forum and sorry to hear of your difficulty. Without knowing about your specifics, I'd say first step would be to call whoever prescribed the Effexor and tell them about this. Please do...
Big Daddy -- my heart goes out to you. I agree that you really need to take care of yourself during this. In doing so you indirectly will help the kids, no matter which way things go. They know...
This thread is very meaningful and brings out an aspect of depression(other chronic conditions) to which those inside of it most quickly lose sight -- that the 'designated patient' and the partner...
Wow I know where you're at...just moved (after having house on the market forever,3+yrs) so know what a stress that whole thing is. My sympathies... Have you ever done any Yoga, progressive...
Hazelb -- Oh...I feel for you. It's not like the pain etc is bad enough -- you have to tolerate that garbage from the medical staff! Words come to mind but they'd be purged....hang in there, this too...
Cyborg: (Sorta answering both your topics in one here..) I'm using the Tramadol (for maybe 8 years) and found that after the first few years (with some relief) i had to up it to. Took max allowed 6-8...
Thanks Hazelb, I did visit your blog. I think it's a great idea, as the IC is so unheard of. While I can't relate (of course) to much of it, the process and feelings associated with the IC are as...
Hazelb: I think you found out already, but personal blog (that are not commercial in nature) I think are fine. The Canadian pharmacy needs an Rx and it takes longer to get it (manufactured in India,...
Hazelb: dribble away...I'm sure I speak for others when I say -- 'it's good for what ails ya(venting here that is). And, as for TV --- totally agree. I got HBO and find that sometimes they have their...
Right on! Write on! Love this thread and tnx Gramps...
Yes, I keep a journal, but not for my Dr or anyone, just as a release valve. Funny, but I just posted something from my journal here in this forum, fwiw. A bunch more is in my blog, but it's been...
Been a bad 6 months. So much so that I couldn't even type here. Started Cymbalta and am starting to see over the lid of abyss. Also Started journalling again as part of this latest stab at surviving,...
amen, amen and more amens to all that. Been there and didn't start on the road to regaining some modicum of control until I found a Dr who HIMSELF had had a spinal fusion, with complications. HE...
It took my cymbalta 2 months to fully work -- but makes a WORLD of difference. The side effects are weird but beat the hell out of the depression (strange dreams, twitching, nervousness). Some people...
Welcome xtx! You made a good first step to reach out and post here. I think that the advice of our moderators is right on -- don't put it off, make the call. Take care. OO...