Posted by sunshine25 on November 1, 2008, at 23:41:25
I am on a lot of medications I am currently weaning off of them one at a time. I believe that one of them is ruining my immune system. This is just a theory I have no real proof it is just that I never got cold sores in my life and now how them almost every other week. I feel sick and tired all the time, I am in a mental fog. I was tested for lymes disease twice, both tests are negative. I have chronic facial pain and take vicoden as needed, did start lyrica but that was just another side effect fest and I am trying to get away from Rx's.
I am at a loss as to what to do. My pysch doc is very unsupportive about me going off of Rx's but I feel like I am just at my wits end. I am a walking pharmacy!!!
I am on all these Rx's and still not a happy productive person, what good are they then. Now non-stop cold sores on top of all of this other crap.
I am at a loss. I have been looking for help, looking on curezone but am fearful. I don't want to start yanking root canals out. That website makes my anxiety way worse. But what is the answer?
My psych doc says the coldsores are due to pain and stress, I don't know it is like the final straw, now I don't want to go out in public because I feel embarassed. Yes I know thats not good or normal, but I'm neither of those things.
It would be one thing if it was every once in a while but this is non-stop every other week or more often. My immune system is destroyed!
Could this be from topamax? or vicoden? I have stopped prozac 34days ago still having some withdrawals, just stopped wellbutrin 5 days, was taking famvir for cold sores but was still having outbreaks and I would like to have a little bit of a liver left for my 40's so I stopped that.
I take lysine, reishi and atralagus(sp?) I feel very depressed, and not "depression" this is depressed with identifiable cause I think there is a difference.
Sorry to dump all of this here but I am without an outlet and I do read these boards and I know there are a lot of informed people here. I am hoping someone has an idea.
my "offical diagnosis" is bipolar disorder but sometimes I wonder if that is even correct, I wish there was a blood test for bipolar, I also am diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia, ocd, anxiety and panic attacks. I feel sorry for myself right now. I do. I know that there are people who have it worse and I wish I could be more zen.
treatments tried.... neurofeedback
accupuncture (it does hurt don't let them lie to you!)
meditation
hypnosis
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