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xyrem price and shipping practices

By bobgroz · Posted 1:07 am
Discussion in Coping with sleep disorders · 0 replies
The FDA. That's where my story begins. The freaking money sucking, corrupt FDA. Their building should be blown up along with all the people in it responsible for all the misery and death they have reigned ...

"well you look good"

By Nina372 · New reply yesterday at 10:51 pm
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The video explains it all. lol I have created a facebook group for this very reason. Here is a link for it if you have facebook. Its for those of us with chronic illnesses that you cannot see so people ...

I Smiled Today

By Ziba · New reply yesterday at 9:34 pm
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Hi everyone, First of all I want to thank you all for your continuous support. I've never felt so supported before. I scare myself often. I scare myself when I'm on a bicycle, when I'm climbing, when ...

"Too Young"

By Ziba · New reply July 29, 2010
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Tonight I was really excited to go to this support group meeting sponsored by NAMI for people recovering from mental illnesses. I've been trying and trying to find a group therapy, and have had no luck ...

Do I Want to be Here Tomorrow?

By Ziba · New reply July 29, 2010
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I've found that I get the most depressed, the most anxious and the most vulnerable late at night (or early in the morning) when my insomnia is fighting my dearly wanted sleep. Last night was no exception ...

It doesn't help!!!

By Nina372 · New reply July 28, 2010
Journal · 35 replies
It doesn't help it when you live in a household of family members that just don't understand. Treat you like a burden. Get annoyed at the menchin of symptoms that are bothering you. It doesn't help when ...

i should be asleep

By schiappa · New reply July 27, 2010
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I should have been asleep hours ago but fibromyalgia and RLS are kicking my butt tonight. After I find a comfortable spot that doesn't cause me extra pain the RLS makes me have to move again! RLS stands ...

Hmm...never kept a journal

By Akatsuki1428 · Posted July 20, 2010
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Today was hot and humid, and I spent three hours at school waiting for my appointment for the disability people. The compression stocking were numbing my legs so I went for a walk just in time for someone ...

Rewind...

By Ziba · New reply July 20, 2010
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Part of my recovery is realizing that there's not a way to take back your actions, and then accepting that before I do something. I can't take back my years of cutting, and I can't take back the current ...

Sleeplessness Comes Again

By Ziba · New reply July 18, 2010
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In the hospital I was put on an antidepressant called "Remeron" that miraculously got me eating again, improved my moods, and solved my insomnia. Or I thought it did. Once again, I'm finding it harder ...

Get ur self treated sucks sometimes

By kimikiwi1987 · New reply July 17, 2010
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Well let's see do to the pills I was on for my kidneys my ovaries might be fried so I might not beable to have my own baby. But here's the really sucky part since I got my hip reserfaced and it's metal ...

Cytoxan/Rotuxan

By Nina372 · New reply July 16, 2010
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My doctors will be putting me on one of these medications soon but will not tell me the side effects until I have the appointment for them to decide. Why won't they tell me the side effects? Does anybody ...

Just had a hip resurfacing done

By kimikiwi1987 · New reply July 15, 2010
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Well since my sterilds caused me to get avn in both my hips, and well my right was worse then the left it hit stage 3 with in about 3 months. Which sucks but I made it through the surgery and now I'm ...

provigil vs. nuvigil

By 1948cj · New reply July 14, 2010
Discussion in Coping with sleep disorders · 5 replies
I have been on Provigil for years [even before it was available in the US]. I am taking 200 mg twice a day and I find that really isn't working that well. Now that nuvigil is available, I am trying to ...

Its been a LONG time but im back!

By Nina372 · New reply July 13, 2010
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Hello everybody its been such a long time since I have been on here. I have spent most of the year in the hospital, been emergency air lifted several times, faced death multiple times and still do, faced ...

Sleep Paralysis

By angelacordova · New reply July 9, 2010
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I have had sleep paralysis since I was about 18 or 19 (about 9 years). The first time it happened it scared the crap out of me. I had just fallen asleep and I woke up, I was not able to move. I could ...

does anyone share this sleep pattern

By milind · New reply July 8, 2010
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Hi, I wish to share my sleep pattern hoping to find someone who shares this and has some tip to overcome this chronic insomnia. I fall asleep at around 10.45 pm. But wake up at around 1.45 a.m. Then I ...

19 years old. alone??

By Nina372 · New reply July 8, 2010
Journal · 50 replies
I am 19 years old and sometimes feel as though there is nobody else my age who knows what I go through. I know many other people who understand what I have to face every day and the difficulties involved ...

Travelling with CPAP

By Amir · New reply July 4, 2010
Discussion in Coping with sleep disorders · 9 replies
Anyone had to travel with their CPAP. Any advice on getting it through airport security? Amir ...

What is causing my sleep problems!

By Ms57Classic · New reply July 1, 2010
Discussion in Coping with sleep disorders · 2 replies
I haven't had a good night sleep in almost seven years! Finally last year I was diagnosed with sleep apnea. Using the CPAP machine didn't help...still waking up all night long. So now the doctors believe ...

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