Elavil + Prozac

[Guest guest]

Hi folks,

I just looked at some references to try to understand what problems would

possibly caused by taking both elavil & prozac, and didn't come up with

anything. I wasn't too thorough though. I tend to loose a little focus when

I'm short on sleep, as I've been for awhile now. There is a search engine

called GenRx, which is oriented toward pharmaceutical information, and has

a function that can cross-check specific drugs for interactions. I had

access to it in a special medical on-line service that went out of business

about a year ago. But GenRx (also possibly called Physician's GenRx) still

exists as a subscription services, and some medical information sites can

access it. I wish I could recall one. During searches I found that one of

the university medical colleges in Scotland (possibly Glasgow?) actually

lists all of its IDs & passwords publicly on-line so people can access the

generally 'non-public' medical information services.

If anyone wants to do a little tedious searching with the conventional

search engines, they should be able to find it. Another option is to ask a

doctor. Do they still use telephones, or have they found a higher form of

communication?

I should also alert you to a massive post that is on the list today. It

deals with, among other things, substantial denial of chronic pain. As I

look back at my life, I realize that I was trained to do this very well in

pain treatment. People would ask me how come I was in pain & just kept

working & looking natural. I just shrugged my shoulders. years later I

realized that I suffered more by learning to deny, because I completely

protected my family from the reality of my disability, which finally

erupted like a volcano, carrying off my family in the destruction.

When treatment people & books talk about pain, it is generally in

categories of 'mild, moderate & severe.' When I talk about it I find it

necessary to add categories of 'extreme and excruciating,' which are

closer to what we experience.

Isn't it interesting how language can be coercive? By simply not having

adequate labels, not only treatment professionals, but our culture denies

our state.

(Wow, that was eloquent! Mom would be proud.)

Ken

[Guest guest]

Dear Ken,

Since so much of my mailbox is taken up by the daily e-mail I thought

I would reccomend a additional option for you to consider. I have this now

with CFS mail.Once a week I am e-mailed all the headlines for the entire week

so I don't recieve a full e-mail box everyday or if I do not get to the

computer for every day it isn't so overwhelming when I finally get to it and I

can pick and choose what I want to look at from the headlines for the

week.Let me know if this is possible.Thanks,Ellen