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- Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:44 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: OT: anyone medicated for fibromyalgia?
- Replies: 18
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Re: OT: anyone medicated for fibromyalgia?
what is it that neurontin is supposed to do? i could have sworn the dr. said that neurontin and lyrica are the same thing, just that the company who made neurontin had their patent run out so it's not advertised like lyrica is..then again, we talked for a really long time, i could have mixed that up...
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:33 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: OT: anyone medicated for fibromyalgia?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2029
Re: OT: anyone medicated for fibromyalgia?
Sharon, I do not have fibromyalgia, but my sleep doctor (neurologist specializing in sleep disorders) has been prescribing Lyrica to help people with sleep disorders achieve deeper sleep. He prescribed it to me for my insomnia problems. I ramped up to 150 mg and began experiencing some brain fog in...
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:07 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: OT: anyone medicated for fibromyalgia?
- Replies: 18
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Re: OT: anyone medicated for fibromyalgia?
[quote="Snoredog"]I'd go get a massage and see how painful it is
i do go for regular massage therapy, and let me tell you, it is excruciating
i do go for regular massage therapy, and let me tell you, it is excruciating
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:05 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: OT: anyone medicated for fibromyalgia?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2029
Re: OT: anyone medicated for fibromyalgia?
hi guys thanks for the responses as i mentioned, i was originally diagnosed 13 years ago, and have already gone through the arthritis society self management course and have tried many, many different things to manage my condition once i received my OSA dx, i was hopeful that my pain and fatigue was...
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:30 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Five months in and not getting anywhere
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3342
Re: Five months in and not getting anywhere
chipbutty!!! thanks for the sannie...i miss eating those lovely things, though i admit on occasion i have them at mom's ! my plmd was dx'd at my sleep study...i have a leg movement that happens continuously through the night, about every 17 to 30 seconds, which they figured causes arousals about 1/4...
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:27 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Five months in and not getting anywhere
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3342
Re: Five months in and not getting anywhere
chipbutty i feel for you i second ozij's suggestion that there may be underlying issues such as plmd or another sleep disorder (i, myself, being the overachiever that i am, have 3 separate sleep disorders ); i didn't begin medicating for severe PLMD till i had been on cpap for about 5 months; i also...
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:42 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: OT: anyone medicated for fibromyalgia?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2029
OT: anyone medicated for fibromyalgia?
i was Dx'd with FMS 13 years ago, but had been reading up on it and found that if it had been a long time since Dx, it would be wise to have the Dx confirmed, in case there was something else going on...so yesterday i finally had an appointment with a fibromyalgia clinic 2 hours from home that i had...
- Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:21 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Reason to believe
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2404
- Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:07 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: are we all overweight here?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2691
i was low to normal weight my whole life, even through both pregnancies where i gained only 20lbs and 17 lbs respectively......i eat a very healthy diet and was very active until i crashed about 3 years ago when i started to sleep around the clock and was too exhausted to do any of my normal activit...
- Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:56 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Blue painter's tape works great
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5684
hawthorne the one i have is #2090, but they had that and the #2080 at the store i just happened to have the 2090 hangin around don't know yet if it'll work for me...last night i got all ready (and i'm sure most cpap-ers know what that means) and was already in bed masked up and snuggled down when i ...
- Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:18 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Blue painter's tape works great
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5684
- Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:05 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Blue painter's tape works great
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5684
LOL hawthorne, the funny thing is i went looking in the garage where we keep all the paints and such because i needed to spray paint some patio furniture...it happened to be the one we had; then i had it sitting on the counter for 3 days waiting to go back to the garage when i read country 4 ever's ...
- Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:49 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Side Sleeping
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1555
according to my psg, my apneas are fairly consistent regardless of position or sleep stage my preference is to sleep on my back, which i trained myself to do because of severe hip pain, and at my chiro's suggestion but, my jaw consistently drops when i'm on my back, which i know because i inevitably...
- Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:08 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Blue painter's tape works great
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5684
- Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:47 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: could it be my mask
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3566
[quote="Blackneto"]well, lassoing the pillows as described above with dental floss worked. Almost. the pillows are still too small or shaped wrong. when my nostrils flare the seal gets broken at times. however I didn't have to fight it this time. the pillows stayed in place. So I ordered a Nasal Air...