Ugh.
June 14, 2008 6:16pm
I feel really sick today. Just exhausted and I have a headache and am nauseous. I am in a daze because I've been trying Ambien and it makes me …
willowm’s Profile
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About Me
28, single, live with my cats, Felix and Cricket. Native Vermonter, been living in FL since March 2007. Bachelor's degree in sociology from Ithaca College, 2002. Cat keeper at Big Cat Rescue, the world's largest sanctuary for exotic cats (yes, that means tigers and lions, etc.) CFIDS patient since 1999.
Interests
Animals (www.bigcatrescue.org); social justice; politics; reading; writing; reality TV; Grey's Anatomy; movies; hip hop; country music; swimming; the ocean; Rescue Me; Sopranos; scuba; dancing
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Recent Activity
Tuesday
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willowm wrote a discussion post in the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome support group: Modestneeds.org--financial help!! 6:13pm
Hi all--an aquaintance of mine recently told me about this great charity, Modest Needs. They help out…
March 11
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willowm turned 28 12:00am
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Journal
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CFIDS party
April 27, 2008 7:55pm
This weekend in Tampa the CFIDS Association sponsored a seminar. I wsa unable to attedn the seminar because it is during my nap time (of course!) but …
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Journal Entry for February 25, 2008
February 25, 2008 6:13pm
Very sick today. Incredibly dizzy for the last 2 hours. It was coming in waves accompanied by nausea and a cold sweat. I couldn't get up. But …
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Journal Entry for January 7, 2008
January 7, 2008 10:45am
Bad day today, capping off 3 weeks of cruddy health. I can't sleep, I can't get out of bed, my eyes ared and stinging and I have no energy. I …
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Journal Entry for December 20, 2007
December 20, 2007 7:50pm
So many of the things others write on this website are heartbreaking. I feel like I'm not as philosophical as they are about CFS. I …
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Hugbook
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Thanks for the info, Willow. Take care of yourself and Happy Wednesday!
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What specific type of proboitics do you use? Al
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HEY,SWEETIE UR WELCOME THAT IS WANT WE ARE HERE FOR. REMEMBER U ARE NOT ALONE WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. TAKE CARE LOVE YA
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Ok, this is my 2nd attempt to send you a note. Added a hug and it sent without my note! Anyway, we've all been where you are right now, so hang in there. (Found your journal update when clicking on the friends in need update and just had to send a note even though I don't know you! Be well.)
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just sendin a hug Vermont is my entire family heritage state, besides in Rochester New York, take care
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Support Groups
Close Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
I was diagnosed with CFS in 1999, at age 19, after a bout of mono. I am sometimes able to work part time now and can exercise for short periods, but the fatigue is still so crushing. I recently moved to Clearwater, FL from Vermont to volunteer at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa. I love animals, especially tigers. It is physically difficult to work there, and I often pay for it.
Treatments
- Cymbalta Not Working
- Ugh.
- Lexapro Not Working
- Did nothing
- Paxil Not Working
- Awful. Made me feel sick and suicidal.
- Zoloft Not Working
- Did nothing
- Prozac Working / Worked
- Makes a huge difference. Have been taking it since diagnosis, 8 years. Without it I wouldn't function.
- Lunesta Not Working
- I took it for a while and it didn't help me sleep. Also, the bad taste in my mouth lasted all the next day. It drove me nuts. No way to get rid of it.
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