Posted by Elizabeth on August 23, 2001, at 10:33:02
In reply to Re: I was gone but now I'm back » Elizabeth, posted by Lorraine on August 22, 2001, at 15:16:43
> > How do you accurately measure out 1 mg of Adderall, though???
>
> What do you mean by accurately :-) (1.25 is 1/4 of 5 mg tablet split inaccurately give or take .25 mg). You are a stickler for accuracy aren't you< vbg >Hey, amphetamine is pretty potent stuff -- +/-0.25 mg is a big range.
> > Isn't "massage" just a euphemism? < g > Seriously, can you post the ingredients? (just curious) Is it water-based?
>
> Actually, it turns out it is for "tanning"--it has "tantilizing hot action" and comes in 4 ml tubules to be added to your regular tanning lotion.Tantalizing, huh? (Is it titillating too? Sorry, I'm feeling sophomoric this morning.)
> But, hey, that doesn't stop me....I suppose on of the more customary lubricants like "silk" or such would be good. I just like the tantilizing hot action, what can I say? < g >
< Beavis >Heh heh.< /Beavis >
> > So "hypertension" means the cheese reaction? Then what does "hypertensive episodes" mean???
> is all of this over an "on" rather than an "ve" ending?
I dunno. I'm just confused! (Don't blame me, you're the one who made the distinction in the first place.)
> Elizabeth, are you being accurate (in which event we are doomed b/c like Shelli, I can't even spell) or are you playing?
I'm genuinely confused, I'm not just messing with you or something. :-)
> How about "I will not confuse hypertensive crisis with hypertension" one hundred times on the blackboard, like Bart of the Simpsons.
You can write "I will not confuse hypertensive crisis with hypertension" as many times as you want, that still doesn't mean that I will know what you're talking about!
[re "up-regulated" vs. "down-regulated" -- another one that genuinely confuses me, BTW]
> I shouldn't insist on his language actually because it is confusing. He means over-stimulated vs under-stimulated and he determines this based on your QEEG.Okay, so it has no real-world correlation?
> > I could see that. What does it mean for people like me who tend to be slowed-down and tired
>
> "under-stimulated"...but anxious and easily startled at the same time?
> > Mmm. Too bad anticonvulsants (Depakote, Lamictal, Neurontin) never did much for me (except for the benzodiazepines).
>
> Too bad, but then again maybe your brain wave activity wouldn't show spiking suggestive of temporal lobe epilepsy.I've had a couple of EEGs, they were described as "within normal limits." Never had a qEEG, tho'.
> How is you med trial fairing these days?
I'm on 225 mg of desipramine. It seems to be working about as well as Parnate did -- it's not a substitute for buprenorphine, but it does make a big difference. I'm taking a break from changing anything because my insurance coverage expired (so I need to get new insurance so I can get a primary care doc so I can have an ECG).
> The Parnate is giving me consistent "bad" headaches when I first arise before I take any meds and continues to disrupt my sleep mercilessly.
All the MAOIs I tried (Nardil, Parnate, selegiline, Marplan) caused sleep problems for me. What are the headaches like? (Where does it hurt and can you describe the pain qualitatively at all, that is?)
> I have an appointment tomorrow. I have read that frequent bad headaches can be a prenome (?) of spontaneous hypertensi--drum roll please--ve crises.
(Prodrome?) Headache is a symptom of elevated BP, but it's a very unusual sort of headache, not at all like tension headaches, sinus headaches, etc.
-elizabeth
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