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Re: Back from Exile: Welcome back Q! » Quintal

Posted by liliths on February 26, 2007, at 12:33:53

In reply to Re: Back from Exile: Welcome back Q! » liliths, posted by Quintal on February 23, 2007, at 16:14:21

hi Q
sorry it took a while to reply.

well, I just came from my primary's office. Next stop is to an orthopedist.

In addition to the neuropathy, I have a partial tear on the distal supraspinatus tendon of my right rotator cuff, as well as excess fluid around the distal subscapularis tendon, which is either bursitis or tenosynovitis.

the nerve conduction tests showed some right median neuropathy at the wrist as well as slight neuropathy to the left... signs of possible carpal tunnel syndrome.

but I've also got left ulnar neuropathy at the wrist as well as a right ulnar neuropathy at the elbow.

my primary thinks it's all coming from my neck and also said she thought the insane pain on my left knuckle was athritis! I find that almost impossible to believe, mostly because of the way it started and has continued but she said the orthopedist would probably refer me to a hand specialist for that. She's concerned about the obvious tendonitis that seems to be appearing

then she said she wants to do conduction tests on my legs after they get my upper extremities dealt with, as my feet are constantly freezing.

the biggest problem as I see it is simply that there's not much anyone seems able to do about this except treat the symptoms

she didn't want to do any thyroid tests or adrenal tests until after the orthopedist has had their way with me LOL So I guess we won't know if I have Raynaud's or not just yet. I was reading about 1 woman with peripheral neuropathy who'd been told by 1 doctor she had lupus, 1 said it was arthritis, 1 said it was some sort of auto-immune disease and 2 said it was all in her head. She just ended up with was a huge cache of painkillers to live on

btw, I am such an airhead these days, I actually ordered the piracetam twice in 2 days! It sounds like both the piracetam and the vinpocetine might be useful for this.

it's funny, after everything with PRN, I end up being told to take pain meds! LOL and NO, PRN would never approve of it's use for any reason and license me. They have me down as an addict, simply for being on them in the first place, for depression. But this may make the fight somewhat unnecessary simply because my body seems to be breaking down so badly, though I still intend to go forth with my arguments. I just may not aggressively run around trying to find an atty... and that's partly because it hurts my shoulder so damn much to drive, but also because I simply don't have much energy anymore. I'm so lethargic about living

I'm a changed person as a result of their messing with my life. Even with physical problems, I'd normally NEVER not go to the gym and do something. Now I just run out and run home. Even my primary was surprised.

no problem about the wellbutrin as I'd already gone off of it and had only restarted for 2 days when I replaced it with the SAMe. I haven't tried taking it again. Instead, the past couple of days I split my ADD meds and yesterday felt pretty good for someone who spends her time in pain, wishing for a terminal illness LOL

I want to wait and try the nootropics first before trying the SAMe and of course, the stuff I have might just be too old

anyway, that's what's going on. Not much news except I have to see more doctors.... sigh

I hope Smudge is better now. I totally agree with what you wrote:
"It served as a model for the development of mental illness for me - a real-life study of how an anxiety disorder can be precipitated in the canine. I think the same thing happens in a similar way in humans."

In my case, my cats are my sisters, though I've read theories that postulate that cats actually see themselves as OUR mothers, rather than aour children. I know it's pretty equal in my house. hannah takes care of me, I care for her. :)

be well, dear friend

namaste,
lilith

> Hi Lil,
>
> I don't know a great deal about the nootropics myself to be honest. I found this that might be relevant to the poor blood flow in your hands though:
>
> Piracetam is useful as a long term treatment for clotting, coagulation, and vasospastic disorders such as Raynaud's phenomenon [12]
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracetam
>
> >someone posted about using SAMe with tianeptine. I found some old SAMe I've had for years - may not even be effective anymore but one never knows. Anyway, they said it definitely seemed to help boost the tianeptine. I may try one instead of a wellbutrin in my afternoon meds today
>
> How did it go? Maybe it's best to take it addition to the Wellbutrin given you don't want to go into withdrawal or anything?
>
> >Of course, by now, I'm hoping for a diagnosis of some terminal illness LOL but I do think something besides my neck is causing this.
>
> I suppose you can have both Raynaud's and cervical spondylosis? My dad has that and he has numbness in his fingers and burning pains.
>
> >while on hydro and when not, that if anything, the hydro possible only helped me handle my exsting pain better
>
> Wouldn't it be ironic if you were now prescribed the opiates for noiceptive pain? Do you think the PRN would accept that? Maybe go for it if you think they would.
>
> I'm not sure about the origins of my own aches and pains. I'm a little young to have arthritis at 24, but it can happen I suppose. More likely it's simply due to my own pain threshold being lowered from being on the opiates? It's more a soreness in my muscles and achy feeling in my joints. I suppose some of the other meds you're taking might help dull the pain a little - like how most antidepressants are painkillers to a limited degree?
>
> I'm sorry to hear about Daphne. I thought Hannah might have been a dog because you said she whined. My 11 year old whippet, Barry, died two years ago and Smudge withdrew into himself and seemed to develop an anxiety disorder. This was when I started work and he was left alone all day. He started to get diarrhea from panic attacks when he knew I was going out. He's a bit better now we have another dog, but still not the man he used to be bless him. It served as a model for the development of mental illness for me - a real-life study of how an anxiety disorder can be precipitated in the canine. I think the same thing happens in a similar way in humans. There are some links to pictures of Pop and Smudge over on the social thread.
>
> >I sat in my apartment and realized I was finally ready to die. Then I looked over at my 2 girls who were in the bed with me and realized if I killed myself, I'd have to kill them too and since they weren't asking to die, I could never do that... which meant I couldn't kill myself either. The irony of it caused me to just laugh and I later wrote a poem about it. Suddenly I understood why women killed their children when committing suicide and even why some men killed their whole families before killing themselves. Now understanding and condoning are 2 different things. I couldn't kill my girls. I had no choice but to live, but the realization and understanding was a profound experience
>
> Yes, we seem to have a similar thinking style. I take events like this and extrapolate them into scenarios in wider life. I think you're very probably right about that too. We do often look upon our pets as children and behave accordingly. It worries me about people who abuse animals, would they do that to their children too if only they couldn't talk and were completely at their mercy? It's bone chilling.
>
> Q


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