You say your blood pressure (b/p) is in the high range. What might your latest b/p reading be? WebMD.com says 120-129 is elevated. 130-139 is stage 1 hypertension. 140 and above is stage 2...
In my earlier post I suggested taking an extra dose of your regular anxiety medicine for chest pain. What I do, and should have said, is, when I have anxiety chest pain, I take a tranquilizer,...
In a recent post about this, I noted that a few weeks ago I had a lot of chest pain. At such times, I've always taken my tranquilizer Ativan, also called Lorazepam, 1mg tablet. It has always stopped...
Like Hedgie said above, "I feel hopeful when I see someone doing something nice for someone else and it doesn't need to be a big thing." I really enjoy that, also. I was recently in the emergency...
Thanks Scaredy Cat and Dan: Scaredy Cat said, "Great work on being proactive and making the right plans/decisions for you as an individual" It think both of those statements are very good. Partly...
Thanks Scaredy Cat: Through it all, I'm thinking if my new, and young some 28-year-old general practitioner may have been right. I don't really need b/p medicine. Now, that really has to be thought...
Thanks, Dan. Just got back from taking a battery of tests at the hospital and the guy came in and said, "It looks good, you can go home now." I said was it a heart attack and he said, "No." I got an...
My heart doctor put me on a recording saying, by appointment only, which would be dec. 4. My psychiatrist's nurse, when I called to ask for a refill of Ativan tranquilizer which kept me alive during...
Thanks Dan. I was lucky to be sitting where I was. I was sitting in a chair watching TV, thank goodness, because that's where my heating pad is, always plugged in and laying on the bed, thank...
I have blood pressure problems, myself. Normal blood pressure, net says, is 120/80 and below. Hypertension is 140/90 and above. You can check those numbers on the net. You say, "I get this feeling of...
As a biopolar I, who has the full mania, while you say you are bipolar II, which net says is not full mania, I take Lithium for the mania and Mirtazapine for the depression. You said you are just...
You said you were taking Remeron for your depression. I told you I was taking Mirtazapine for depression. I forgot to note, that Mirtazapine is the cheaper form of Remeron, so they are basically the...
I take Mirtazapine for the depression side of my bipolar, and take lithium for the mania side. When I first started taking 15 mg. of Mirtazapine at bedtime, after getting into bed, my toes would...
----- Magic Penny Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1955 and 1958 Northern Music Corporation, renewed 1986. a.k.a. "Love Is Something." Despite the later copyright dates, this...
From looking at the net, it turns out Malvina Reynolds wrote the song "Little Boxes" which was recorded by folk singer Pete Seegar. And you say, she was born in 1900 and passed away in 1978. Did she...