Posted by Larry Hoover on July 10, 2004, at 8:41:35
In reply to Thanks -- more info » Larry Hoover, posted by Racer on July 7, 2004, at 16:06:58
> Thank you. Your posts are almost always so educational for me, and that's why I always look forward to them.
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> The incident that worried me did have a *lot* of variables involved: I had been to the dentist, so lots of dental distress (root canal), along with the vasoconstrictors and local anesthetic. Empty stomach, because my jaw was too torn up to eat. It was hot out, and I was driving a long time that day, there and back, with a quick window shopping trip added in. When I got home, I took a painkiller -- Percodan -- which was about two hours or so before I started getting sick. I ate a light meal -- mostly veggies -- about half an hour after taking the Percodan. "Sick" in this case means: vomiting, weakness (crawling out of the bathroom, since I was too weak to stand up), and then just collapsing on the floor when I couldn't crawl anymore. I tried to lift my arms, or my head, but couldn't do it -- my whole body felt as though it was vibrating a little bit, and I couldn't seem to move. The vibration sensation reminded me of how it feels when you donate platelets at the blood bank -- you know, the thing they tell you means "more Tums" -- so I kinda thought that it might be electrolytes.Wow! Your brain works differently than mine. ;-)
With all those other variables, I wouldn't have been thinking electrolytes, at all. Oxycodone (in Percodan) can alone do all you describe.
> As for why I drink water, mostly, I think, it's a case of nervous energy and habit. Not necessarily any good reason. (Although, as I was typing that first sentence, I grabbed the bottle for a swig and managed to squirt it all over myself -- so maybe it's a subconscious need to remind myself I can be a real dweeb?) It's mostly a case of "better to drink water than to smoke a cigarette or pop food into my mouth", with a side of dry mouth.
If you're urinating more often than every two hours (and you don't have a "nervous bladder"), then you're drinking too much fluid. That would be my guideline.
>(Metamucil actually seems to *increase* my constipation problem, by the way. I was taking it for that reason, but the problem got worse until I stopped. Now, not so much of a problem. Go figure...)
Eh? You be weird, honey. ;-)
Never heard of that before. OK, you're depressed, right? Peristalsis, the rhythmic contractions of the gut that move food along, depend on.....tada!....serotonin. There is more serotonin in your gut than in your entire brain!
Maybe you might feel better using tryptophan as a supplement? Take it half an hour before a good-sized meal. I get mine from:
http://www.buygpdirect.com/gpefeed.htmDon't be thrown by the veterinary aspect. People don't feed crap to expensive horseflesh. I use the ultra-pure (half-way down the page). It doesn't dissolve well, but a blender will mix it into e.g. fruit juice just fine.
> And don't let the handle fool you: there is a reason for it, but nothing to do with *me* running -- although, that does depend on what's chasing me...
Oh, but the fun in being chased is in getting caught, non?
I just think it's an extra bit of fun to try and figure out someone's pseudonym. I took all the fun out of it, eh?
> Thanks again, Larry, and I promise I'll remember next time to ask you sourly.I didn't say you had to be sour. I just said you didn't have to be sweet, but I didn't mind it if you were.
Lar
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