thanks for the reply's Lori, and all others - Yep-Lori i'm like you and some of the others on here that deal with the syringomyelia--mine has continued to get slowly worse--I seen a neurosurgeon about it a bit over a year ago. He told me they hate to mess with it unless I lose function, because it is so serious and dangerous. Some days I do ok, but others can be a nightmare--seems like at times it affects my entire body and at times I lose control of my left arm..but it is just for a very short time, and mostly when my pain is severe and after I am transfered back into bed. -- well it's partly sunny here in Missouri today......think i'll go out and soak up some rays, cya later, Dan H.
________________________________ From: Lori Michaelson <lorilivin...@gmail.com> To: Danny Hearn <ddh...@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Wed, June 15, 2011 7:59:33 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] sleep aids or meds. I am still keeping personal information like this off list. I was put on Amitriptyline (Elavil) for pain and spasms in 1995 with the hope that that alleviate my pain and spasms from syringomyelia. It didn't but I ended up staying on it anyway. In 1997 I cut back from 50 mg at bedtime to 25 mg and still slept fitfully through the night but at some point, can't remember when, something must've been bothering me badly so I went back to 50 mg at bedtime and am still on that dosage. I remember trying it one time to go back to 25 mg again but couldn't do it. I go through periods of not being able to sleep but not having that problem right now--thank God! All we need is one more problem right? Don't answer! LOL. Lori On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Danny Hearn <ddh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Hi, I was wondering how many of us take things to help them sleep at night? such as Amitriptyline( elavil ) or Zolpidam ( ambien ) I usually need one or the other to help me sleep with all the discomfort and pain. Just wondering if many of you also need night meds--and do you all use these or other meds to sleep/// ? My 1st 10 years or so I could sleep pretty easily at night but not so well anymore. Dan H. -- almost 14 years post now. -- Lori Age - 46 C4/5 complete quad, 31 years post Tucson, AZ
