Weight 200lbs
April 27, 2008 2:33pm
I have lost a lot of weight but I still feel and feel I am doing it for all the wrong reasons. I am also afraid to go shopping for …
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About Me
--Diagnosed 1992 with RSD -- RSD suffer for 20+ years --Diagnosed Condition: IBS-- RSD-- Depression-- Chronic Migraines-- Marfan Syndrome-- Degenerative Joint Disorder-- Hyperhidrosis-- I am a young RSDer, I live in Canada. I find it hard in the winter with this condition.
Interests
--I enjoy designing and creating jewelry --I enjoy researching on the net --I and interest in the paranormal --I am interested in Baking and cooking
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Weight 200lbs
April 27, 2008 2:25pm
I have lost weight but I am still and feel I am loosing it for all the wrong reasons. I am also still afraid to go shopping know I still cant …
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Close Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
i was dx in 1992, have lived with RSD for 20+ year or most of my life. I have found little help here in Canada in terms of Medical and treatment
Treatments
- Neurontin Not Working
- did not help, caused violent mood swings especially mixed with other meds
- Oxycodone Not Working
- Did not like the brain fuzz, the shacking and mood changes
- Methadone Working / Worked
- It has lowered my pain 65 and even though there is still pain i have a more productive life. I am on 5ml 3x a day
- Clonazepam Somewhat Helpful
- It help me sleep and calm my tremor
- Topamax Somewhat Helpful
- Help control my metabolic tremors
- Trazodone Working / Worked
- help my insomnia, and controls a bit of my pain
- Inderal Somewhat Helpful
- help with my Hyperhidrosis and migraines
Close Marfan Syndrome
I was diagnosed as a child, today it is still being disputed and I am waiting genetic testing to solve the answer once and for all.
Treatments
- Physical Exercise Somewhat Helpful
- It conflicts with my other conditions
Open Food Addiction
I have been fighting with food addiction for most of my life. I was taught to me at a young age by my mother who never new what a balanced diet was.
Treatments
- Overeaters Anonymous (OA) Working / Worked
- OA has help me uncover a lot of my problem with food, and learn to work through those problems.
Open Chronic Pain
I have been living with RSD for 20+ Yrs. The true cause of the RSD is still unclear but it has been a hellish 20+. I was noth properly dx until I was 17 almost 10 years after the pain started.
Treatments
- Chiropractic Adjustment Somewhat Helpful
- it help relax the muscles that are out of place
- Heat Somewhat Helpful
- it relieve the high intense pain and knumbs the area
- Meditation Not Working
- reflexology helps me relax and Mind control through EMDR helps me sleep
- Methadone Somewhat Helpful
- it is a band-aide solution. Walking on a thin line of life...had one accidental OD due to pharmacy error....
- Morphine Not Working
- Made me sick and uable to function
- Naproxen Not Working
- no effect
- Nerve Blocks Not Working
- caused more damage then good
- Neurontin Not Working
- made me mentally unstable
- TENS Working / Worked
- it worked until I had and emdr test which cause more nerve damage caused the tens unit to no longer do its job
- Topamax Somewhat Helpful
- still using and it seems to help
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