Posted by floatingbridge on December 21, 2009, at 1:47:16
In reply to Re: strattera and raynaurd's syndrome presentation » floatingbridge, posted by fleeting flutterby on December 16, 2009, at 9:35:01
> ---flutterby: Well, I've had Raynauds my whole life. Even as a child if I went out in below freezing weather I'd be in so much pain in my feet and hands-- I swore there were needles under my nails. :o(
> When I was late teens early twenties my toes turned purple when wearing high heels so I couldn't wear them often and that made me feel like a fish out of water in the work place.
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> I think for me, it was the trauma that I went through from a baby until adult-- no studies have been done that I know of -- but I bet if there was a study done they'd find that a person can be so triggered with hypervigilence by life that they even shut their own circulation down.Yes, Flutterby, I wonder about this. As the doctor was diagnosing me, I could feel my hands 'numb' up. Kind of a chilling feeling I've felt before, only more extreme. Do you think people could faint from it? Is it like going into shock? I guess those are different processes....
> I wish I could just stop taking a pill and it would go away........ I have yet to get it to abate. freezing hands and feet.... turning purple without blood flow.... not fun-- I feel for you. Hope you can find a way to counteract it.
Flutterby, this sounds really painful. Mine is not so pronounced--a tingly numbness in hands and an inability to warm them. The day I went to the doc, though, my feet were a mottled blackish-purple. I thought I had dye on my feet from the socks I wore the day before--until he pressed my feet and his fingers left white impressions. Also had a red blossom of a fungus, which he said was opportunistic due to decreased circulation. It started when I began strattera, but I had never made the connection--having to wear my ugg boots to bed, feet and hands never warming.
I'm off the strattera now and this hopefully will clear up and go back into remission. I also started ginger and cayenne capsules once or twice a day. Seems to help.
Thanks Flutter-by for taking the time to read and comment. Its good to hear from you!
Best to you, too!
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