Hello: I generally post on the Fibro forum however; this post caught my attention. This injury between the hip and buttock sounds like an injury I sustained in a crash. It turned out to be a facet...
Diet debates; eeeek. I have been on a roller coaster ride w. food and let me see; what have I learned: Apparently inflammation is an enemy so I strive to avoid foods causing inflammation. These...
Whoops; maybe I lost my post. Short version; I want to say thanks for your reply and welcome back, feels like coming home. Have a great day!...
Hi: It's been several years since I've accessed this site but was an active participant in 2005 and thereafter for several years. I have been unable to get a sustainable internet connection for some...
Does lyrica do anything for mood stabilization and or depression?...
My GP brings this up occasionally when she is prescribing my pain meds. I say; you are the doc; tell me what you think I should do. Then she generally just writes my scripts and checks my BP (which I...
I have weaned myself off of a 17 year course of Sertiline. It wasn't helping. I need suggestions as to what I might suggest to my pdoc tomorrow as an alternative. I had the best esult from a course...
I was assessed by my GP via a Barium Enema; then Dx'd w. Diverticular Disease. I had been having some bleeding and have had the pain in my abdomen for many years. Is this the same as Ulcerative...
Does everybody here wake up in excruciating pain? So much so that the first couple of hours, one can barely move. I cannot remember the last time I felt alive without also feeling a lot of pain. I...
Man; that sucks. One who loves so deeply and it is met with rejection. Like the previous contributor; once the other has mentally and emotionally exited the relationship; all the persuing of her will...
Dear Sophie: Only a psychiatric professional can discern whether you have BiPolar disorder, or another mood disorder. So; get an appointment as soon as possible because they do have ways to help,...
Hi Guys: I haven't tried lamictal but once and I only lasted about four days. I broke out in a rash and it scared me right off of the med. My Dr. said he didn't think it was the dangerous rash warned...
I was in the process of writing a rather lengthy reply and I heard a "bing" and zoom went my reply. Not able to take too much time right now, I want to say thank-you to all who have responded and or...
Thank-you Jamie. My haven't they hung a bunch of labels on us, though. We are ordinary people leading difficult lives. Anybody who has this much to deal with would surely get lost a time or two;...
Thank-you Karen for your words of encouragement and forgiveness, I feel like such a "heel" about getting into so much trouble. I knew the grief would eventually hit, but I never imagined it would...
It has been quite some time since I posted. I also post on the Fibro Forum as I am in constant pain when I don't have my meds. However; I have recently been on a course of Cymbalta, then had to...
I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. We have state of the art Medical schools and Teaching Hospitals, however, our trained physicians have been leaving for the US where they can make more money, especially...
Thank-you for your concerns. I will do my best to take it easy until June, lol....
In our part of the world there is a severe shortage of PDocs. So, since I found myself quite depressed, and the effects of the natural 5 HTP waned, I ended up back on Sertilene, after a several...
I personally wasn't able to withstand side effects of Lamictal. However, when my p doc put me on it he took me off all SNRI/SSRI meds (IE., the meds which are supposed to increase serotonin available...
Thank-you Bohemian, for the chuckles. My extra eyel is right in the middle of my forehead. I wish I were joking. Anyhoot; I too, am feeling much better today. Went back on Zoloft after a three month...
Thank-you Green Tea hero. I am again restless and battling demons. Pain is so, so. At least someone out there knows what the combo of chronic pain and Bi Polar can do to a soul. Then add loss, lot's...
Today is a complete inside out of my last post. I awoke 3 AM with a killer migraine, hopelessness, confusion, pain and felt just plain awful. This must be Bi Polar at it's best. This is rapid cycling...
Thank-you. I am doing better, much better today. I have been sleeping better, due to a supplement or two, herbal and natural, which seem to do the trick. Also, one of the supplements is the amino...
Only problem with staying home all day, even if it is super cozy, is it makes me more depressed. Huh? So, although I try to get out every day, bottom line is, I have got to stay out of the stores....
Sorry to hear you're having a rough go. I have been there, fairly recently. Couldn't stand loss of Dad, loss of love interest and the xmas holidays; all hit at one time. Nervous Breakdown. Still...
Sorry; I didn't mean to offend; I was relaying my personal experience when seeing a new Psychiatrist and how meds are prescribed. It scares me to hear that the professionals haven't a sound knowledge...
Thank-you for the chocolate topped w. mustard Ambien scenario; 32 flavors. It gave me a great chuckle which is, not to plagiarize Reader's digest, really, "the best medicine." As for Lamictal, I had...
I want to address Happy Bill's definition of rapid cycling. I always understood and experienced "Rapid Cycling" as occurring at most daily, back and forth and occasionally weekly. Never can I recall...
Tank the Lord for it. You're going to need it, soon. It's a deposit in your sleep bank. Cheers....
Yeah. Meds will help. Gotta balance that out better. Rapid cycling came come as the result of SSRI's. darned if you do, darned if you don't. I live out in the woods, keep to as regular a schedule as...
In Halifax, NS Canada From backwoods Pictou county (Scottish) w. a tad of Welsh in for measure. Five generations for sure, missed only 1:4 of us. That means for everyone born female in our family 3...
Atta boy Bill. We carry all this guilt and baggage around, no wonder we need an arsenal of drugs to get through the day. Thank-you....
GO get yu thyroid checked. I will lay money on the fact that your free Thyroxine is very low and your THS is very high. Run. Don't walk to doc for full thyroid work-up. Been there, burned the shirt....
I have been battling the medication thing since being hit by a truck in 02. Prior to that, yes, I was dx'd as having Fibro, amongst other things, but was managing w. 75mgs. Elavil at bedtime and OTC...
Ditto. I am not interested in any manual adjustments,or needles in my spine. I will see new Doc tomorrow. We'll see how it goes....
Thank-you all; Stargeek; no way am i letting anyone put a needle in my spine. That's so not safe, as far as my experience and stories from friends. Fortunately, my spinal pain has abated but I didn't...
It's a little better today. Now lymph nodes under right arm hurt. Hard to win this war....
For free. I am willing to part w. this spinal 9tailbone) pain. i will deliver anywhere w/i 30,000 miles. Anyone whodoesn't want it (the spinal pain) and knows how best i can rid myself of it; well...
Thank you Jeannie. I have asked him to leave me alone for two weeks or so, so I can get a perspective. Any port in a storm, I think, is what got me tangled up w. him again, as he was on site, and...
Thank you Leilalee. I don't exactly know what is going on with him. He never acknowledged the email when I wrote to tell him. Like I hadn't written it. He just wrote back that we should be "friends"...
Yes Marlee, I am stressing. And yes, I am in the quagmire over this relationship. A big part of me wants to walk, no run away. But another part is in love with this fellow. So, the heart wants what...
Thank-you all so much. Today I have wicked Costochondritis. I was really upset last night as present/recently past, who knows, Partner sounds like he's breaking up w. me since I mentioned the RA. He...
Thanking you kind folks for the welcome. I am not currently on any meds for RA, scared to broach topic w. Doctor as I don't want t be human guinea pig. So, my fibro meds are Tylenol 3, flexeril, and...
Thank-you karen, and all you great folk here on Healing Well. I truly believe I could not have gotten through the past five He--ish years w/o you all. I truly believe that. Thank-you....
Hello all. New here. Dx;d recently w. RA. Was regular contributor to Fibromyalgia Forum, for years. Dx'd w. fibro in 1990, along w. Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, pernicious anemia, endometriotis, and a...
Same issue discussed on Fibromyalgia Forum. I tried Immovane, i don't know if it's available in UA, but it worked well for 2 weeks and stopped working. I used to take amyltriptilene, but it made me...
Ditto. What more can I say. First I can't fall asleep, then when I finally do, at 1, or 2 AM, I sleep maybe 3 hours, wide awake. ready to bake xmas cake for next year. Also, cannot sleep when it's...
Unfortunately,yes, my symptoms fit. Along w. the pain from Fibro, I have joints and spinal pain which I can't tell whether it's from RA, Fibro, or overdoing. I rarely over do, lately, but everything...
As many of you folk know, this past five years have been challenging; to say the least. Locked up w. my aging Dad, in a leaky old, cold farmhouse, getting him transitioned to decent housing (well,...