Posted by mtdew on January 13, 2004, at 14:07:35
In reply to Re: Wow... » utopizen, posted by Ame Sans Vie on January 13, 2004, at 6:45:43
That's interesting re aspartame and your fibro. I seem to tolerate aspartame just fine, but acesulfame-K is a problem for me. It took a while to figure out. If you have fibro/CFIDS/MCS/etc. it pays to examine everything you put in your body. I've also recently discovered minor allergies to whole grain oats, raw cashews, and shrimp. Food allergies can easily be mistaken for anxiety, as well as reduce your quality of sleep and life.
> > Have you tried Soma for insomnia? It seems sedating from what I've read. Seconal, wow. Not even Seconal alone does the trick?
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> I used Soma for a while at quite high doses (700mg five times daily) to help with my fibromyalgia. Recently I discovered that aspartame was causing all the pain, and upon giving up Diet Coke in exchange for drinks sweetened with sucralose and acesulfame-K the pain I once had to treat with the fentanyl patch is 100% absent. I've never found Soma at all sedating, though -- if anything, I find it quite activating. The best comparison I can make is that it feels like a Quaalude, without the drowsiness/stupor, combined with a bit of codeine and a small hit of MDMA or a standard dose of MDA.
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> I don't know what it is with me and barbiturates -- neither Seconal nor Amytal works for me on its own, but it seems they vastly potentiate each other when taken together.
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