hello. sorry to hear about your bad experience with your dr. a few monthe ago i had a pain specialist dr. who actually said he couldnt help me and promptly walked out on me. i had only seen him a few...
i am desparate for help. for the past few days i have had SEVERE excess saliva. it was so bad last night that i actually had to stuff my mouth with a wash cloth. it is really interfering with my...
i have been taking amitiza for several months. it has changed my life! i have had absolutely no side effects, not even diarrhea. i have had ibs almost all my life. ive had severe constipation for...
sherrine, thanks for telling us how to give info, one to another, but still maintaining some anonymity. i want to help suzq if at all possible....
you and that i appreciate everything you all did for me. i hope i will stay improved, but if not you will surely hear from me again. i wish for all of you to have less pain, too. ...
hi. im so sorry for all you are going through. i cant imagine how difficult things are. i really dont have anything to add to the previous responses. they gave you some great advice. i just wanted...
hello. ive never tried pristiq so i cant speak about it. ive been bi-polar for about 5 years. ive been on lamictal and seroquel ever since. they work for me very well. ive also just started taking...
susan, i think we should follow sherrine's advice and i will send you the name and number of my dr. that way. if you dont want to do that post back here and i will do it that way. just let me know....
im glad you posted. i think most of us use this site to complain sometimes. dont feel badly about that. i, too have serious fatigue. it drives me crazy when im lying in bed and im thinking about all...
hello, im so sorry about your pain and depression. you are far too young to be suffering like this."not that theres a good age for suffering." i too have heard from many drs. that they could not help...
hi susan, its me again. the one from ky. please let me know if you want the name of my dr. who practices in lexington. i will be glad to give it to you. i have not checked with a moderator, but i...
susan, you and i have so much in common! i, too live in ky. i have had fibro for about 11 years. my daughter left for college last year. just a few years after being dianosed with fibro i could no...
i take zanaflex and have been for a couple of months. i take 2mg, 1 twice a day. i take mine late afternoon and before bedtime. in the beginning i was tol to take 4mg for 1 week then 6mg after that....
hello and welcome. the 1st thing that stood out to me was when you said you couldnt sleep. sleep deprivation is a serious problem and can effect mood. you MUST get sleep. please go to your dr. and...
i feel so badly for you and what you are going through. i agree that if you have any family or friends you could stay with instead of going to a shelter you would be so much better off. you might get...
amen and ditto to the 2 previous posts. i hope you follow their advice. and good luck!...
hello. ive seen you help so many people and now its your turn to receive support. im sorry youve been through so much recently. i wish there were something i could do to help. just know that i am...
hi. im a 49 yr. old mom to a 19 yr. old daughter. i was diagnosed with bi-polar when she was 14. i actually had a psychotic break. i know shes had to deal with alot over the past few yrs. many of the...
it sounds to me like your bi-polar is not under control. you said you are going to a pdr. are you being completely honest with him/her. i think sometimes we seem to appear more in control when we are...
hello. i want you to know how very sorry i am to hear about your beloved pet dying. we have had some pets die that we dearly loved. i know how difficult it is and i will be thinking of you and your...
i was very interested in reading about the use of neurontin for fibro. i tried it several years ago for restless legs syndrome. it did not work. i do not remember what my pain was like then so i dont...
laurie, nice to talk to you. im sorry you have illnesses like those which keep you from ever being able to come off them. i have a few of those too. i guess the best we can do is "keep on keepin'...
hi, uniquelyme! thanks for responding. i totally understand what you said about so many people who are in so much pain will do anything to get rid of the pain, even if that means overmedicating....
thanks white beard, its always nice to get at least 1 response from a post. i really appreciate you taking the time to do so. i am doing so much better. its hard to believe one of my big problems was...
i just started taking wellbutrin a few weeks ago. i also had some other med. changes. its hard to say what exact effect the wellbutrin has had on me but i must say i feel better. my pain level has...
im so sorry for what you are going through and have been going through for quite some time. sometimes the struggle to get a correct diagnosis is over-whelming. you have already been through so much....
i just wanted to say i read your post, obviously. i have never heard of your disorder but i do understand pain. the only similar souding pain that i know of is temporomandibular joint syndrome. what...
hello! i have high cholesterol, too. im on pravastatin and its still somewhat high. i thought mine was just poor diet. we dont eat very healthily because i dont feel like cooking and my husbands...
im sorry the savella didnt work for you. i havent even tried it because of all the possible side effects. i have yet to hear about this med. work for anyone. (that doesnt mean it wont work for some)....
i am so sorry to hear about what happened to your daughter. i winced as i read about it. i have a 19 yr. old daughter and i cant imagine that happening to her. im glad your daughter seems to be...
hi! love your name. i know sometimes when it rains it pours. i had a situation happen a few years ago. our washing machine broke. it flooded our entire downstairs. i was trying to mop up water in the...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif hi. just wanted to let you all know that several weeks ago i was in terrible pain. i thought i was having a bad fibro flare. i also have many other illnesses, so i...
i had my endocrinologist increase my meds. a little, even though my tests said i was normal. ive also had some other med changes so its hard to say whats really happening and why, but i have lost...
does your husband realize that the more pressure he puts on you the more likely you are to have another manic episode. ie.more spending? thats what i think i would try to get him to understand. ive...
thanks Palady and LLPLUV for responding. i have posted in the fibro site and also the bi-polar one. i have so many illnesses that overlap its sometimes difficult to know which room to go to. thanks...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif maybe i should be in the bi-polar space or the fibromyalgia one, but right now im having chronic pain and thats my biggest complaint. at my appt. i was basically...
Jim, thanks for responding. im sorry your wife has fibro. i know that must have some impact on you as well. im on lyrica, but im on so many other things because i have so many other illnesses, im not...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif hi. when i read most of the posts on the chronic pain site, almost everyone has back, neck, knee, shoulder or similar types of pain. are there any of you out there...
skeye, its nice to be able to "speak" to you. im sorry for all you are going through. i must admit i know very little about whats going on with you. my pain problems are not the same as yours.i just...
it definately sounds like it could be a panic attack. ive had many who just happen out of nowhere, as you said. they are so scary and some people even have chest pains and think theyre having heart...
missflip, i cant imagine being in your position. 2 very young children, one of whom has a heart problem. and you also said you have a third. you absolutely have a full plate. im sorry you are not...
personally, i would not wait until sept. especially since your dr.seemed to believe you were in such a bad place. good luck. ill be thinking of you....
i agree completely with Serafena. is there a clinic in your town with no or reduced costs where you could go to get help? do you have a pastor who could offer assistance through the church? our...
hello! it sounds like you had some hard knocks early in life, but it sounds like you have overcome alot. its a shame you were not able to get a diagnosis earlier , so some of your problems could have...
hi. im not sure i can help, but i at least wanted to say i read your post and im sorry for your son-in-laws situation. i wondered if you might have a clinic in your area who at least gives meds at a...
hi and welcome! im fairly new myself, but im on here alot. i have been on lamictal for 5 years. it has been a Godsend for me. i have had to go up on my dosage, but it still works well for me....
hi, missflip. i have bi-polar 2, as well. i have seen my positive happy-go-lucky husband turn into a tired sometimes over-whelmed, quicker to anger person. i almost think mental illness is...
smoochie,sorry its taken me so long to respond. my drs. appt. with thw pain specialist was a disaster, but thats another story. i want to address what you asked me. first of all im so sorry to hear...
hello. ive been taking xanax , just as needed for anxiety and panic attacks. i only took probably 2-3 2mg. bars a week, or less. lately ive been having a really tough time with my bi-polar and...
hi. i cannot imagine being in your position. in our marriage (27 yrs. !) , im the one with bi-polar. i know it wears on my husband. i must not have it as badly as your wife, but i did have a...