Thanks - I'll go look. I didn't know about opioids messing with serotonin. I wonder why my doc wouldn't have thought of that??? Anyway :) thanks...
Thanks but I Am SOOOO Sorry....maybe I could have added some info and saved you a bit of typing :) Still good to read and thank you very much. I've been on SSD for this for 20+ years. My doc thinks I...
Hi Everyone, I was just wondering if anyone here has had their doctors reduce their opioid pain medication yet according to the new Federal Guidelines - which essentially says nobody but cancer...
The other thing that can happen is you can inadvertently try to 'lead' a health professional in one direction or another toward a certain diagnosis by what symptoms you tell him/her about and how you...
I use them all the time. I've got a pillow one with two shiatso-style rollers that go around in place and I use that thing on absolutely everything - feet, arches, calves, achilles, ab muscles, back,...
something to consider if your eyes are esp. dry - Sjogren's disease. I've heard before the people who had FM actually turned out to have this instead. Just a thought. You can read about it here:...
LOL!!!! Oh, Thanks! Too funny! The next time I leave the eggs out of the batter, I will remember I've never drank a cup of fat. And the part about arm flab!!! Just too funny. thanks a bunch for a...
I couldn't use pharmaceuticals for pain the first 5 years or so -everything just made me sicker. Then I got a bad abcess and discovered I could tolerate Vicodin by then. What a change in my life! I...
I finally got so dizzy and was having so much trouble with balance, my doc sent me to an ear, nose, throat guy. They did testing on me (VNG) that I was only able to get 1/2 way through but it proved...
I couldn't get past the first 3 doses. Really set off the autonomic nervous system....
I'm going to answer before I read anyone else's stuff so it doesn't screw up my train of thought. Sorry if repeating :) I have had a complete hysterectomy including both ovaries. I saw an Endo who...
Ha ha ha ha! Too funny, woodanemone! Thanks for sharing that!...
Hi :) Know what you mean about zero-zip energy. Some people on here have mentioned their docs prescribe them adderall. From what they've said on this board, they seem to take it a couple times early...
Oh yeah. I chew the insides of my cheeks sometimes at night, I go through periods where I either wake up ON THE TOILET or I go to sleep in the toilet. If my H is awake, I'll hear this little voice...
that's a great idea, ak angel, to show it to family members. It is so difficult to get people to 'get it.' PS it was originally posted by the admin at the migraine forum I'm on so that's where credit...
We take longer than everybody else on the planet to recover. We also get micro-tears in our muscles so any strain/overuse issue has other abnormal components aside from over-excited...
That's a great idea about the ginko - works well for some people - but please always tell your primary if you want to use any kind of supplements cuz you never know what interactions they may have...
OMGosh. Can we all say been there, done that? I've lived here for over 20 years and I got lost on the way to my eye appt one day. I finally got there, had the appt but when I got the glasses I...
Hi. This is a short but very interesting video on pain and pain cycles and how it can build on itself. http://www.ted.com/talks/elliot_krane_the_mystery_of_chronic_pain.html It also has a transcript...
For what it's worth, I'm like you in that if I do a lick of work, my body thinks it's starving. I always, always get fat in spring and summer :) I think it has to do with how our bodies handle (or...
Hi, I'm so sorry you are having to go through this and welcome to the club. Everyone is right in don't try to work. It's stressful being broke but it's just as or more worrying will I get ssd if I do...
I've also had a number of cysts including one inside my jaw they removed. I also had ovarian cysts which resulted in two surgeries over the course of 30 years. I also have had very cystic breasts my...
Yes, Thank You All sooo much! I agree with mscrowbar, this is the best forum I've found so far. Everyone, all the members too, are really nice and this is exactly what I needed so thanks again. I...
Gabapentin will help with the pain of it. My fingers were so sensitive, it was excrutiating for me to hold my toothbrush before Gabapentin (Neurontin). You have to start it slowly but once you get...
This is a wonderful audio on Migraine but it has information in there all of us with Chronic Pain Conditions could use to hear - she talks about withdrawal from social life due to CPC, depression,...
Yea for you!!! And it has been studied and proven people who take narcotics or other medications for pain are NOT addicted. When the pain is less or gone, we naturally don't take it because we don't...
Yes, Tulips, I get facial pain too every day and I do get that horrible sweep of pain through my jaws with the first bites of things. I also used to get those strange 'pullings' you describe. I could...
I loved my hysterectomy. I got so tired of the ovarian cysts (had first ovary removed when I was 21) bursting and bleeding in there, the periods from hell, all the hormone treatments that never...
I agree again, Deb. When I found all this out and started looking back, I realized I had had a lot of this coming on since I was a teen at least. My chemical sensitivities come and go a lot too as...
I have to agree with you in that I feel the same way. Here is a link to Devin Starlanyl's website. She was an M.D. who has Fibro and MPS and had to quit because of it. She has fought for doctors to...
Karen, thank you so much. The idea of feeling like a normal person is hard to imagine but you already know that :) I am so glad it works so well for you and I really appreciate the information about...
Thank you for the beautiful poem. I miss my mom too....
I sure hope so too, Mrs_Mike. It does sound like you need to see a neurologist. I think you hit the nail on the head about it being more how your doc handles things about the meds but I'm thinking...
Thank you for your answer. I really appreciate it. That's awful when it is like that, Mrs_Mike. I've had it change to extreme fatigue and 'sleep will not be denied' within a few minutes, esp when...
So those of you taking Adderall...what does it do exactly? I get profoundly fatigued and a saturating weakness. Is this what it helps be better? If it does improve that, do you feel normal or still...
I'm so sorry you've been feeling so punk but at least they found stuff so you will get treated appropriately. Just a thought but if you've had a low boil infection going on for a while in there, it...
I know when to rest but doesn't mean I always do :) Personally, there is no perfect way to do this. You know there will be a payoff if you do too much. Something to consider about over-exercising in...
Sorry to bump this back up but I'm sitting here with my legs up in a recliner and the buzz/tingling in my feet and lower legs has been really annoying this morning so I thought what the heck, I'll...
I have dizziness, stumbling, falling over for no reason, etc., too. Once your doc has ruled out other things which cause dizziness (heart insufficiency, low blood pressure, infection, etc.), mine...
I liked the cake I baked without any eggs....
I don't have any answers but I just wanted to let you know most of us have gone through years of docs before we finally get some kind of diagnosis. Not that that takes your pain away but you are in...
Hi Everybody, I went to the doctor yesterday and he had an interesting alternative approach for those annoying/enough to drive you nutty sometimes buzzing/tingling/throbbing in our extremeties that I...
Thank you all for your answers :) I've been told to eat more salt too. Stopped anything that would make me loose water. I had to laugh, Red_34, as when I went in for my hysterctomy, my bp was...
Hi. I'm seeing my doc tomorrow and I think the medication I take to boost my blood pressure is wearing out (Fludrocort). I am often 70/40 with varying pulse rates from 64-114. the neurologist said I...
Oh, Sweetie, I used to have to write it down while I was taking it so I would know I had. Couldn't even tell if I had swallowed anything. You are in GOOD company :)...
Hate to be a downer but I've been on ssd for 15/16 years and I'm just trying to keep my house cleaner. I'm lucky to be able to do that....
RonniKay, I feel for you. I know exactly what you are talking about. I have a thing where both of my eyes want to be dominate. We've been stuck on the side of the road because I couldn't move. I...
I'm with the guy up there - the only person who really knows what I go through with what I have is my husband. The few people I even have contact with anymore, don't want to hear it, and in truth,...
Apparently, aspartame', while the body doesn't treat it as sugar, the brain does. Interesting, huh? I've read that aspartame' turns into some awful things inside us as it breaks down. I've taken...
Hi Kathy, I'm confused (nothing new /community/emoticons/turn.gif ). Is the medication you received for pain the Zoloft you are talking about? Or have you been taking the Zoloft and the pain is...