Posted by zeugma on October 7, 2004, at 19:10:52
In reply to Re: in the mouth a desert » zeugma, posted by alesta on October 7, 2004, at 15:56:33
> hi again!
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> did some more research, found some better info. forget what i said in the other post (i am totally new to this topic, sorry). instead, read this web site about what does and doesn't work:
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> http://www.naturalypure.com/DryMouthRelief2.htm
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> the products on this web site or a similar product to them bought wherever might be a good idea to try...
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> sorry i can't be more helpful!!..(forget the drinking water suggestion..sucking on something is the best way to alleviate this, it seems)
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> i tried! :-)
>amy you are extremely helpful :) i am seeing my pdoc tomorrow, i am going to mention this product, since my dentist has warned me that i am seriously damaging my teeth with my meds and the suggestions she gave me made me sick (being literal for a moment :)) anyway i received one of the greatest panics of my life a few minutes ago, i had a terrible day today (you can see my post to dinah on the meds board) and i got myself out of my apt. just in time to get my nortriptyline refill... i have to take nortriptyline 3-4 hours before going to sleep or i have HORRIBLE experiences at sleep induction, i get pulsing shocks in my body and brain and then am wide awake with a dull headache that sometimes lasts through the next day and leaves me feeling 'wrong' for a week sometimes... until i read about narcolepsy on the net i was convinced i was having epileptic seizures when i fell asleep. i actually thought klonopin would make this problem go away as it is indicated for epilepsy... imagine my shock (literal again) when i tried to take a nice afternoon nap anxiety-free thanks to K. My symptoms have all been worsening anyway with age and increased stress at work, and Strattera has been tearing my stomach apart (plus it is EASILY the worst among the many meds i have sampled for the oral Sahara). Anyway I was shocked to find my nortrip refill empty! I called the pharmacy in a panic (they close at 7) and raced over dry-mouthed and out of breath, got a couple of days' worth of capsules, and now i plan to be safely asleep by 10:30.
To move on to more pleasant matters: I thought of you when I titled this thread, as I had read that you were a 'music lover' and music has been one of the few things that have gotten me through many wretched times. And I was so touched when you mentioned me in your thread, I was feeling absolutely awful last night (and I knew today would be a terrible day, as post-cataleptic days always are for me) and was strangely consoled by your casual mention of my name in your thread (I found it entertaining somehow :)). today was so terrible that i called my therapist to tell her i was thinking of quitting my job because the stress of working full-time with severe ADD and narcolepsy was killing me. Then I saw the empty bottle... the rest i have described.
My pdoc told me to take 30 mg Ritalin in the am, plus another 10 at noon. Hopefully that plus serious coffee consumption will get me through tomorrow. One day at a time. And music... currently the Fall's "The Light User Syndrome" is on full blast, and there are moments in it so ridiculous (like when the dogs bark before "Old White Train" comes on) that life seems worth sticking with in spite of everything.
-z
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