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- Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:51 am
- Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
- Topic: Iron Patches
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4412
Re: Iron Patches
I got my serum ferritin results last week and my iron had remained pretty much level. It was 66 and the last test (just before I started the iron patches) was also in the mid 60s - of course I have misplaced the note I made of the result. I am disappointed but at least it hadn't gone down. I am pret...
- Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:46 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Cannabis
- Replies: 180
- Views: 30844
Re: Cannabis
Can you say what strain of cannabis you are taking, QyX? I looked at the tedtalk you linked and one thing that leaped out was the effect of the slight change in strain on the autistic kids - one strain worked like a miracle and a different one made no impact at all. None of the four strains of canna...
- Thu Jan 24, 2019 1:47 pm
- Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
- Topic: Iron Patches
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4412
Re: Iron Patches
I have been using patches for about 2 months and just yesterday went for a serum ferritin test. It was 68 before I started so will be interested to see what it is now. I get the results next week and will post then.
- Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:29 pm
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: Cold Turkey Blues
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8078
Re: Cold Turkey Blues
Overall feeling much better... feeling more like myself? That is exactly how I felt when I finally eliminated pramipexole. Could not believe just what an effect it had had on my personality until I was off it. Well done. It is truly torture getting off it ... but so worth it. Things can only get be...
- Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:24 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Experience with Injectafer?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 17500
Re: Experience with Injectafer?
Holland, I hope things have settled down and you have returned to 'normal' you. I suspect that Beth may be correct that aggravating the hip may have irritated your rls. It could also be the reduction/elimination of kratom. I definitely find an appreciable - though not excruciating - increase in my r...
- Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:53 pm
- Forum: Help for Relationships
- Topic: Update, Funny but True
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13762
Re: Update, Funny but True
Yes; I have had the same experience. If I had to work I could keep going and get through surprisingly technical stuff even with virtually no sleep night after night. Just occasionally it would catch up with me, however, and I did have the humiliating experience of falling asleep in a small meeting r...
- Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:00 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: New to this group
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1549
Re: New to this group
Please tell us what iron supplement you were taking. I would love to get my serum ferritin to over 100.
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:17 am
- Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
- Topic: Proferrin/Iron Heme Polypeptide Tablet
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16238
Re: Proferrin/Iron Heme Polypeptide Tablet
Unlike you, Beth, I have the sort of mundane mind that will accept instructions from the side of a packet. I hadn’t even considered what dose to take and have now ordered (at a fairly hefty price tag - though cheap at the price - how often have I used that justification? - if it helps resolve the le...
- Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:16 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Attempting to get off Ropinirole - again
- Replies: 326
- Views: 55656
Re: Attempting to get off Ropinirole - again
My sleep consultant had me on pregabalin when I was withdrawing from pramipexole but unfortunately it did nothing for my symptoms at the time. She totally ignored my plight when I was without sleep for nearly 3 months after coming off pramipexole even though I contacted her several times. I now wish...
- Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:10 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: What DA to take
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1730
Re: What DA to take
Good luck Julie. I think it was your posts that first introduced me to kratom - I had never heard of it before and it has been a life saver for me over the last two and a half years. I don't rely on it solely but I don't know what I would do without it either. Thank you for your informative and enco...
- Tue Jan 08, 2019 5:44 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Attempting to get off Ropinirole - again
- Replies: 326
- Views: 55656
Re: Attempting to get off Ropinirole - again
Yes, cold turkey from 3.5mg sounds pretty severe. He does have a lot of experience getting people off d/as but I presume he always gives them opioids to assist. Your experience of reducing from 5 to 3.5 without dreadful symptoms mirrors my own in the early stages of withdrawing from pramipexole but ...
- Tue Jan 08, 2019 5:35 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: What DA to take
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1730
Re: What DA to take
If you have to discontinue kratom it might be worth starting to reduce now as there may be a slight withdrawal issue, especially as you have been taking it for so long. Your rls might be slightly exacerbated during the withdrawal process. I would have thought a dopamine agonist for a few weeks would...
- Tue Jan 08, 2019 5:22 pm
- Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
- Topic: Iron supplementation & Constipation
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4156
Re: Iron supplementation & Constipation
What iron supplementation are you taking? I have heard that iron bisglycinate (aka 'gentle iron') is less severe from a constipation point of view. Never heard of that perineum pressing solution before - it's inspired - so obvious - like slicing bread before selling it - obvious and yet elusive unti...
- Tue Jan 08, 2019 5:16 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Experience with Injectafer?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 17500
Re: Experience with Injectafer?
That is AMAZING news, Holland. It has made my day to read this. I found that there is a slight withdrawal process with kratom - even when dose is quite low - predominantly flu-like symptoms, a low mood, perhaps some elevated anxiety and some increased rls - but usually it doesn't last too long with ...
- Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:01 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Attempting to get off Ropinirole - again
- Replies: 326
- Views: 55656
Re: Attempting to get off Ropinirole - again
Betty, I would definitely email Dr. Buchfuhrer and outline all the drugs you are taking and the plan of your GP. I don't know for sure but I would have thought that pregabalin will not provide adequate cover while you are withdrawing from ropinerole, even if you take long breaks at each stage of the...