I have reposted a similar post in the depression forum as I thought it may get a better response. Could a moderator please delete this so I am not double posting this. Thanks so much. B...
Origionally I like the pristiq but one day it just sort of stopped working. it was soon after I had an endometrial ablation so maybe that triggered something. Who knows. My doctor thought that a mood...
I posted this in the bipolar forum but got no response so I thought I'd try here. I am currently withdrawaling from pristiq. Completely off for 8 days. I'm also buliding up limictal (50 mg-100). It's...
You are not alone. At times we are more fragile than we know. But the flip side is that we are also stronger than we know. What is it about families that can make our heads spiral? I sure don't know....
Well teenagers Are tricky creatures! If this kid apologized then at least he has some sort of moral conviction. Maybe someone could talk to him and have him apologize directly to your husband. He was...
I am not familiar with Trileptal but I can tell you that going through a med switch has been a very difficult situation for me. I have emotions that don't correspond to what's going on in life. Its...
:yeah: Happy for your happiness. Sounds like a wonderful day you had. Enjoy...
You may actually find the dog to be the best company you've had in long time. And it may just be a gift that the other person doesn't speak your language. Maybe a good audio book on your ipod would...
I am currently withdrawing from Pristiq and it is honestly the most soul crushing, dark hole experience of my life. At the same time I am building up lamictal and while emotionally I have...
We got my daughter in to see a pediatric neurologist. She has been diagnosed with complex migraines or migraines with neurological episodes. Our dr says he has several children with the exact same...
Here are just a few tricks to get through the exhausting shower ordeal that I use. I suffer from extreme deadening fatigue. Also I have long naturally curly ringlets which I pride myself on and I...
As far as the vitamin deficiency I know that they can test for B12 and a couple others and of course red blood cells that could show iron deficiency or other anemias. Anemia can cause a lot of...
Thanx for your support eveyone. Darren, your post makes perfect sense. Her pain is on starts on the top of her head like someone is crushing her head then she has severe pain on the right side of her...
My daughter is on topamax for her headaches and has not had an episode or since starting it one week ago. The dr thinks the headache is real but the episodes are not even though they occur...
If something is not a seizure because of a normal eeg, mri, etc does that automatically make it a pseudo seizure? My 15 year old daughter has been having "episodes". They start with a severe headache...
Sandpoker, I certainly think that stress can cause any pain to be worse and if it continues you should probably let your dr check you out. Also, my 14 year old daughter spat a little comment at me...
Sandpoker, Actually, my husband was the one to first come up with Lupus. He is the one who printed out the 11 criteria and talked to my doctor. I have some sketchy markers fatigue, aches in my...
Sandp, Bending over makes me extremely lightheaded and takes my breath away but I attribute that to low bp. And of course, bending over backwards trying to feel normal is always a huge pain....
I still have no diagnosis but I am just tired and achey all the time. It seems as if whatever I have it is a disease of convenience. When it is convenient for other people to deal with it that is. My...
Hi All, Well I went back to rheumy guy yesterday and he gave me some other arthritis drug and he ordered a bone scan. Does anyone know if this is useful for diagnosing lupus or arthritis or what? I...
Steph, Well i am glad you are feeling better and i hope that your plaq kicks in. I say take the whole day off and enjoy the sun!!!! take care, B...
Mary Ann, I have that experience all the time. I can even look at my calendar to double check an apt, get in the car, go to the appt and still be at the wrong place , wrong time ,. I just don't store...
Patty, Last week I had the worst headache of my life. I've had headaches before...the kind that you take advil for and 20 minutes later it is pretty much gone. This headache lasted for three days,...
Hippi, I think we are living parrallell lives. We start baseball and softball and are working up to the dance recital. Not to mention all these end of the year field trips that I (being a wise axx)...
Jen, I am also becoming a weakling. I am on the small side so no one expects me to have Godzilla strength but it is frustrating not to be able to lift things like the O J or the kids backpacks. I...
Canu, I get this dull pain in my kidneys sometimes. I have had several kidney infections and it feels like the start of one coming on. Once the doc found no results in my urine and another time there...
Here are things I say to myself or others on a regular basis. What was I just saying? I had an appointment when? Where am I going? (while in car) Where's my keys? Where's my sunglasses? Where the...
Spainy, Most of my achy joints are on both sides except for my fingers. My right hand is much worse which is sorta wierd since I'm a lefty. So I think I'm a unilateral and a bilateral....
Ginny, I was 33 when I was told that I was starting perimenopause. As I understand it , it can last for years. I also have endometriosis so that was a factor in the whole thing. Currently the only...
Hi Diane, I have a floating rib. At least that is what they diagnosed it. At times I can't take even a little breath and I can't even move with out this horrible sharp pain on the bottom of my right...
Bh, This whole lupus thing started with yellow nails for me about 2 1/2 months ago. At the time I was wearing acryllic nails and my fingers started to hurt. When I had them taken off my nails were...
bhkhhh, One thing I have learned from my own husband is that men feel like they should be able to solve their family's problems and when they can't they feel like they have failed. What typically...
Ocean, I am quite possibly the coldest person on earth. My normal body temp is really low and so is my blood pressure. Two of my best friends are an electric blanket and heated car seats. I also use...