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Do you believe in "signs"
« on: Aug 25th, 2005, 11:56am » |
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People talk about certain events as being signs that something is going to happen good, bad or otherwise.
Yesterday morning I was putting on my clusterheadaches.com wristband and it broke right between the "head" and "aches.com." Now, I'm not one to believe in signs or a bunch of hysterical mumbo jumbo, so it was amuzing to me that my first thought was, "It's a sign!" Maybe this means my "cycle" (I'm primary chronic) has broken. Can you say NOT! I got hit on the way to my doctor's office in OKC. I got hit in the middle of the appointment. I got hit on the way home. I got hit several more times last evening. Maybe the "sign" was that the beast was going to break my head.
At any rate, I still don't believe in signs. Sheesh!
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #1 on: Aug 25th, 2005, 12:00pm » |
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Damn... Man, I hope it IS a sign that SOON, you are going to get a break. Hang in there. Gatoraid on the way in the form of vibesses. 
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #2 on: Aug 25th, 2005, 12:00pm » |
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Oh it was a sign alright Mike.. it was a sign you need a new wristband!
guess that makes me your sister in rubber doesn't it?! 
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #3 on: Aug 25th, 2005, 12:01pm » |
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on Aug 25th, 2005, 11:56am, Gator wrote:People talk about certain events as being signs that something is going to happen good, bad or otherwise.
Yesterday morning I was putting on my clusterheadaches.com wristband and it broke right between the "head" and "aches.com." Now, I'm not one to believe in signs or a bunch of hysterical mumbo jumbo, so it was amuzing to me that my first thought was, "It's a sign!" Maybe this means my "cycle" (I'm primary chronic) has broken. Can you say NOT! I got hit on the way to my doctor's office in OKC. I got hit in the middle of the appointment. I got hit on the way home. I got hit several more times last evening. Maybe the "sign" was that the beast was going to break my head.
At any rate, I still don't believe in signs. Sheesh!
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If you look at it the other way it may have simply been saying "moc.secha" was separating with "daeh retsulc"
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #4 on: Aug 25th, 2005, 12:19pm » |
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Gatoraid - that still cracks me up, Frank.
?yas uoy did tahw ,ttocS
Hmmm, sister in rubber...I'd actually prefer leather, but we won't go there. LMAO
Luckily, I still have one more wristband. I colored in the letters with a black permanent marker and will be wearing that to my Neuro appointment today.
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #5 on: Aug 25th, 2005, 3:02pm » |
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Of course I believe in signs. Whenever I go to Vegas I look for the one that say..........
"Bunny Ranch Thissa Way "
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #6 on: Aug 25th, 2005, 3:11pm » |
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on Aug 25th, 2005, 3:02pm, don wrote:Of course I believe in signs. Whenever I go to Vegas I look for the one that say.........
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #7 on: Aug 25th, 2005, 5:58pm » |
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Signs? Yep. Stop and Yield. If I don't believe in them, some idiot is gonna take me out, and I'm not ready to go yet.
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #8 on: Aug 25th, 2005, 9:34pm » |
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Sorry your getting hit so hard Mike.If I could just
Get my hands on the damn beast      but I know I'd have to stand in a long line waiting to throttle the damn thing.Yes I have a lot of hatred for these damn headaches and I'm a supporter.can only imagine the things you'd do if these headaches took some kind of form
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #9 on: Aug 25th, 2005, 10:07pm » |
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on Aug 25th, 2005, 11:56am, Gator wrote:Yesterday morning I was putting on my clusterheadaches.com wristband and it broke right between the "head" and "aches.com."
Luckily, I still have one more wristband. |
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #10 on: Aug 26th, 2005, 7:46am » |
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Mike I am so sorry you are getting hit so hard - going to the neuro I hope he'll help!
I actually do believe in signs... we were driving home from dropping off Lexi last Sunday night and I was thinking about the house we are buying and asking God for a sign that everything would work out and go smoothly & for me to get a break from the beast. As soon as I stopped praying about it Chris goes "OMG look at that beautiful rainbow." The next day we made the official offer on the house and were approved for financing the day after that. Same day I went to the neuro and was put on Neurontin (one I have never tried) and haven't had a serious hit since I started it. I feel drunk and loopy, mind you, but I am not in pain 24/7! So yes, I believe in signs.
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #11 on: Aug 26th, 2005, 11:19pm » |
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I am glad things went well for you, Karen. Buying a house can be a confusing and nerve racking time.
As far as my trip to the neuro, can you say "Second verse, Same as the first?" I hate leaving the house. Not that I get hit that much less at home, I'd just rather dance on a familiar floor. Slammed on the way up. Slammed in his office waiting for him to finish with another patient. Slammed on the way home. Slammed a couple more times that evening for good measure.
He did give me scripts for things never tried. Nortriptyline didn't work for the depression and sleeplessness, so he changed it to Amitriptyline. Baclofen was a bust, even at 80mg. I had never tried Neurontin. Previous docs had no faith in it so they wouldn't prescribe it. I've tried almost everything else, so he said, "what the hell, it might work" and set me up with a script for neurontin with taper up instructions. He also gave me a script for Atacand, but since my blood pressure is not a problem at all, he wants me to trial the neurontin first. If it doesn't work, then I start the Atacand - assuming my insurance company will pay for it. Neurontin is available in generic. They should go for that. Atacand is not and it is expensive. They already have a bad habit of not wanting to pay for meds for me.
Aetna sux. They are the ones who were trying to tell docs to quit prescribing so much Imitrex and start prescribing more OTC pain killers. Like, duh! We never thought to try taking an aspirin/tylenol/excedrin/etc before we went to the doctor. Morons.
Anyways, we'll see. After everything I've tried that has failed, I'm skeptical at best.
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #12 on: Aug 27th, 2005, 12:12am » |
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on Aug 25th, 2005, 11:56am, Gator wrote:
At any rate, I still don't believe in signs. Sheesh!
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Well I still do, I cannot pass one of those pieces of metal with writing on it that are attached to poles along the side of the road with out believing they exist. I guess I should get out someday and make sure I can't pass my hand through one.
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #13 on: Aug 27th, 2005, 12:42am » |
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Gator--
You may want to try one of the newer antidepressants as far as depression is concerned. The tricyclics (nortriptyline, amitriptyline, and so on) are great for sleep, although not everyone gets tired with them...me I slept 20 hours a day on amitriptyline...so that was no good either! They also work well for some chronic neurologic conditions. Generally not very helpful in treating depression for most people, which is rather ironic - given the name.
So - have you ever tried anything like effexor, welbutrin, etc? I know lots of people have gotten depression relief from Cymbalta which is a newer med (an SSNRI - Selective Serotonin and norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor) - for me, I actually got more depressed on it and was cying a lot! But...most everyone I know that's taken it has had a great improvement in their depression. And of course there's always the SSRIs of the prozac and paxil family - but I only ever took prozac out of that group.
Just thought I'd write about that aspect at least - just in case you don't feel any lessening of the depression from the ami.....don't give up and don't suffer through depression in silence if you need help.
Oh! And one other...remeron - supposedly great for sleep AND depression - I was going to try that one, but I never did...forget now why we decided not to go back on an antidepressant, but I'm not on one at the moment. (Must be why I've been so exceptionally *cheery* lately...LOL)
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #14 on: Aug 27th, 2005, 1:12am » |
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Signs? You bet but mine probably getting old here...... 
Hope things are looking up by now.
If not: 
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #15 on: Aug 27th, 2005, 1:38am » |
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Gator and Lizzie2,
Warning - Do not use "alternative therapy" if you're using tricyclic antidepressants.
SSRI's block the psychoactive and therapeutic effects of LSA/LSD, but not shrooms. Tricyclic antidepressants (Tofranil, Norpramine, Anafranil) increase the psychoactive effects of alternative therapy.
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #16 on: Aug 27th, 2005, 1:51am » |
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Vibes to you Gator and this must be a sign, a sign of your strength and courage to hang in there with the hits, the insomnia, the depression and the meds not working!
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #17 on: Aug 27th, 2005, 3:22am » |
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The only sign I believe in - Deer Sign.
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #18 on: Aug 27th, 2005, 9:59am » |
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All this talk of sighns
reminds me of the Bugs Bunny cartoon
(Duck Season) vs (Wrrabit Season)
and the confused look on poor Elmer Fudd's
face.....all I can hear is Daffy saying
"You're Dissssssspicable."
If only we could get Elmer to shoot
the Beast. Hey Charlie, can ya make a sign
that says, "Open season on the Beast"?
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The other is right here....
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #19 on: Aug 27th, 2005, 9:59am » |
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Good luck brother!!!
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Re: Do you believe in "signs"
« Reply #20 on: Aug 27th, 2005, 12:22pm » |
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'the hits, the insomnia, the depression and the meds not working! '
Jasmyn, that sounds like a perfect summary of a cluster cycle for me. You got a way with words!! So simple, yet so definitive.
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