Sandy and Terry, I'm finally getting back with you on this!!! Am I slow, or what?? I just had my first visit for the TM with a new provider and was I ever happy with her! Instead of asking me what I wanted to do, she jumped right in there with both feet and gave me all sorts of recommendations! Plus I got my meds right away instead of having to wait 6 weeks!
The meds that I have been on for a long time with the TM is: Lexapro 10mg, 1 every AM for depression. That has just recently been changed to Cymbalta 50mg, 1 every AM. She felt it was worth changing because the Cymbals is supposed to also help with pain. Clonazepam mug, an anti-seizure med sometimes used for RILLS. 1 every night before sleep for Restless Leg Syndrome and spasms. It does help and it also has been great for helping me get a good night's sleep. Lyrical 75mg, 1 tab AM, noon, and before bed. This helps with the neuropathy and horrible pain which is a big problem with the 'band' around my chest at the T4 area where the lesion is, on down to my toes. It doesn't take it away completely but does take the edge off of it. She added Ramada Hal (Untraced) 50mg 1-2 tabs up to 3 times a day for the pain and by starting with 1 tab in the AM, noon, and before bed. It really does seem to help. She said to try it different ways and I don't want to use any more than I need so I'm starting out low. Today I'm trying only AM and 1 before sleep and I can already tell it's too long between the two so that noon one did help. Torpor XL 25mg, 1 every other night for heart palpitations. I was taking this every night but my BP and pulse were way too low so she wants to see if taking them every other night will help with that and also help alleviate the fatigue. I also have to take Lamaism 250mg, 1 every day for nail fungus. Shortly after I got TM, I lost three toenails to fungus and now have problems with two more. It could have been a coincidence but the fungus has gotten into my system now and we with TM do not need something like that floating around our systems waiting for another auto-immune problem. It makes me so sick with headaches and nausea that I am taking it every other day and it is a bit easier to tolerate especially since it has to be taken for so long. Sandy, my quality of life was really suffering from the increased pain so I'm glad for the addition of the Ramada. I already have to watch the liver function because of the Lamaism and that is one of the contraindications so if it becomes an issue, we'll have to make a change again. Sorry for taking up so much of your time but I am hoping it may help you, Terry, in some way... Hugs..j
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