My trip to the ER
May 14, 2008 4:17pm
After much deliberation, an event the night before last convinced me it's time to go to the hospital. It was 10pm, and 2 hrs since I took …
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About Me
I am nearly 40, mother of four (6, 7, 16, 18) and a transplant from another country (Israel) and another state (NY). I am a writer (business/finance) and a managing director at a virtual consulting firm that runs meetings and publishes a lot of very financially technical content. I am married to a very supportive man (husband #2) and live on a hill in the Pacific Northwest, with the finest view of a valley and its river.
Interests
reading, creative writing, gardening (when pain allows), taking care of our farm animals - horses, chickens and cattle.
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hi i jsut read your psot and added a reply. If you need any questions answered about gabapention i can answer it for you. I have being on it for 9 years now.It helps out alot for me but the side affects of it are hard.It also causes short term memory loss as well. The first 3 weeks i was it i couldnt sleep and after the 3 weeks awake, for the next weeks i slept for days at a time waking up different hours then falling asleep again. Take care
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I pray you are having a better day, living within our struggles may be painful now, but will make us stronger in the long run. May you have a joyfilled day. :D
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Treatments
- Heat Somewhat Helpful
- I don't go anywhere without a heating pad: I actually have one now under my leg. Heat helps alleviate the pain.
- Hydrocodone Somewhat Helpful
- Numbs but does not eliminate pain
- Naproxen Not Working
- Nerve Blocks Not Working
- Neurontin Not Working
- Physical Therapy Not Working
- TENS Somewhat Helpful
Close Migraine Headaches
I've always had headaches, but overtime, they've gotten worse and diagnosed as migraines with my first pregnancy. In the past 3-4 years, in parallel with a major issue with my back resulting in chronic back pain and a lot of life-work stress, they've come back with frequency and vigor. I now average one-two per week, debilitating and horrific. They are more debilitating than my back pain: when they come on, the only thing I can do is "shut down" entirely: lights, ear plugs, pain meds.
Treatments
Open Bipolar Disorder
Diagnozed with Bipolar II in my mid-30s, I have the milder form. It appears to kick in when I went through a particularly rought patch in life, and drove me into mania first followed by the inevitable crash of depression. I've since been medicated and suffer from chronic pain thus more depressed than manic, although still have manic episodes.
Treatments
- Depakote Not Working
- Worked for a while, but caused side effects: nausea, more head aches (even though it's indicated for migraines too)
- Lamictal Working / Worked
- 1 250mg per day. Every day. The "core" of my stability.
- Lithium Not Working
- Made me sick to my stomach. Had heart palpitations and thus had to quit it. Made me listless too.
- Seroquel Too Soon to Tell
- started today
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