At night it helps me to sleep Ron, different meds work for different people, Like Dr.Wice always say's..with quads and spinal injury, It's all hit and miss. Everyone is a bit different and many quads are at different pain levels, at one time I took lorazapam for over 2 years but don't anymore, we have to help the doc's determine what works or not..Also in my 1st year of injury I needed Prozac for depression, I took that thru 97 and on into 1998, then In spring of 98--I said I'm fine now with the depression I'm done with prozac and quit cold turkey and felt fine after that. In other words we must help figure out what works or not OR what may not be effective over time. Dan H*
On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 9:02 AM, RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> wrote: I took the Elavil. Do you notice any benefits Dan. What are they I might have missed the boat. Ron On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 8:41 AM, Danny Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: Yep, many of us get that way...I take 10mg, of amitriptyline (elavil ) at night right at bedtime, it seems to help some quads quite a bit--I learned this from Lori and other old-timers on the list. Dan H* On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 6:09 AM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: I've had those same feelings quite a few times, Greg. It feels like you are about to explode. I also sometimes chill/shiver when I am hot. I small dose of Xanax before bed helped me a lot. Growing old in the land of quadom is a .........Yes, it is. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: greg <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Subject: [QUAD-L] Bad few Days To: [email protected] Just spent 2 days in the ER, well 1 in the ER, 1 in a room. Woke up overheated which sometimes causes a claustrophobic / panic feeling. I felt panicked and like I could not get enough of a breath. I also felt like I was going to get sick. I thought maybe a UTI or something. They were worried about my heavy chest, so I had an x-ray, CAT scan, which lead to an angioplasty. Luckily everything came out fine. They think my heavy chest is from my spine curving causing pressure. So they are setting up an appointment with a lung doctor soon. I did have a UTI also. But I get so frustrated with this stupid panic feeling. I worry about everything and can't stop. I worry about that I'm going to worry. Wake up feeling like I just have to get up into my chair. It's a scary panic. It use to happen maybe once every few years, but lately it's more often. I think it's my heavy chest making it worse. I just don't feel like I'm getting enough oxygen. The doc says the lung doc might subscribe an oxygen tank at night. Once the feeling is one, I feel so stupid about worrying about that stuff. Getting overheated seems to be the trigger point most of the time. The problem is I feel so cold at night, even shivering. I would swear I'm cold… But if I uncover a bit and cool off, I actually get better. So I swear I'm cold, but actually I'm too hot. This only started a few years ago. Anyone else have that issue? I'm sure it's a nerve ending issue. But I just shake I feel so cold, problem is sometimes it is because I'm cold. So anything I do to get warmer only makes me shiver more and get more overheated. So I just don't know if I'm hot or cold, it feels exactly the same. No fun getting old, Greg
