Re: Visit with New Rheumie/Questions

[Guest guest]

I don't want to be sane :-)

Actually, I'm mentally okay, but my bod is not. The doc figured the Zoloft

might help with sleep etc. I tried Amitriptyline a few years back and it was a

disaster. I had nightmares and sweats and gained 30 lbs in a couple of months.

It didn't help the pain either.

I don't want a repeat of that. LOL

Anne wrote:

> Lyndi, I have been on Zoloft for years...started out at 25mg up 150mg

> and now back down to 50mg. I think it is a great drug...keeps me

> sane. I do take it at night about 2 hours before bed as it makes me

> sleepy. Whatever you do...don't go cold turkey on it...I think a

> couple of weeks on and then stopping will be okay but longer than

> that and the withdrawals will kick your butt! Let me know if I can

> help you w/ anything else.

>

> Anne

>

>

> > I just came from my first visit with the rheumatoglogist my new

> family

> > doctor recommended. The rheumie was handsome and young (by my

> standards

> > :-) He was also very kind and considerate and did not treat me

> like an

> > idiot or a drug seeker or any other of those nasty things that I

> have come

> > to associate with many physicians who think fibro patients are

> whackos.

> >

> > When he started the physical exam, the first words out of his mouth

> were

> > " Good Lord, I don't have to touch your muscles. I can see the

> knots from

> > here! " Of course, he did lots of poking and prodding, but he did

> it as

> > gently as he could. He talked about deep tissue massage with some

> new

> > method. He said the physio therapy people use some sort of metal

> gizmo

> > and that it would cause me a lot of pain before it did any good. I

> was

> > much relieved when he said that would be further down the road. (if

> at

> > all)

> >

> > He actually put his stethoscope on my neck and got me to move my

> head

> > around. He said the noises I was hearing were far from normal and

> promptly

> > scheduled an MRI. He gave me a month's supply of Zoloft samples to

> try to

> > see if it helps me sleep better. He told me not to fill the

> prescription

> > until I tried the stuff for three weeks. He also said if I start

> gaining

> > weight while taking it, to give him a call and see about switching

> to

> > something else or dropping the idea all together. I would

> appreciate it

> > if any of you would be willing to share your experiences with taking

> > Zoloft.

> >

> > He gave me some samples and a script for Zanaflex too. He said it

> might

> > just help stop the muscle spasms. Have any of you tried it? If

> so, does

> > it help? Are the side effects as bad as the product monolith says

> they

> > might be?

> >

> > The real kicker of the visit was that he asked if I had enough pain

> meds

> > to see me through to my next visit with him - or - would I like some

> > different pain meds? I damned near fell off the chair.

> >

> > All in all, it was a good experience.

> >

> > I am not looking forward to seeing the bill or with fighting with my

> > insurance company over the cost of the MRI, but I guess I'll cross

> those

> > bridges when I get to them.

> >

> > Lyndi

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I don't want to be sane :-)

Actually, I'm mentally okay, but my bod is not. The doc figured the Zoloft

might help with sleep etc. I tried Amitriptyline a few years back and it was a

disaster. I had nightmares and sweats and gained 30 lbs in a couple of months.

It didn't help the pain either.

I don't want a repeat of that. LOL

Anne wrote:

> Lyndi, I have been on Zoloft for years...started out at 25mg up 150mg

> and now back down to 50mg. I think it is a great drug...keeps me

> sane. I do take it at night about 2 hours before bed as it makes me

> sleepy. Whatever you do...don't go cold turkey on it...I think a

> couple of weeks on and then stopping will be okay but longer than

> that and the withdrawals will kick your butt! Let me know if I can

> help you w/ anything else.

>

> Anne

>

>

> > I just came from my first visit with the rheumatoglogist my new

> family

> > doctor recommended. The rheumie was handsome and young (by my

> standards

> > :-) He was also very kind and considerate and did not treat me

> like an

> > idiot or a drug seeker or any other of those nasty things that I

> have come

> > to associate with many physicians who think fibro patients are

> whackos.

> >

> > When he started the physical exam, the first words out of his mouth

> were

> > " Good Lord, I don't have to touch your muscles. I can see the

> knots from

> > here! " Of course, he did lots of poking and prodding, but he did

> it as

> > gently as he could. He talked about deep tissue massage with some

> new

> > method. He said the physio therapy people use some sort of metal

> gizmo

> > and that it would cause me a lot of pain before it did any good. I

> was

> > much relieved when he said that would be further down the road. (if

> at

> > all)

> >

> > He actually put his stethoscope on my neck and got me to move my

> head

> > around. He said the noises I was hearing were far from normal and

> promptly

> > scheduled an MRI. He gave me a month's supply of Zoloft samples to

> try to

> > see if it helps me sleep better. He told me not to fill the

> prescription

> > until I tried the stuff for three weeks. He also said if I start

> gaining

> > weight while taking it, to give him a call and see about switching

> to

> > something else or dropping the idea all together. I would

> appreciate it

> > if any of you would be willing to share your experiences with taking

> > Zoloft.

> >

> > He gave me some samples and a script for Zanaflex too. He said it

> might

> > just help stop the muscle spasms. Have any of you tried it? If

> so, does

> > it help? Are the side effects as bad as the product monolith says

> they

> > might be?

> >

> > The real kicker of the visit was that he asked if I had enough pain

> meds

> > to see me through to my next visit with him - or - would I like some

> > different pain meds? I damned near fell off the chair.

> >

> > All in all, it was a good experience.

> >

> > I am not looking forward to seeing the bill or with fighting with my

> > insurance company over the cost of the MRI, but I guess I'll cross

> those

> > bridges when I get to them.

> >

> > Lyndi

>

>

> HOME PAGE:http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/7127/fibromyalgia-cfs.html

>

> LIST OWNER: -owner

>

> SEND POST TO: fibromyalgia-cfs

>

>

[Guest guest]

I don't want to be sane :-)

Actually, I'm mentally okay, but my bod is not. The doc figured the Zoloft

might help with sleep etc. I tried Amitriptyline a few years back and it was a

disaster. I had nightmares and sweats and gained 30 lbs in a couple of months.

It didn't help the pain either.

I don't want a repeat of that. LOL

Anne wrote:

> Lyndi, I have been on Zoloft for years...started out at 25mg up 150mg

> and now back down to 50mg. I think it is a great drug...keeps me

> sane. I do take it at night about 2 hours before bed as it makes me

> sleepy. Whatever you do...don't go cold turkey on it...I think a

> couple of weeks on and then stopping will be okay but longer than

> that and the withdrawals will kick your butt! Let me know if I can

> help you w/ anything else.

>

> Anne

>

>

> > I just came from my first visit with the rheumatoglogist my new

> family

> > doctor recommended. The rheumie was handsome and young (by my

> standards

> > :-) He was also very kind and considerate and did not treat me

> like an

> > idiot or a drug seeker or any other of those nasty things that I

> have come

> > to associate with many physicians who think fibro patients are

> whackos.

> >

> > When he started the physical exam, the first words out of his mouth

> were

> > " Good Lord, I don't have to touch your muscles. I can see the

> knots from

> > here! " Of course, he did lots of poking and prodding, but he did

> it as

> > gently as he could. He talked about deep tissue massage with some

> new

> > method. He said the physio therapy people use some sort of metal

> gizmo

> > and that it would cause me a lot of pain before it did any good. I

> was

> > much relieved when he said that would be further down the road. (if

> at

> > all)

> >

> > He actually put his stethoscope on my neck and got me to move my

> head

> > around. He said the noises I was hearing were far from normal and

> promptly

> > scheduled an MRI. He gave me a month's supply of Zoloft samples to

> try to

> > see if it helps me sleep better. He told me not to fill the

> prescription

> > until I tried the stuff for three weeks. He also said if I start

> gaining

> > weight while taking it, to give him a call and see about switching

> to

> > something else or dropping the idea all together. I would

> appreciate it

> > if any of you would be willing to share your experiences with taking

> > Zoloft.

> >

> > He gave me some samples and a script for Zanaflex too. He said it

> might

> > just help stop the muscle spasms. Have any of you tried it? If

> so, does

> > it help? Are the side effects as bad as the product monolith says

> they

> > might be?

> >

> > The real kicker of the visit was that he asked if I had enough pain

> meds

> > to see me through to my next visit with him - or - would I like some

> > different pain meds? I damned near fell off the chair.

> >

> > All in all, it was a good experience.

> >

> > I am not looking forward to seeing the bill or with fighting with my

> > insurance company over the cost of the MRI, but I guess I'll cross

> those

> > bridges when I get to them.

> >

> > Lyndi

>

>

> HOME PAGE:http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/7127/fibromyalgia-cfs.html

>

> LIST OWNER: -owner

>

> SEND POST TO: fibromyalgia-cfs

>

>

[Guest guest]

<< I am on Zanaflex >>

I just started in Zanaflex. So far no side effects as the dry mouth comes

from all of the medications that I take so I could nor isolate it enough to

know which ones are causing the problem.

Take care,

Irene

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