It has only been one month but already I am so bored with the whole thing. But it has been like my full-time job trying to manage my increasingly debilitating fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, severe treatment-resitant depression, chronic pain conditions. Add to that hyperinsulinemia, obesity, PCOS, glaucoma, sleep apnea, granuloma annulare, monoclonal gammopathy- and there is more, i just am done listing for now.
Anyway, I applied for a depression study in April and started titrating off the meds I was taking in order to do the study.
My meds for 7-9 years have been:
Concerta (36 mg) - take to wake-up and stimulate me through hypersomnulence that comes with sleep apnea and depression
(Previously used Provigil)
Pritsiq (100 mg) - take for depression and energy and pain relief
I was only on this since April.
(Previously I was on Lexapro which quit working altogether. Celexa, Wellbutrin, Prozac, Cymbalta)
Lyrica (150-300 mg) - take for pain of fibromyalgia
Diovan (25 mg) - for blood pressure
Hydroclorothorizide (25 mg) - diuretic to reduce bloating to help with blood pressure
The treatment I start on June 1st is called rTMS or rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation. The method is specifically robot directed rapid RMS where a robotic arm directs MRI pulses at 30 per second at a prespecified part of my brain. This is done Monday - Friday for 3 weeks, treatment lasts about 20 minutes but the appointments are to be an hour at a time for set-up, etc.
I will post back comments on my detox/withdrawals but will start right now for today:
The biggest problem I recall the last 3 nights is temperature control. I am too hot, too cold, and have to pull on, kick off sheets, quilt 100 times over and over. I also have incredible pain - and 8 or 9 out of 10 mostly on the right side (is this because I sleep on the right side and my weight is hurting me?) from my head, neck, shoulder, arm, hand, breast, chest wall, ribs hips knee, foot - all the way up and down that side. Oh and my jaw which is made worse by my oral appliance for the sleep apnea. The jaw hurt so bad I had to take out the oral appliance every night the last 3 nights.
My wrist now hurts too much to type anymore.
Today I am sweating profusely, no matter what I do. How irritating. I also have absolutely no energy whatsoever.
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