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Stirr
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Lithium & Ergotomine Woo-Hoo!!
« on: Aug 4th, 2004, 9:13am » |
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Been on the pain train since early May. Last night the 1st without a headache....not even a hint of one. Been using all the usual groceries: predn., oxygen, imitrex, varapamil, herbs.
The Combo of Lithium and Cafergot worked great!! Got my fingers crossed it's the "Real Deal". Will let you know if I get three days headache free.
I'm 54. Had these since I was 26. What a drag!
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Re: Lithium & Ergotomine Woo-Hoo!!
« Reply #1 on: Aug 4th, 2004, 9:52am » |
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Good for you, I sincerely hope it lasts.
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Re: Lithium & Ergotomine Woo-Hoo!!
« Reply #2 on: Aug 4th, 2004, 11:49am » |
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Thats great news! Hope it works out for you!
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Did my brains fall out or is this headache over?
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Re: Lithium & Ergotomine Woo-Hoo!!
« Reply #3 on: Aug 4th, 2004, 1:43pm » |
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*yay* and *happy dance* I hope you remain p/f!
(please watch all of your 'digits' taking the cafergot *s*)
Again . . .WOOHOO and congrats!
*positive light & energy*
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Re: Lithium & Ergotomine Woo-Hoo!!
« Reply #4 on: Aug 4th, 2004, 3:02pm » |
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Good news!
Keep up to date with your blood work....re. lithium.
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Re: Lithium & Ergotomine Woo-Hoo!!
« Reply #5 on: Aug 4th, 2004, 4:16pm » |
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ok miapet - I'll bite:
what do you mean to watch all your 'digits'???????
Because I am a very literal person, I generally bad at reading between lines.
thanks!
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Re: Lithium & Ergotomine Woo-Hoo!!
« Reply #6 on: Aug 4th, 2004, 4:35pm » |
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on Aug 4th, 2004, 4:16pm, marfanoidus wrote:ok miapet - I'll bite:
what do you mean to watch all your 'digits'???????
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Any of the "ergots" (ergotamine, cafergot) has the potential to cause gangrene in the extremities. That ain't pretty.
Natural ergots (i.e. shrooms) don't have that nasty little side effect.
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Re: Lithium & Ergotomine Woo-Hoo!!
« Reply #7 on: Aug 4th, 2004, 5:11pm » |
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LMAO. Never heard it put that way.
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Re: Lithium & Ergotomine Woo-Hoo!!
« Reply #8 on: Aug 4th, 2004, 11:30pm » |
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marfanoidus, Margi is right on the money . . . the ergots can have a nasty side-effect . . . too little blood to extremeties means they aren't getting the oxygen rich blood they need . . .so they 'die' . . . there are people here who have great luck with the ergots . . . for D, the 'safe' amount wasn't enough (I know, there are those who take more than that), and it wasn't worth the risk to us . . . 15 or 20 years ago, he was a guinea pig for the docs, and took a lot of different meds (as Stirr said: groceries *G*) . . .as a result, he know has high bp . . . the chance of damage to any of his 'digits' was a chance he didn't want to take . . .especially since it wasn't effective at the 'safe' limit.
In a nutshell . . .I worry about y'all and both the short and long term effects of the traditional drugs.
*positive light and energy*
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Re: Lithium & Ergotomine Woo-Hoo!!
« Reply #9 on: Aug 11th, 2004, 3:26pm » |
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Just got put on Lithium.
Using it as a preventative - 2x per day.
Using IMITREX and a O2 as stoppers. So far so good. The last three nights are the most sleep I have had in three weeks.
My point is I have used ergotamine in several forms and IMITREX. I believe they both work as stoppers if you have any concerns with the erogotamine. You can't use the ergotamine and Imitrex within a 24 hour period of each other.
Good Luck.
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