The Pot Shots are so interesting to me, because sometimes they have such a hopeful, happy outlook and others are rather down and dismal - kind of like real life! I'm glad you were familiar with them.
I am taking:
40 mg predisone
25 mg metaprolol succinate ER (for aortic insufficiency-very minor)
500 mcg B12
75 mg Venlafaxine (Effexor) (calm in a bottle - I think I need more RX
is for 150 mg / day but I'm nervous about all meds now!)
60 mg every 2 - 6 hrs (depending on condition) of Mestinon
Mestinon 180 - 1 at night
325 mg aspirin ( due to coiling)
I just stopped taking 75mg plavix, original RX for 30 days following coil,
but when the eye thing continued/flared he represcribed
I believe that's it for now, except last night I took one of my Tizanidine (Zanaflex) 4mg to try to cut down the muscle twitching/cramping so I could sleep. That's the first I've taken that in over a month - I use them very rarely - still on a 30 day RX from 8/08.
Let me know if you need any more info from me - I have QUITE a history, you know!
Lord, it sure helps to have someone to go to - keeps my brain a little more quiet.
I understand you have a medical background. What is it, if you don't mind my asking. I really respect the approach you take on the posts.
Thanks again.
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Originally Posted by mrsD
Oh, Ashleigh Brilliant.... I wish we got that cartoon here!
I saved one---it was actually on a postcard in a store---
It had a little girl picking flowers ...with the caption:
"If you learn one new thing a day, at the end of a year you will
have learned 365 new things".
I've always loved that one!
So I went looking on the net based on your post and found this!
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/ashleigh_brilliant/
He looks a bit like my husband (only with more hair)
He is posing next to the postcards like the one I saved!
I don't know about "removing" your coil. You should visit the Aneurysm forum here and maybe someone will know.
That is a question for a neurosurgeon. For now, I think you may be able to block the metal if it is leaching into you.
There are chelating drugs that may help. An environmental specialist or holistic doctor typically does chelating. That is another subject, however!
That tablet you have would require 4 a day.
After you use them up, I'd get the acetyl-carnitine separately so you can raise the dose. It also comes in a powder to save money. The ALA and the ALC you have is rather benign and does not have much of a side effect profile if at all.
It is best to divide the doses up. Carnitine has a ceiling for absorption, so taken all at once may saturate that too quickly and block some. When you divide it up more may get into your blood stream/24 hrs.
Are you taking any other drugs? You should tell me now. |