Posted by sunshine25 on November 2, 2008, at 19:15:31
In reply to Re: Yxibow » yxibow, posted by JadeKelly on November 2, 2008, at 16:54:16
I have been with my pdoc for 17yrs, I am afraid to go to someone new. Just telling the stories all over, all of that seems so daunting. On the other hand sometimes I think a new perspective is often good, but I am too chicken to start fresh with someone and I trust this man and trusting is hard.
I take now .25 topamax at night before bed
1mg xanax bedtime
* vicoden 7.5 750's 4x a day max as needed for pain (trigeminal neuralgia)
and a lot of vitaminsI just stopped wellbutrin 100 1x am
prozac 20 1x amI saw a regular doc and had my b-12 levels tested, pernanicous(sp?) anemia was fine, lymes, lypids, cholesterol, liver function, ect all normal
Someone mentioned white blood cell count and viral loads. White blood cells I want to have done I read recently that topamax can affect your white count, I will call and check on thatand viral loads? they test how much of the herpes simplex virus is in your system? I never heard of that before!
That I would like to know as well. I hope the Dr will order the tests for me. I see the psych tomorrow and will ask him if he will order those tests.
Also I saw mention of thyroid (hypo) I wonder about that as well I was tested I believe but I think that my symptoms fit hypothyroidism so well, low body temp 97 consistantly. I am wondering if the levels are just so borderline they did not raise a red flag for the Dr but could be subclinical..
I started taking virgin coconut oil yesterday and took about 5 tablespoons full. I woke up in the middle of the night so sick to my stomach! blech!I took only one tablespoonful today.
I am willing to try almost anything at this point.
Thank you all for your answers and support. It is hard talking to healthy non-depressed people about chronic problems. They just cannot possibly understand what it is that we feel.Also for anyone who has come off of an SSRI I feel so emotional lately, I have cried more in the past 2 weeks then in the past 3 or more years. I don't know if this is good or bad. Am I getting feelings out or having a breakdown.
1 more thing has anyone been on tegretol?? I am thinking about asking the doc to switch me to that I heard it works for trigeminal neuralgia and also as a mood stabilizer 2 birds one stone.
any info would be appreciated!
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