Re: Sitting Still

[Guest guest]

Mindy, I too have problems sitting still. I am not sure your doctor

understands the sensation we feel because he calls it restless leg

and I assure you that restless leg and fanny fatigue are two

separate issues.

Also, please be careful when taking the medicines for bladder

control. My mother had a very ugly episode while on one of those

medications and I would rather buy her depends for the rest of her

life then to know that I could have prevented her from choking to

death or having her bowels shut down. Ouch!

As for the valium, my PCP said it best when I told him I couldn't

sleep because of the pain that I was having and was worried about

addiction. He said, I can get you detoxed off anything, I cannot

get you back the sleep you lost and the damage can be much worse

from sleep deprivation.

>

> How many of you have problems sitting still for any period of

time? My

> neuro wants me to start taking a valium-like drug to make me relax

in

> the evening. He thinks that my spasticity has generated " restless

leg

> syndrome " . And taking this drug will ultimately get me better

sleep.

> Anyone have a similiar diagnosis?

>

> By the way, I'm not sure if I updated but my neuro is letting me

stay

> on the Strattera for my bladder. I guess Strattera works on the

same

> hormone that our bladder produces (or something like that) so it

wasn't

> totally preposperous that it fixed my " urge " problems. Now, I

have to

> keep an eye on my bladder to be sure it doesn't start retaining.

So

> far so good. I almost feel normal. I am now nearly four months

pee-pad

> free! And no accidents! Weeeee!

>

> Would love to learn about the side effects of Provigil. I will be

> taking this along with my Strattera for concentration issues and

I'm

> really worried about being over medicated.

>

> Mindy

>