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    Kidney Stones....really !

    About six weeks ago I was treated for a kidney infection with antibiotics - lots of pain, ugh. It helped, thought it was over. Spent a good part of yesterday in the ER (darn clinics were all closed for the STAT holiday) - happened on the same doctor I had seen before. An xray later and you can...
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    Musings on Fibro - Mindset, Bodyset ?

    I have been watching a lot of uTube on fibro. Interesting stuff. I mean, hey, I feel like crap so I'm sitting around right ? I mostly watch stuff presented by doctors, medical specialists. There are some theories that our biggest problem is serotonin reception and/or dopamine receptors. I don't...
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    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
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    Very Informative Fibro Talk by MD

    Dr. Andrew J Gross speaks about Fibro. He talks for an hour and twelve minutes and then takes questions. I watched the whole thing, a very good speaker and he lays it out very well with an easily understandable power point presentation, talking about a multi disciplinary approach to managing...
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    Pain - So Much in One Word

    They always say the Eskimo/Inuit have X number of words for snow...I think we should have a bunch of words for pain. There's that burning pain, tingling pain, dull ache, needles in my joints pain, seizing pain, muscle spasmy pain, hit by a truck pain (a morning favorite). There's also one I...
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    • Forum: Chronic pain
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    Pain Management

    I am currently on ampitryptiline for pain and sleep - helps me get back to sleep when I do wake up and seems to quiet those tingling sensations. Like many of us I do not want to medicate because of nasty side effects...but I am looking for some help with pain. I am seeing my GP on...
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    • Forum: Chronic pain
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    Pain...finding help

    Winter is coming....ugh. Winter is when I really go down - I live in a very wintery, cold, snowy climate which is hard enough to stay motivated for anyone, esp. when it stays dark so long (in the thick of things we get light before 9 and dark before 5). I think it is the cold that gets me most...
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    • doctor ibuprofen lead looking for night pain sleep tramadol
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    • Forum: Chronic pain
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    Lexapro / Escitalopram

    Just starting this....just diagnosed with Fibro after a few years of "is it Lupus" etc. Was just curious about anyone's experiences ? Doc also gave me Sinequan/Doxepin for sleep. Thanks.
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