mscrobar??? thanx for the advice on the potassium. actually got some supplements last week. usually eat one to two bananas a day, but since the holidays, i've been slacking with my diet. i'll ask my...
hi elf, i too agree, there are so many therapist's out there, maybe it's time to move on. i have problems with letting out anger. i tend to hold it in, alot like my dad was. but what to do with it???...
hi david, and welcome to the forum. i haven't posted in awhile, but i was and am very grateful for finding this website. i was diagnosed with polymyositis in nov/09. after a year and half on...
i'm posting with hopes of getting some tools to work with. My mom has recently been put on citalopram? when i looked it up the first thing i saw was bi-polar? she is in her mid 80's. Drank and took...
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HELPFULL THOUGHTS. HAD A PRETTY GOOD DAY WITH MY MOM. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP BUSY, GARDENING, CLEANING, TAKING CARE OF HER DOG, BATHING HIM AND WALKING HIM. MOM IS STARTING TO...
I have not posted in a while. Just been wrapped up in e-mails and facebook. But I've been missing this forum so here i am. My mom has recently gone to her m.d. and told him she thought she was crazy....
HI NEWCOMER, MY son's girlfriend was or maybe still a. I've recently picked up this book about personality disorders. it's called "I have you, don't leave me". very informative. maybe you can get it...
hi all, i'm not new to the forum,just haven't posted in sometime. butttt with alot of prayer, and time away. my mom finally went to her doc, and told him she thought she was goin crazy. well.......
hi all, i'm not new to the forum my name is tryn2getby,,,, went to the drs. today and he changed my med to oxcarbazepine. i was on lamictal, but mouth broke out with sores, so it was not a compatable...
hi sunchaser69,...I do have a very good friend who is taking zoloft and lamical, and she too is having issuses with her wieght. Unfortuantely when we reach the age of 50 and above our bodies do...
hi to all that may be able to help... i am a 54 yr old woman who came down with polymyostis an auto immune disease of the muscels. I had to come to live with my mother, which before diagnosed thought...
* lynn23, also my rhumy told me if you take too much folic acid you just pee it out. so everyone reacts differently. and my folic acid, is not 10mg. it's 1mg. so i just wanted to clarify that. good...
hi Lyn23, i've been on methotrexate for over a year now. I have polymyositis. It' an autoimmune disease of the muscles. At first when i looked up the med, i was shocked about how many pages of side...
firebird227, hi what kind of antidepersant are you on?? if you are having panic attacks at night, maybe you could ask your dr. for xanax or valium, some kind of benzo. The only antidepresant i'm on...
M3lissa hi there, i read your post, and you seem so down, sorry you had such a tuff day. I remember when i was married and had my 2 sons at the time and my huband and i and my sons went to live with...
hi lynn71, thank you for the reply, i am sorry for your current condition, i know it's not how you want your life to be, you can't help it, it's just there. But the difference between you and my...
hi stkitt, thanks for the infor on BPD unless i can get mom to go see a dr. i'm at my wits end. Don't know what to expect from her on a hourly basis. Always walking on eggs. Not knowin how she'll...
/community/emoticons/smurf.gif /community/emoticons/smhair.gif i was so stressed today under alot of pressure with my mom. it was/is a friends bday party today earlier this evening. my mom use to be...
/community/emoticons/cool.gif well i think your side effect was alot more serious than mine. i havent' felt sucidal since my cpk's have been coming down and it looks like i may go into remission...
/community/emoticons/tongue.gif hi all regarding lamictal, i don't know if i ate something that may have rubbed my gums wrong. only on the right side. but today subsided a little bit, but i didn't...
hi to all..... hope everyone is having so far a good week. I started takin the lamital, and i am getting sores is my mouth, so bad woke me out of a sound sleep. it's going on 3 weeks. now and of...
thanx for the reply, i am worried about her, but can not approach the problem. kinda intrusive if you know what i mean, but will call her mom tomorrow, want to get the low down from her. i know for...
hi new comer, i pretty new to this site also. but it was really ironic to read about your condition, since my son is dating a girl who i think has borderline persoality. First we didn't know she was...
Hi all, i've posted before on this site. Thanx to all that replied. I was wondering how do i go about having my mom checked out for early signs of dementia. She is begining to get really combative,...
hi stkitt... thank you so much for your reply.I had a great week, because my mom went to visit my aunt who isn't doing very good. Smoked all her life now can not breathe without oxygen. so sad...
to telll you the truth i can't think of weaning off anything right now because the stress is overwhelming. i'm just trying to wrap my head around my illness and i'll have it forever so what the hell...
/community/emoticons/idea.gif hi your weaning off and my doc has me starting it. I'm on my 10th day and haven't yet gotten any knots out of my stomache. My stress level is off the hook and beginning...
hey didn't know you work at a chemical plant, that makes alot of effects on your condition. but really try and find out about the botox. ya never know!!!!! how about ear plugs some good ones....
hi there migraine man? sorry to hear about your horrors of migraine pain. have you had your heart checked you may have high blood pressure. I also heard that botox helps migraine headaches??????just...
hello just wanted to put my 2 cents in about meds and depression. in my life and adventures with these sort of drugs, it takes time for them to work. i currently am on lamactil. just started 7 days...
hi, just wanted to fill you in about an autoimmune disease that i have that is called polymyosits. One of the many side effects from this rare disorder is chronic fatigue. ask your doctor to run a...
hey mike, have you ever tried working in a resteraunt as a server??? your young, your bored at that bank job. and let me tell you if your in long island i'm sure they're alot of great places to get a...
hi deeps, my name is sue. my dad died of liver cancer if 92. it started in his colon, but he wasn't the type to complain, totally old school.but the cancer got him. well they were able to get the...
hey parz, i understand where your coming from. maybe your worried if you let yourself be happy your setting yourself up for unhappiness.it always seems when we take 5 steps forward, bam something...
/community/emoticons/scool.gif first of all how wonderful your able to travel. My internal thermosate is always hot. I live in a beautiful climate in souther california, but the sun and heat really...
hi meimnotme, first of all i'm not sure if your a chick or a dude. but.....if you are a girl, young lady, woman, i strongly suggest getting your hormones tested. sometime with women our hormone...
hey jen, i can totally relate to your problem. all my life i thought i needed a man to fullfill me. financially, mentally, physically etc. i was a young single mother of 3 children. after a 7 year...
/community/emoticons/idea.gif hi,my nanny had dementia,luckily for all the family she was the sweetest thing ever. Up until she had to go into a facility, she lived on her own and would walk outside...
/community/emoticons/tongue.gif thank you for all that replied to my pity pot last night. got through the night and feeling better today. Thank god. I guess we all get caught up with our own...
well here it is another saturday night, alone, lonely, and depression is at it's highest. Can't really go anywhere, some of my friends are on dart leagues, but at bars,so I want to go,but don't want...
hey realdeal123, didn't mean to freak you out, just life as i know it. I know it is scary not knowing what you've done the night or days before your binge. I've seen it all and it isn't pretty. Hope...
subzermambo /community/emoticons/nono.gif just read your recent post. wow. i have a good friend who works for one of the best cancer rectal colon doctors in my area. we talk alot about her day, and...
/community/emoticons/tongue.gif hey soldier, i see your on alot of pain meds, along with sleep aid, i', wondering about the cq10, what and why is your units so high and how effective is it on your...
hey codename wallaby, yea i have the same problem, i'm on ellavil it's an antidepressant, sleep aid and on xanax. sometimes i'm having conversations outloud in my dreams. crazy,as if the person is...
/community/emoticons/devil.gif hey realdeal, hi my name is susan. I'm sorry to hear about your re-lapse, but that's part of recovery.Or at least that's what i've heard. I've been in and out of aa...
/community/emoticons/cool.gif hey girl thanx for letting me know what's up. Don't sweat the smoking you'll stop when your ready. so glad you took care of yourself and took off and did you today. Do...
/community/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif thanx s.c. getting ready to kitty sit for an hour hope your feeling better and thanx for the reply nice to know that people really do care..have a great...
Hi L. my name is sue and i have polymyositis which is an autoimmune disease of the muscles. I'm on methotrexate and have to take folic acid because the metho depletes my folic acid. Is folic acid and...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif Hey K-A (by the way cool name) my name is sue. i'm new to this forum also, and i too am verbally abused my mom everyday!Actually physically also since i was 5 and...
hey there suffering people with chest pain, never had this, but have you ever tried a muscle relaxing med? Or maybe swimming or yoga???I have a muscle disease and the water is my best friend. just...