S.C., I do have klonapin that I use when I really need it, but I try not to use it - it knocks me out, and also I don't want to develop any kind of dependence on it. My therapist now also thinks it's...
Hi Scaredy Cat and Larry, Thanks for responding! Since last weekend I've just had one drink (a glass of wine last night) and I feel ok today. I guess the solution is only stick to one drink! I'm...
Hi all, I've been on Prozac for about 5 weeks for anxiety/panic disorder. The Prozac has helped tremendously, but I've still had I think three very bad days of panic where I had a really hard time...
Hi all, I'm new here but not new to HealingWell (used to be a moderator a long time back for the Lyme Disease forum -- over that now, luckily!). I've had anxiety problems for years and am going...
Hi all, I haven't posted in this particular part of HW before, but I have been having stomach issues and just read this thread and felt like responding. Gabby04, I had three similar incidences with...
Well, the zyrtec has worked wonders today! I feel so much better. I'm taking another one now (took one early this morning) so I can get on a night-time schedule instead of a morning schedule, since I...
Btw, I just changed my profile tag -- I haven't been a mod for the lyme forum for a couple years -- sorry about that, HW!...
I wish the pollen would quit too! I think tree pollen is worst for me, because my allergies are always terrible in spring and then a week or two in fall (so would that be leaf mold? Or ragweed? Who...
Hi all, I'm new to the allergy forum (but not new to HW). I'm having a horrendous time this year with allergies, as I'm sure you all are. I've been on Allegra since I was 16, so that's, uh...about 16...
Thanks Alcie and Kitt! When I fell and hurt my ribs last spring, the doc thought it was just a bad bruise or possibly small fracture. She instructed me to take double-strength Aleve three times a...
Hi all, Some of you know me as a long-term HW member, but I've never posted on the GERD forum before. In the past few months I've had a couple bouts of SEVERE stomach pain and nausea, and both times...
Hi everyone? How are y'all doing? I've been doing well and trying to forget about lyme disease, hoping I don't have to deal with it again. But I do have a weird rash right now that the doc can't...
I agree, Scorpio. James was looking for support, and many members here (including Kitt) gave suggestions to help him. Nobody can really understand what anyone else is going through. Yes, lyme is a...
Thanks, Really Lyme! For anyone thinking about it: It can be kind of tough, because sometimes people really don't want to be corrected and really don't feel like following the forum rules. You have...
Hi all, I'm not interested in moderating the lyme forum anymore. Is anyone interested in taking on this job? We've recruited some moderators in the past but they seem to have gone MIA. If you are...
Is the pain actually in your stomach (as opposed to in your intestine or other abdominal muscles)? I'm asking because burning stomach pain is one sign of a stomach ulcer. I just had one recently, and...
Okay, I take it back -- the wikipedia page doesn't exist anymore. If you look up "lyme disease" there, there is a small section on the lyme controversy that could be helpful....
Hi Katie, It is a real disease, but there's a lot of controversy over "chronic lyme." There's actually a great wikipedia article describing the controversy -- go to wikipedia and look up "lyme...
Haha, you're funny. :) I don't know what happened to that thread either -- guessing it got deleted by someone else....
Yes, I noticed that too! Well, what I really noticed was the "lyme rage" when I was really sick. I would fly off the handle at the littlest thing. Now my emotions seem much more controlled and...
I think it's best to let others decide for themselves what illness their symptoms fit and how to proceed with doctors and treatment. There have been conflicts in the past because members from the...
Hi Debbie Downer! I have to fight NOT to be a debbie downer many days, so I totally understand your name. :) Your symptoms sound very much like lyme. I too had the overwhelming fatigue (I basically...
Could very well be an ulcer. Let us know what your doc says. I have a stomach ulcer right now, not from antibiotics, but from taking too much Aleve after falling and hurting my ribs. The ulcer just...
Hi minerals, I have no idea why that's happening -- so sorry! Try emailing Peter, the forum administrator (and owner): admin@healingwell.com....
Hi everyone, This is just a reminder that signatures are supposed to be 10 lines or fewer, including spaces between lines. This is to save server room. I've seen a lot of long signatures lately, so...
Thanks everyone! I'm going to the doc tomorrow and probably getting an xray then. I did just see my physical therapist (I was going there for an old back injury), and they said it does not feel...
This is not related to lyme...but has anyone here had fractured or broken ribs? I took a major fall off a chair yesterday, falling about 4 feet and landing on the side of the chair on my left lower...
That doc does listen and treat properly, but he's just very reserved and you have to ask him a lot of questions to get information. I agree that the appointments are disappointingly short, but he...
Hi anxietyridden, It definitely sounds like lyme could be a possibility. Have you read the sticky thread (at the top of the page) called "The Basics - Newbies, check this out!"? It will give you a...
I'm reposting what LymeUnknown posted in one of the sticky threads. Original post: Hello, I am new here and probably will not be able to be on here much, but I need advice/help. I totally sympathize...
Listening to this is making me incredibly sad and angry. :( I think I usually avoid talking about lyme these days because it just causes too much anger (in me) and brings back so many awful memories,...
Great info! I look forward to listening, if I don't have to substitute teach. :(...
Did you use the little Google search field towards the top of the page (in the middle)? There are two ways to search the site -- that way, and by actually clicking on the "search" link and searching...
Hezzer - I had pretty bad TMJ from lyme, which went away with treatment. I used to get horrible pain in my jaw and then a raging headache if I ate something hard like pretzels or nuts. A dentist will...
I think it's very unlikely that anyone here actually has lymphoma, so don't get scared, but I just think swollen lymph nodes are something that should get checked out! My cutaneous lymphoma was...
Have you seen a GP or internal medicine doc about this? You might want to just to make sure it's nothing more serious. Not to scare you, but I developed a type of lymphoma from being sick with lyme...
Razzle, I never knew that! I took glucosamine for about a week and swear I felt worse, and my doc thought I was crazy. I too am sensitive to sulfites, though. I have osteoarthritis too. It's actually...
Razzle - How much magnesium do you recommend? I think I'm going to try that. I also find yoga to be extremely helpful with stiffness. I also do it nearly every morning on my own as I'm watching the...
That's from the Huffington Post, actually, which is well known as a completely independent media source....
Hi lmcclure4477, There are several good doctors in New Jersey pretty close to you. The one I used to go to (I don't go to one at all anymore) is in Howell, NJ, which is probably about half an hour...
Are you still on treatment? I would suggest you still have lyme and need to be treated further. Fatigue was my most debilitating symptom also, even though several doctors assured me that I was better...
Congratulations, Jeminij!! That is wonderful news. I can't wait until I can buy my own house (still several years away, probably). It is always great to hear happy stories from people living with...
Hey everyone, I've never had digestive issues at all and have never been allergic to foods/medicines/materials (though I am highly allergic to everything environmental). Well, the past three times I...
Well, after my horrible visit to a doctor the other day, I went to an internal medicine doc at UPenn just for a regular checkup, mainly because I need a new GP. I almost canceled the appointment, but...
Thank you everyone!! I'm so angry that I wasted half my day going to that useless doctor. I'm only 30 and I don't think I'm going through perimenopause (as I said, my periods have been totally...
Hi all, Per Ticker's recommendation, I called a compounding pharmacy and got the name of a doctor who has supposedly ordered meds from them, meaning she probably tests for hormone imbalances. I drove...
Hey Rich, Did you find the sticky thread? "Sticky" means it always stays at the top of the list of posts. So if you go back to the main page of the lyme discussion forum, you'll see it somewhere...
Hi Rich! Welcome to the forum. It sounds like you're beginning to learn more about your health and taking the right steps to get better. "LLMD" is an informal term lymies use to refer to...
Hi Alder514, I'm so sorry to hear about your diagnoses. I did not have the same experience, but I DID have surgery recently, and I didn't have a major relapse (I too am almost 100% better after...
Hi Girly, Did you read the thread at the top titled "The Basics"? Some of your questions may be answered in that. Your doctor probably told you you would feel like crap because of the Herxheimer...