Oooh! I found one I could really use too: http://www.crochetconcupiscence.com/2012/08/10-popular-free-crochet-patterns-for-water-bottle-holders/...
You have certainly intrigued me.......
Ps. I have exactly two 6inch x 6 inch squares if anybody wants them. I think the yarn my husband picked were too stiff for a comphy scarf so now they just lay in a pile behind my chair so nobody can...
I started to crochet last fall when I had a huge surge of anxiety due to work stress. It really kept my mind occupied. I tried two different styles and felt good with them but....there is only so...
I have been depressed for what feels like forever. My fibro started with being ill, then anxiety attacks, straight into suicidal, then actual daily fibro and fighting depression and I've been doing...
They really DO give us their all and I think make us better people to each other. We are so blessed to get their love. Awww. *sniff sniff* makes me want to run home for some kitty and doggie...
Yup. Referred pain from a pinched nerve, it sounds like.. But also, this couldn't happen to non fibro people too. Is look up McKenzie physical therapy exercises to relieve it....
So it looks like it's basically ghb but in pill form. From my personal experience in the 90's (hehe), yes I can concur good sleep happens....
Actually the healthiest I have been since my diagnosis was when I was on valtrex for my ebv and Cyto. But my doc would only let me use it for a few months. My health has dropped since then (a year...
I feel that I should point out that there is a ton of fake kratom on the market. Both 'bunk' and potentially lethal. Always heavily review your products before purchasing AND take the smallest...
Don't even get me started. My fibro began after a bad root canal by an endodontist. It got infected, I took antibiotics (and felt wonderful!) and eight days later started feeling like crap again....
You should go to the link I posted above. They may not say spasms but there are many who now have a possibly permanent anxiety state that wasn't there before lyrica. We are talking months/years...
I thought recent literature came out that it's not actually lactic acid. Here is a simplified article from Active discussing the 'new' theory on post exersice pain....
Went to my psych appt today. I was given klonopin and lexapro. Hopefully the anxiety eases a bit....
Ooooh, lasers......
And no, I haven't! I really want to but then I have to go through the trouble of finding a doc so sign my form and then I have to go buy it and blah. I wish the non-thc CBD could just be sold on the...
I <3 this stuff. I have had chronic insomnia since the teen years. This stuff knocks me on my behind! https://www.yogiproducts.com/teas/kava-stress-relief/ (sidenote: Kava has hallucenogenic...
Rufous - have you tried a 'normal' nerve pain med like Lyrica? What was your experience, if so?...
This is my first check in. I don't even think I do it on the fibro board (wait...do we even check in?). Anywhooooo, I am at work sweating my brains out trying to taper from Lyrica. I really wish I...
Miss Dixie, I just did a quick search on your name to see if I had left you hangin'....and I totally did. My apologies. Otherwise, all, great info. Glad I am bumping this. :) Has anybody else heard...
Did you feel mentally exhausted as well as physically pooped? If so, I would call that heat exhaustion. If it's your stamina, usually you'll have sore muscles the following day (I do, anyway). If you...
Yep, we had a taper schedule but I think it was too fast for the length and dose that I was on (2 years at 150 - 300mg/day). I found something online that said taper at 10% each month which would...
If I don't take it (I have just two 50mg left) I am drenched in sweat with elevated anxiety and a bit of a headache (and no sleep). I have called my PDoc but I doubt very seriously he'll do any sort...
"Been shutting others out of my life--see a few here and there but keep talk on the surface and never let on what's really going on." Boy, do I know exactly what this feels like as I am doing the...
Feeling any better? :)...
Sorry for hogging your thread! Found a good one with a lot of suggestions (I totally forgot about DXM!). These folks might still e around if you want to message them for more advice:...
Oh duh, gave half a comment. Benedryl can ease nausea too. But like I said the trade off might be RLS. It doesn't do it to me though. Not sure why he wouldn't do clonidine unless he is worried about...
Actually the rolling in the hay is a brilliant distraction. Very quick to uh....smile ... and the endorphins do make you feel better for a bit. Although I have a tendency to get overwhelmed and then...
Will your doc consider Lyrica for the sciatica? Codeine doesn't do much for sciatica (I take roxi and it barely touches it). Aww mom, it will get better. It's worth it! :D...
Lol she sounds like she had no idea what she was talking about, just hedging her comments so she sounded competent. I'm so sorry, I hate when I get a dud doctor!...
I'm on the verge of tears and having heat flashes myself just picturing what you're going through. I would do a couple of things. 1) if I had matrix patches I would immediately cut one of my 50's in...
"the latest trick is that they try and write something on the script quickly usually having to do with when the script can be filled, " -- Rufous Isn't that totally unethical?! He doesn't have any...
I totally posted that before I read the comments (sorry) and I am sitting her angry and nodding my head at Vickie and Suzie's comments because FOR REAL what he suggested was unethical. 50mcg isn't...
"he said it's better just to do it and get it done." What, has be been through it? I am so tired of doctors telling us what something is going to feel like when they've never been through it before,...
Ooooh so what does it mean if my iodine is painfully low? My tests results just said that and I'm a bit nervous....
Extended pharmacology classes should really be a requirement for all health service professions. No clue why they're not. Must be your DO's additional training. Good for you! I look forward to an...
Me too! I have to assume it's a sleep issue. Sleep apnea is known to keep carbon monoxide in the body. And if I hadn't slept well the night before (totally likely) then it would make sense --...
I wish you luck (and a clear lab panel ;) )...
The ruh-roh flagged line items were the following: Low Neutrophil * Low white blood cell count Low iodine (a marker for hypothyroid) High carbon dioxide ** Recent reactivated EBV x 2 Low Vit D (big...
I am so sorry. I hate that these little fluffy loves have a shorter lifespan, it seems so unfair. They can become integral to our happiness and then poof, it's their time to leave. I hope you and...
Sevie, you are such an awesome young man!! :D If it makes you feel any better, while I don't have children I do have fur babies and sometimes snap at them. And my husband. Sometimes we get really...
This is not a terrible laymens explanation of fibro hot flashes, specifically associated with a stress response when you don't feel stressed by any outward stimulation:...
Have you been tested for the herpes family? This is likely herpes induced allodynia (and feels similar to shingles, I think). I get is across my face, it starts at one eye and travels across my face....
Lol LJM -- too true!...
Oh and I too must use anti inflammatory meds everyday. Tylenol does nothing. While fibro isn't an 'inflammatory illness', our immune systems do react with inflammatory markers. This is especially...
Thank you to Rockon for ringing the glial bell! :) Folks, I personally keep on a lookout to be on the XT-101 clinical trials this year (I don't think they've been approved yet, their 'news' section...
I think that's a great idea. I have the next few days off and I will start putting ideas onto 'paper'. Jenni - want to email me (in my profile), and then I will respond to both of you to get this...
PSH! You got this. 45 minutes is basically driving through a large city, I think we can handle that for a good cause. I would be most concerned about bedding. If you're uncomfortable, it's going to...
Other than taking a couple of months off when we moved to a new state I have worked through my diagnosis. Program evaluator at a university. Can be physical (it's culturally pushed that we stay...
Hi ladies, Apologies for the disappearing act. The last two weeks were very hard, physically and emotionally. And I didn't get my usual pings that someone had bumped this thread, peculiar. I am down...