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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Paradise
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Paradise
Posts: 855
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Originally Posted by Sandel
hi folks,
I too take atavan, both sublingual and the longer term lorazapam depending on the need at the time, (sublingual acts quicker) I have a lot of daily heart irregularitys and feel the rsd has total controll at times. One doctor told me that the heart as an organ actualy has the most amount of sympathetic nerves surrounding it.
Curious about something though being vascular, those with heart problems do you also get or did you get migranes? it is important.
Sandra
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Funny you should bring these up. Never had any of these symptoms prior to CRPS. Since then, I have had one or two scintillating scotomas where I lost 2/3 of my vision for 1/2 hour, neurologist calls them ocular migraines or migraine without a headache. Also had a couple incidence where my heart rate, normally 58-60 b/min will take off and wake me at night at 130-140, or so.
I now take lorazapam but not for anxiety. That is not much of an issue, really. Just pain and fatigue. I take 1/2 mg at bedtime to sleep as my shoulder pain and/or CRPS will usually wake my around 1 or 2 am. Lorazapam seems to extend that until 4 or 5 am. I am trying to cut down from 1 mg as I just wonder if that is not part of feeling tired all of the time. Internist recommended Ambien, tried it once and forgot my name. Neat. Amnesia is so embarrasing and unbecoming. Lorazapam works fine, thank you!
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