Hi Mike, Glad to hear you've picked up slightly but regarding yours ears getting blocked quickly, sometimes this can be Tinnitus developing but if I was you i'd mention it to your doctor as he/she...
Hi Cathy, I did a post not long back on knee buckling but your symptoms with pain across the shin area is like what I had when mine buckled I've not had a day since when every morning plus through...
Hi Leeflower, I have to totally agree with Lynnwood with what she's told you and you should be treated straight away by a rheumo plus to much toxicity in the system regarding Lupus or MCTD carries...
Hi Ligal, Welcome to the forum :-) I suffer from bad IBS and I get acid build up in the stomach, then it causes gas and cramps but your having the burning instead...Gaviscon is good for taking acid...
Hi Im_onlyhuman, Love that record :wink: I suffer myself from two forms of seizures Temporal-lobe and grand-mal had them both for 32yrs roughly. Depression and anxiety can usually form where seizures...
Butterflake, So sorry to hear what your going through but I do hope everything goes ok for you plus you don't get to stressed out. Hug Terry :)...
I've not been on the forum for well over a week, due to waking up with a facial flare from my SCLE skin Lupus and it's totally shocking, now rashes are forming and i'm red and sore besides irritable...
Hi Kelly, So sorry mate that I've not been on but I hope your doing ok...miles from you I look like I've done 10 rounds in a boxing match, broke out all over my face red and swollen, lumpy spots on...
Hi machineboy, When taking weed for pain, a lot of people take a certain amount each day for it to work but your going over your amount, so you won't feel the benefit plus your slowing your brain...
mysteriousmillie people can still have sjogrens even though tests come back negative and yours are so like what I have and also have had to adjust to...lip biopsy can actually tell if you have it...
Kelly I've answered you on your other discussion when you asked me about my thyroid :-)...
Hi terryprod, Yes I've got one good faulty thermostate :smilewinkgrin: You do have sweats with sjogrens because it affects the glands and women around the menopause really feel it. What makes it a...
Hello Susie, Yes I see a few specialists but since posting on here my rheumo as had both my hips and knees x-rayed, sent a letter to me saying they're ok, so when I see him again i'll ask him to test...
Hello mysteriousmillie, I'm from the UK also :-) What you first put I actually thought you did have Sjogren's as I've had it a good while and your symptoms are exactly to what I go through day in and...
I've never guttate psoriasis but otherwise I do have psoriasis and my dermo always prescribes me steroid plasters which burn it out plus because of my Lupus. pillowpants this link for guttate...
Hello applebrandy and welcome to HW :-) I've suffered with anxiety for years with seizures and bipolar. I've had headaches for years off and on and the pain can spread, the more stressed we get the...
Hi feelingnumb and welcome to HW, I've got OCD and I've had it since a young child and it's took over my life through the years in many forms, i'm now 49 and it's like mental torture. What your OCD...
Hello meow, I don't have fibro but I do have Lupus and they carry identical symptoms...when are your legs and feet mainly hurting you because a number of issues can cause this. Terry ...
Mary I hope this info helps :-) So What is Creatinine? • Creatinine is a waste product of the major energy metabolite creatine. • Normal creatinine serum blood levels are: – 0.6 to 1.2 mg/dl in males...
I don't have Lyme disease but I do have a friend in Arizona who does and she's got it bad but it's a disease hard to cure by what she's told me. Sorry also to hear what your going through :) I hope...
Kelly your rash is at the level mine reached and mine went no further and I don't think yours will by coming off the drug when you did because with in 24hrs the drug half's it's amount but if you can...
Hello shalini, welcome to HW :-) Firstly pigmentation marks come with Lupus as I've had them face, neck but they sometimes fade out plus Lupus can cause a person to have a slight tan to the skin from...
Hello Dax and welcome to HW :-) SC and Hibee have given you the best advice. Anxiety can cause some right pain and I've noticed with myself, if stress levels get to high then it kicks off plus...
Hello notsure and welcome to HW :) With something like this plus your age seek your doctor's advice first and if something is diagnosed, then we're here to help best possible. Please update on how...
Kelly found the info mate regarding meds for bipolar plus it contains more info plus I think mines been inherited from my moms sister as she lived on lithium all her life....
Hello nourse, Lamictal is the brand name for Lamotrigine, the drug is also used for seizures. Kellyincali besides myself when I was on the drug got the rash it gives off and it's not a very pleasant...
I have Pernicious Anaemia had it now quite a few years and i have a B12 jab every 3mths but i always know when i'm due, i go so tied on my legs, then my body starts plus i sleep more but with anaemia...
Sprouts are very bad for triggering flares but what does help the immune system is yogurts and Probiotics Drinks such as Yakults, which i have daily to help my flares but if you ever take...
Your having panic attacks in the night and it's brought on by anxiety. I was in a psychiatric hospital once where a young lady was having this issue similar to yours and it got that bad, she was...
Both drugs contain Cefpodoxime for infection, so you need to ask as both members have stated because usually once your allergic to some thing you wouldn't risk it again....
All i can say to you both i hope it stops mild :-) Watado i hope your results come in negative regarding Lyme disease, as i have a friend in Arizona who as that very bad and i have to feel for her. I...
Hello Butterflake and thank you for the warm welcome :-) I've got so many overlapping like yourself, it's a nightmare at times trying to think which is causing what...I used to know but as each year...
Hello Trish, Join the club on being misdiagnosed but mine was with other issues. Your lab results which you'll understand better when you see your consultant, as you need to fire questions now having...
Hello Mark, Sorry for being late replying, how you feeling and have you been able to sort out a med to help. My lungs are playing me up at the moment as i'm in a flare with my lupus etc, so I get...
Hello Kelly, So sorry i'm late replying back but I've had to rest my legs for a couple of days with swelling. Hows the prednisone working?..plus I've read more about it and you must keep yourself...
Hi mark, Sorry to hear how allergies are affecting your asthma and apparently these two antibody drugs are available for people suffering very bad asthma like yourself. Xolair (omalizumab) and...
Kelly just been reading more about the rash and prednisone does help it and apparently steriods are needed, pleazzzzzzzz get intouch with the specialist. Massive hug mate :-)...
Hi Lynnwood, In my experience of having hot and cold sweats which is crazy and drives you mad. I mentioned this up the hospital and apparently Lupus causes it, also Raynauds with the blood vessels...
Hi Kelly, if you don't mind me asking and it's important do you have Lupus or any autoimmune disease which affects your skin regarding taking things to help the rash that could trigger your skin....
Hello Everyone, My name is Terry, i've not been on the forum in some time and would like to introduce myself properly :-) I've had 31yrs off ailments and in 2008 i was diagnosed with Lupus as it was...
Lupus attacks any part of the body, as our own bodies are a foreigner to Lupus, instead of recognising things and helping our immune system it attacks we. With the adrenal glands it cause exhaustion....
Hi Kelly, I do hope your feeling a bit better mate. I looked up for you on the best things on helping the rash lamictal causes and apparently these help the best... Benadryl or topical Caladryl but...
Hi Lisa, You may have been diagnosed with fibro but it sounds like there's a possibility of Lupus as you can have both and that's so annoying more or less being fobbed off, it does my head in. You...
Anyone had buckling of knee caps? Well with my MCTD to top the lot in may, my left knee buckled and turned out and both knee / Ankle swelled could hardly move saw GP and he gave me some cream which...
Hi Barb, I don't have fibro but i know what flares are like as i'm in them more than out with Lupus and sjogren's, fibro ailments are identical to Lupus. Any upset or stress kicks them off a lot...
Hi Kelly, I was on Lamictal years back for my epilepsy and i broke out in a rash that slowly progressed and in the end took over my face, it starts like a small hives rash and they progress to...
Good luck Pepe Silvia and don't get being put off and please update we :-)...
Hi Rikki, I've had two forms of epilepsy since i was 18 plus i do suffer from anxiety bad and by what you've described your having bad attacks of anxiety....
Hi Mike, Sorry to hear how bad you am mate. I've had chronic bronchitis since my early 20's and i'm 49 now it's a nightmare and antibiotics don't help or cough medicine but while on the antibiotics...
Hi Beautiful_Wreck67, I've had bipolar for years and it gives me bad anxiety, manic depression besides OCD plus a temper that's a fuse ready to be lighted and took a right cocktail of meds but not...