Dh takes ambien every night to sleep and has for about a year. He loooooves it. before that, he did trazadone for about 1-2 years and loved that. He just love ambien more:) It works better, he falls asleep faster, stays asleep better and still doesn't feel rested when he wakes;/ Anway, for the last ...

when i said she 'couldn't' be pregnant with this severe apnea, i didn't mean 'couldn't'......of course she *can*. but everyday, we learn more about how sensitive babies brains are to the slightest insult. a good example is the emerging evidence that a plethora of environmental contaminants are respo...

ballerinas use it on their feet....so if you can't find it anyplace else, any dance supply store or ballet studio with an in house shop, will have it.

K

i really think you should try Teri's rec for the silk sleep cap. people with very very breakprone hair use them b/c the slippery surface slips against their hair instead of 'catching' the hair and breaking it. if it doesn't work you're out less than $10. you could also try taking 5 mg biotin per day...

snoredog wrote: <<you could have some kind of a food allergy>> carla does have some kind of food allergy. Her current diet does not reflect an, um, adequate respect for how much these food allergies/intolerances affect her overall health. It definitely plays a role in her GERD. Definitely plays a ro...

for any surgery, i recommend pre-op 1)50 mg zinc/day for a few days 2)a low inflammation diet with lots of non starchy veggies at *every* meal......at least 9-10 servings of non starchy veggies per day, some bright/dark fruits, a svg or two of beans (svg is 1/2c cooked), svg nuts (raw or dry roasted...

thank you so much r_g. it's helpful beyond any thanks I can convey to you. i am a researcher by nature and already have my areas of expertise. i am happy to rely on others expertise in this arena, only becoming one as much as I need to to advocate for my dh.

smooch! to you.


k

<<Speaking of luck, Carla is lucky to have you as a friend pulling for her to get good treatment.>> it goes both ways which is nice. we had a good long phone conversation about all of this this am and she downloaded her data from the last two nights...... talked about GERD, asthma, allergies her rec...

i've had one episode of really frightening vertigo that was intermittent over about a week. it started in the middle of the night. i was awoken by the bed/room spinning. i was concurrently having a lot of neck/shoulder pain. i didn't know what to do for the vertigo, but for the neck/shoulder pain i ...

for chronic fatigue and fibro I can strongly strongly recommend two things _Fatigued to Fantastic_ by Jacob Teitlebaum, MD and getting your 25(OH)D levels tested *asap* and treating this deficiency (that's a given) with appopriate daily amounts of D3 (cholecalciferol) not not not not D2 (as many md'...

my dh took it with moderate success for some time. it didn't help with the falling asleep as much as the staying asleep. he now uses ambien every night. i love tranquilnite by new chapter and the sleep formula by Fatigued to Fantastic. dh needs two of the tanquilnite to fall asleep: http://www.iherb...

in the boards vast and varied experiences, what are the quietest machines in each class (regular cpap, auto, bi)

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<<You hubby can go in and say lets do the surgery and the doc will inform him of the options and the pros and cons of each. Your hubby will get the right picture>> yeah, he will. we have a great doc. and dh really has been 'hearing' everything i'm reading to him from various posts here, and info on ...

<<That tech sounds like he needs to attend a remedial class in "bedside manner">> it's much more serious than that. bedside manner was fine. it was a casual, joking informal banter. the issue is that the tech has no place in issuing a diagnsosis or treatment. and in stating treatment option, offerin...

carla, since i know you:) i can tell you that i think both snoredog and rested_gal are spot on. i think there are variable factors influencing your treatment.... the GERD possibility fits with some of your hx to which i'm privvy and fits in just right with the whole allergy/asthma thing. all of thos...