Posted by Chloe on March 8, 2002, at 19:37:37
In reply to Re: medication compliance with painful S.E's? » Chloe, posted by Ritch on March 8, 2002, at 0:46:40
> Did you notch up your amitripytline? Someone else posted here about Flax seeds helping with med-induced constipation. The Flax stuff also is supposed to help mood stabilization, too. Just an idea. I just wonder if the AMI is helping you sleep better (despite the pain), and that improved sleep makes for more natural defenses against the pain..and you have less cycling because you sleep better??
I have switched my fish oil over to flax oil and I love it! I do think it has some "smoothing" properties. I am taking 5 G's of it already! But I called the local naturapathic/holistic lady from whom I buy all my supplements. She said for mood stabilization I would need to take 2-3 teaspoons of flax a day. Or about 10 grams. Wow! So I am thinking I should go up a little on the flax. It might help with the constipation, though it's hard to imagine I could be constipated on 5 grams! And then perhaps I could go up on the ami.
BUT my chief complaint is that I am so dried out. My scalp is so dry and painful, my hair brittle and dry (I always thought it was the lithium. But I don't see how 112 mg of li could be doing this...) and I have mouth sores from sleeping with my mouth open??? Who knows...I just know I am sleeping great! And I am pretty stable for me. But in all honesty, I think it's the neurontin that is doing the major drying. I increased to 500 mgs/day so I could get in an evening dose 2am/1evening/2hs. And the scalp pain that was relieved by the 20 mgs of ami came back with a vengence.
But now when I back off to 2/1/1 per day, I wake up in a foul mood that doesn't go away easily, and I am really snappy. But maybe with the added flax oil and decreasing the hs neurontin to 100 mgs things will get a bit better...N works so well, i just don't understand why I can't tolerate much of it...Maybe I need to get off it, it might be causing this awful pain, and then I could increase the Li a tad...who knows!!!
>Well, the weirdest thing happened at my pdoc visit today. I mentioned having insomnia/dysphoria with the Wellbutrin I was taking and that I had to stop it. So guess what happened?, I get handed a script for Dexedrine. I was informed that the metabolites of the WB were indeed causing the insomnia and that the dex would leave my system quicker and metabolize more readily. I just took a dose today and barely noticed it. I did get quieter at work and wasn't as chatty and silly like I have been lately. Also, I seem to be thinking *less*. Very unusual and unexpected. Maybe it is the flax oil kicking in?Wow, you got Dex! Sounds like that with the flax might be the ticket. I am glad you can pack up the WB til next dark/depression season!
In terms of flax oil, I say it's great. Very tolerable and no fish burps! Thanks for suggesting it a while back.
So glad you had a good day and that the "unusual and unexpected" turned out to be a nice thing!Chloe
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