Re: Re: Latest head symptoms

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Yeah, they were doing that for a while here as well...hiding the pseudoephedrine behind locked doors. Apparently people were turning it into crystal meth. It's back on the shelves here, but I don't think they let you buy very much at a time. Just ask the pharmacist for SUDAFED. Just the plain kind with no additional ingredients and see what happens. It definitely can relieve head pressure, but if you're sensitive to stimulants as I am, then it can also keep you up all night, so I'd recommend taking it in the a.m. Also, it can give you palpitations, so if that happens, I'd recommend not overdoing it. But a trial would probably be very informative to you if it relieves symptoms. penny pjeanneus <pj7@...> wrote: Hi Penny and Bob,Bob, fortunately I must be more like you. I don't have much trouble with my stomach. I do always take ibuprofen with food though. I also took Motrin prescription for years when I just had arthritis symptoms - years before anyone knew I had Lyme disease. (My excellent doctor back then in the mid 80s actually tested me for Lyme a couple of times thinking that is what I had, but, of course, the test was never an accurate one.)Penny, I may seem like I am overlooking things I should already know, but I now can epathize with the patients who seem so spaced out. You tell them things over and over, and they don't get it.

They can't because their brain is not functioning.Just for a couple of examples, I tried aspirin for this headache awhile back. Why didn't I try ibuprofen? I don't know. I did at least remember that tylenol never worked for nuthin and you can overdose.I also went to the drug store looking for pseudophedrine and never could find a product anymore. I THINK that is because they now keep it behind the counter. In any case, I was so spaced out with this dang headache I couldn't even remember what to ask the pharmacist. The one time I did ask for the product he looked at me like I must be on something and handed me something else.You know the old saying "When you've got your health..." Well, I would revise that to "When you've got your brain an' ain't got no pain..."a>> a, kinda thought you already knew that being on this list. > > Don't you remember that Barb took

very high doses of ibuprofen for quite a long time? (I would too, if my stomach could handle it.) There've been quite a few posts about the benefits of this family of antiinflammatory drugs for our illness. > > You could probably get some relief with the vasoconstrictor pseudophedrine as well, if you can handle the stimulant side effects. These two used to be my staples against migraines, before the side effects became too much for me.> > penny> > > > pjeanneus <pj7@...> wrote:> Okay, gang, it's getting really weird, only this time in my favor. I > had a business trip to Reno, so just packed up and went for two days. > In case I could see the neuro-opthamologist I packed up the medical > stuff to carry with and noted from the Amen clinic that ibuprofen > enhances memory and reduces inflammation the the brain probably by > increasing

circulation. So I threw the Motrin pills in my suitcase.> > The next day I have to go to literary review of the novel I am > working on and the Diamox is not working so hot. So I pop a Motrin. > Within 20 minutes I am feeling pretty good. I can think. My head > doesn't feel like a balloon is blown up inside of it. What did I just > do, or is this some miracle? Probably Rich V.'s prayers being > answered - NO KIDDING.> > Of course I realise that 20 minutes ago I took a Motrin. So the rest > of that day and the next I keep taking one Motrin every 6 hours and > no headache and no brain confusion. However, overnight when the stuff > wears off I wake up with the headache. My pupil is still enlarged and > I still have the slightly blurred vision.> > I may just become a Motrin addict. It works a lot better than the > Diamox with no side effects. It also

doesn't seem to be a cure, but > at least it may get me through until they figure out what is going > on. I don't relish taking Diamox or getting shunts in my brain, since > so many patients don't seem to do any better with this treatment. > Maybe I can take Motrin for life.> > a Carnes>