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Originally Posted by AnnieB3
Thanks, Don. 
What Pred does is to reduce the gel coating of the stomach. To help repair that, you should probably take flax or fish oil every day. And acidophilus. Understanding what a drug does to your body really helps in being able to recover from it!
Ativan is a drug that can cause muscle weakness!!! People with MG should not take drugs that could increase muscle weakness.
Has anyone thought to check your chemistry panel? Things like potassium, sodium, calcium, etc.? Also, other things that can cause muscle twitching are binge drinking or drinking too much water alone. Why? It reduces the amount of sodium in the body and can cause hyponatremia (fancy name for too little sodium). It's not only how much a person drinks but how quickly that causes it. I've had it, it's not fun (not from binge drinking though). When electrolytes are off, they can wreak havoc on the muscles and heart.
Why doctors throw Ativan at patients all the time is beyond me. It's like they don't want "uppity" patients and want to get rid of them via a drug. Hate it. Not that anxiety shouldn't be addressed but it can also be helped by a psychologist. The coping skills they can give you are amazing!
You know what else causes a feeling of a lump in the throat? A thyroid condition!!! Has anyone checked that out?
I hope you will sit down with an internist, if you have one, and discuss all of this. Maybe they can be more thorough. Or get a 2nd opinion from another one if yours was the one throwing drugs at you.
Defining a condition or disease is the most important thing, before you have drugs. Yes, drugs are often necessary right away, like in Bell's but you really need to know what is causing symptoms. If doctors had given me Neurontin for my paresthesias and Provigil for my fatigue back in 1997-99, I would have had less pain and been more awake but I would've eventually been dead from my B12 deficiency. Which, by the way, they should test you for too since Pred reduces stomach acid and interferes with your ability to process foods and absorb that nutrient.
Best wishes,
Annie |
I do take a B12 supplment everyday. But I had not heard of the drinking too much water thing. IO have been drinking alot of water mainly becasue of my nervousness about swallowing. then I run to the bathroom about once an hour because I am drinking so much water. I do have hypothyroidism (diagnosed last year). and I takes meds for it. I just had a full run of that, and it is normal.
I do believe anxiety is a big part of this. i cut my grass last night and felt great afterwards....Nop burning in chest or lump in throat. Slept gret all night. I expelled the energy and felt good. I need to find a way to stop obsessing about my health.