Thread: melatonin, i take it back
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Old 09-21-2014, 08:45 PM
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Default melatonin, i take it back
I was pretty excited about melatonin--it was helping me sleep better and longer...but i think it ended up causing worse headaches and stabbing pains in my eye. I googled it, and apparently it can mess w/ pressure in the eyes. I quit a few days ago, and granted i've been resting a lot more, but no stabbing pain in the eyes.

So i rescind my recommendation of that supplement. I'm trying the trick of exposing myself to more light late in the day and getting a good hour of light exercise in...and dabbling with ambien when i need to.

Still waiting for that silver bullet to ease all my symptoms with no side effects.
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April 11, 2014 Flipped in class 2 white water while kayaking, hit my forehead (was wearing a helmet). Lots of symptoms to begin with. Those remaining are fatigue, brain freezes/overstimulation, headaches, sensitivity to light and sound. Insomnia is getting better but still an issue, and appetite is ba-ack! Depression and anxiety are largely under control thanks to Lexapro, exercise, and a very distant light at the end of the tunnel.

Drugs: Lexapro, occasional 2-5mgs ambien. Off amatryptaline. Taking about 453 supplements.

Just started vision therapy, waiting on some blue-tinted prism glasses.

"You will encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." Maya Angelou
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