One thing that helped tremendously with my energy was a high dose of Vitamin D, but then again, my levels were extremely low, so I assume that added to my fatigue. But I still have my days,...
Thanks guys! I guess I will mention it to doc when I am down there and see what he says. Not walking barefoot may help too, if my DH or house guest hadn't ruined my slippers walking outside in them!...
I know it's been like forever since I last posted, but this is a ?Fibro? symptom I've never really experienced before. The bottom of my feet ache when I walk on them; feels almost like walking across...
Just curious if anyone else has experienced jaw pain that causes your jaw (around the joint) to swell, but also have it shoot down into your neck muscles and cause an earache as well? I know I have...
Amy, My baby is now two. I actually remember feeling better during my pregnancy minus the nausea of the first trimester and the fatigue. But as far as my fibro goes, my muscle and joint pain...
Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie....just make the cake, overnight it to me in pieces with directions on how to put it together. Or freeze dry it and send it my way, or at least make me an online cake...... As...
I'm not Deaf, but I do sign fluently and have done some interpreting since I have friends and a nephew that is deaf. I interpreted with another gal for my AmeriCorps grad ceremony in August, because...
I need some motivation. I was down at doc's today for my son, and they asked if I had scheduled the PT they wrote me an RX for yet? Of course I have not, because the few times I have had it, I hurt...
Deb, what is Tegretol? I've never heard of it. I've tried all kinds of things too, amitriptyline, for fibro and depression and it just doesn't work. Other SSRI's make me tired and moody, and have...
What do you do if you feel like crap, but none of the medications work or they have bad side effects? I guess if I was honest with myself, depression has been looming for a while, especially after my...
I'll ask and let you know. I don't know that they actually offer them-think you have to ask. will let you know what he says about it next time I go in. would be awsome if they worked....
I have heard of people getting these to boost their energy levels andhelp fatigue, and was wondering if any of you have had them and if they work. I have been thinking of asking my doc about them but...
wow I didn't know there was a fibro center in bellevue-I'm on the key peninsula so thats not far! i'll have to look into that! aMy...
Hi I currently take topral xl, 25-50 mg 1 a day for tachycardia/irregular beats. I am also nursing but was told that at the low dose I am at, it won't hurt him-benefit outweigh the risk for me to...
I have had to immensly cut back on caffiene, but I never thought of chocolate causing tachy! what a horrible world it would be without chocolate-it is a food group! AMy...
Hi mary-I think it depends on the beta blocker you are taking-I take topral xl an dbecause it is extended realease and not take on demand, it took a few weeks to start working. If they are bothersome...
Hi debimum. If yor chest pain has been dx as costochondritis cardiologists do not treat them, but aprimary care doc or a rheumatoligist would. muscle relaxers sometimes are used to treat it, as well...
I have skipped beats-have had holters and positive tilt table. I have tachycardia-have had ekg's record afib flutter and sinus tach-POTS related as well as misfiring. It causes me to get extremely...
Hi, I've posted in here before with cardiac symptoms that were in the process of being dx in a really bad medical county for those with state insurance. I finally was dx in Omaha while visiting my...
TALK TO YOUR INSTRUCTOR! THey will make accomodations for students with disabilities and CFS is one. they have to. Maybe she/he can extend the deadline and you can have someone help you edit it-do...
well, don't know if this is connected, but I had what they think is a complex partial and an absence seizure, and when I had an mri yesterday, they said my pituitary gland was enlarged which probably...
hello. My eeg has been scheduled for the 16th of february. had an mri today in er as I lost consciousness for a few, and the mri was normal except for my pituitary glad which they said was pretty...
thanks kayakmom, the site was informative. I did get over the infection, but I get infections alot, and thus have a fever (lowgrade) alot, esp following viral meningitis. So sometimes even with...
Hello everyone. Thank you for your replies. Um to answer some questions, I have had a cat scan, but have not had an EEG, MRI, or PET scan (btw, what IS a PET scan?) The blood work they are doing now...
I know this is the epilepsy forum, but there is not a forum for seizures that are not epileptic, so I thought maybe one of you would know something about the other types of seizures. My liscence was...
oh i know-just reporting what i read- and i read up on oschners-info from the web is not extensive-sounds just like a normal hospital from any other town-from some new england town, and it has...
Hey brynn, I read some of that info posted by Jeannie on th efms boarda nd somewhere read that along with what you said about he most prevailent symptom, altough many people ahve both fms and cfs,...
ok. so you have gone to the psycholgist at the school and he/she diagnosed you with anxiety. does he know that you mutilate yourself? knowing that could greatly assist him in treating you. but, if...
Aussieg1rl- you are very brave to be so honest- and baby it's the first step to getting help. please do not look at this as an escape or a relaxation method-trying to get yourself out of the real...
Hi aussiegirl, I'm not from this forum I normally post on fibro, but I caught your post here, so let me see if I can answer your question.....you could categorize it as depression I guess because of...