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don
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I am now on the high dosage of the prednisone and not being hit..............but................I am still waking up during the usual vampire hours but minus the pain.
Kinda nice to just roll over and go back to sleep though. Maybe I'll try the Melatonin to stay asleep.
2 days left at high dose prednisone then I am kicking up the veramamil to 600mg per day for the duration (at least) of the taper. We'll see what happens.
News at 11.
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Re: Strange happenings
« Reply #1 on: Jun 25th, 2004, 8:33am » |
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Cells remember what happened to 'em. Not surprising that they can sit up and wake you when the stimulus comes around, but fails to hurt them.
Bodies are strange creatures...
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Re: Strange happenings
« Reply #2 on: Jun 25th, 2004, 8:42am » |
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Been mostly pf for about 6 mo. still wake up at the times of night when I would have my worst, I am chronic, like you said still nice to roll over and get some z's.
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thomas
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have you tried melatonin for sleeping?
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floridian
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Sounds like a phantom cluster. Do you get any other symptoms like you were in cycle?
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Good call but thats not it. No symptoms.
I am in cycle but the attacks are not breaking through due to the prednisone dosage.
I' going to give the Melatonin a shot.
How long to become theraputic and at what dosage?
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Start with 3 mg and adjust according to how it affects your sleep pattern. If you are only sleeping for a couple of hours, throw some time-release melatonin into the mix. Sometimes when I am not sleeping well, I will take 3mg and 2X2mg of time release, that will get me about 6-8 hours.
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Re: Strange happenings
« Reply #7 on: Jun 25th, 2004, 4:28pm » |
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Lower doses of melatonin make me restless.
18mg was my sweetspot in cycle. But I was getting hit like a machine gun at that time.... Once I started the pred I didn't need it anymore.
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Re: Strange happenings
« Reply #8 on: Jun 25th, 2004, 7:53pm » |
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I've had 7+ pf days now, but still waking up at the usual "witching hour." Prednisone can also disrupt your sleep patterns, but as you said ....
My question ... have you found yourself cruising town to find a candy bar at 3 AM yet? Prednisone makes me ravenous!!
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You kidding?
I think I may have devoured a live sea gull over at the KFC who tried to swipe a fry from my bag..
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