James, Please tell me why you want to reduce to 50mg twice daily after consulting with Sandy. I was taking 100mg 3 times daily for about a year, but reduced to twice daily due to cost, not due to medical reasons. Is there something about Lyrica Sandy made you aware of that I should be concerned about? As you both have stated, we learn more from the TM Association than we learn from our doctors and Neuro's.
Patti - Michigan > On Mar 12, 2014, at 3:34 PM, James Berg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Dalton and everyone else, Aloha. I just want folks to know that thanks > to Dalton letting me know about Lyrica, I've gotten control of my leg spasms. > I'm taking 150mg. 2 times a day and suddenly a week ago my spasms stopped! > Not having a neuro so consult with Sandy, yes our Sandy, has been counseling > me about stopping the Lyrica and after discussing it with my GP I am doing a > gradual reduction and will soon be down to the 50mg. Dalton has reduced to. > Lyrica has been a god send to me. Thanks Dalton. > > Jim > > > >> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Janice Nichols <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dalton - not offended!! >> So glad you are doing so well. Isn’t it strange the things we discover >> ourselves that help us? Doctors can still be so clueless about some >> things - on the other hand, they can >> save our lives! >> >> Janice >> >> >> From: Dalton Garis >> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 11:26 AM >> To: Linda Egli ; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Meiling Caperton, Kanohe, Hawaii >> >> Say, Folks! >> >> Nice to hear a voice crying in the wilderness. I am still here, also. >> >> By the way, someone hacked my Facebook so had to change my name, to >> Abdu’l-Hanif Al-Shukri – let them try to hack that one! So, if you remember >> me, for instance Meiling, and you want to “friend" me, I’m still out there. >> >> Friends, I am down to just 50mg Lyrica 2x/day now, after a tough time of >> trying. Can’t go below that amount, discovering that is what is actually >> required to cover most of the pain. My memory is better and am less anxious >> about losing my mind to fog and dopiness. >> >> And went 28 days without a seizure, the longest time since getting the first >> one in 22 April 2010. Want to know what reduced their frequency? - not >> taking all those vitamin supplements anymore. It seems the minerals in them >> were interfering in some way with the nerves, especially magnesium. >> Visiting my mother in Massachusetts – she’s 97 – I forgot to bring any and >> went without for a week. Returning home I realized that I hadn’t had any >> seizures, and guessed that the only change was in not taking all those >> vitamin supplements. So I stopped, and sure enough, the seizures became >> very infrequent. Who knew? >> >> Now is the Baha’i month of the Fast, when Baha’is go without food and drink >> during the hours when the sun is in the sky, for 19 days, the last month of >> our year. (In our calendar there are 19 months of 19 days, with 4 or 5 >> inter calendar days just before the month of the Fast). We eat and drink >> after sunset or before sunrise but not during the hours of sunlight. >> Smoking is also prohibited, as it is considered a form of drink. >> >> The sick, the traveling, those nursing or pregnant, or under the age of 15 >> or older than 70 are not bound by the Fast; neither are those engaged in >> heavy labor. It is for those in good health, but others are not bound to it. >> >> While not bound by the Fast I am going without food during the hours of >> fasting but drinking tea or coffee or water whenever I feel the need. It is >> going OK, and does change the relationship to the material world and >> increase nearness to God. I am grateful to participate at even this level. >> >> I hope it doesn’t upset anyone if I talk openly about God. It seems our >> America is conspiring to wipe any mention of Him from any public discourse – >> a kind of propaganda in its own right if you think about it. I apologize, >> though, if anyone here is offended. >> >> Love and prayers, >> Dalton >> Abdu’l-Hanif Al-Shukri >> >> Dalton Garis >> Flushing, Queens >> New York, USA >> >> >> From: Linda Egli <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Linda Egli <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 07:45:18 -0700 (PDT) >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Meiling Caperton, Kanohe, Hawaii >> Resent-From: <[email protected]> >> Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 07:45:20 -0700 (PDT) >> >> Another TMer still here too. I miss the people that used to use this site. >> Stay well. >> Linda - Texas >> >> From: Janice Nichols <[email protected]> >> To: James Berg <[email protected]>; [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:39 AM >> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Meiling Caperton, Kanohe, Hawaii >> >> You are not alone here. <wlEmoticon-smile[1].png> I am still here, but >> it sure is quiet! Hope you are doing well. >> Janice – from Missouri >> >> >> From: James Berg >> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 1:52 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [TMIC] Meiling Caperton, Kanohe, Hawaii >> >> Meiling, if you are still in Hawaii, please give me a holler--I thought I >> was alone here. >> >> Jim >
