Comments on: ice cream at dawn…

By: Sedgwick

Sedgwick — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:53:34 +0000

Lost track of what happened with your blood pressure investigation, but as someone who was at 230/140 before discovery and management was put in place, I know Nurofen (or any ipobrufen) is not good for people with B.P. issues.

Also have had similar experience with drawing/cartooning when there has been variation with the SSRI I use.

Best wishes, from someone from the land of the long black Vegemite.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:49:20 +0000

I had to withdraw from Paxil recently, after about six weeks developed tremors and new-to-me weird headaches. I already have migraines, but these headaches were different.
Coming off Paxil felt horrible. I’ve since heard people refer to this as “Paxil flu”. I felt uncomfortably unreal and extra sick.
But the weird headaches and tremors stopped. Now I am back to my usual migraines and CFIDS/FMS. Who would have ever guessed that this would feel like success?
Best wishes to you.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 06:10:54 +0000

Glad those awful symptoms only stuck around for a week. Hope they don’t return!
It’s so good for you to count yourself lucky. I know whenever I practice gratitude, I feel much healthier and happier.
And indulging in ice cream once in a while always works!

By: m

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 16:14:21 +0000

yikkes michael sounds horrid I’m glad you are feeling a bit better. I like the last suggestion for making you feel better super indulgence in something you enjoy…

By: blue

blue — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 11:15:53 +0000

Hi Michael,

Not good eh? Sorry to hear you can’t stand the sight of BLUE!

Seriously though, looking on the bright side, I experienced these very symptoms for the last few years, culminating in an almost constant state of migraine, but have faith - miracles can and do happen [I'm not religious by the way!]. For me, after a fortnight solid of migraine [they usually only came for 2-3 days, once or twqice a week], taking way too much Maxalt [Rizatriptan] to get through, I practiced a healing visualisation / self hypnosis on http://www.paulmckenna.com where I visualised myself freed from the five years of illness, and running along the beach with my surfboard and a big smile on my face. The next day, my partner bought me a new longboard [hadn't surfed for most of 4 1/2 years], and I took to the water, breaking all the rules of M.E. - surfed for 1 to 1 1/2 hours for almost every day of the last 8 weeks, and have more energy than ever before. But the real amazing thing - not a single migraine, not a headache, if I feel a bit buggy, I just go in the sea, and then feel way better all day. If I can’t get in the surf, I go in the sea for a swim [in wetsuit]. This works for me too. Try it - be like one of those old guys you see that swim in the sea every day, and are still going at 90 - it’s proof it works!

Sorry for long post - please edit freely, just had to show the hope -
yours happily and healthily,
Blue

By: john

john — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 10:42:29 +0000

You poor old devil. I wondered where you’d been … makes me wonder how I’d cope with coming off the wretched things. I keep putting it off though I know there is an alternative —- Lemon balm & St John’s Wort.

Hope you continue to feel OK and can get back to jollier things than struggling to feel well enough to be creative

By: zephyr

zephyr — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:12:18 +0000

gosh Michael, so sorry you had such a rough patch. hope you feel better soon.

z aka vickij

By: Karen Winters

Karen Winters — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 23:13:54 +0000

Hope you’ll feel better soon, Michael. K

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:48:16 +0000

gawd, that sounds very unpleasant and scary! glad you’re feeling better anyway