Posted by azalea on November 2, 2008, at 10:19:52
In reply to medication lowering immunity?, posted by sunshine25 on November 1, 2008, at 23:41:25
What are your current meds and dosages?
> 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.
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> 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!!!
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> treatments tried.... neurofeedback
> accupuncture (it does hurt don't let them lie to you!)
> meditation
> hypnosis
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