True Words, Ron. Thanks Best Wishes In a message dated 6/14/2014 1:50:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time, r.pra...@sbcglobal.net writes:
Everybody is jealous of somebody. The c1 just wants to breath on his own. The c4 has dreams of self transferring. The c5 wishes he could push a manual chair faster and up hills. The c7 wishes he had just a little more to perform all the tasks of a bowell routine. The t4 wants more ab control. The t12 wishes he could urinate on his own. The l1 wishes he could feel his penis. The guy that can stand and shuffle wishes he could walk. The guy that can walk a little wishes he could run. The man that runs wishes he had the guts to ask his dream girl out. The guy with the dream girl wishes he had more time to himself. The meaning of what Im saying is life is a gift and is short. Thousands of people die everyday. Thirty five thousand people die in car accidents every year. Thirty thousand people commit suicide each year. Ten thousand are paralyzed each year. All of this just in the united states. Try to do what you can with what you have left. Comparing yourself to others will bring you misery. If you do one thing each day to improve yourself, it will amount to something b4 you know it. Ron On Saturday, June 14, 2014 1:05 AM, Danny Espinoza <da...@immortaldesigns.co> wrote: *jealous of those of you who have enough function to handcycle -Danny -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Dreams From: RONALD L PRACHT <_r.pracht@sbcglobal.net_ (mailto:r.pra...@sbcglobal.net) > Date: Fri, June 13, 2014 8:04 pm To: "_quad-list@eskimo.com_ (mailto:quad-list@eskimo.com) " <_quad-list@eskimo.com_ (mailto:quad-list@eskimo.com) > Another drug that works well to calm you and wont hurt you is lorezapam. You can take a 1mg pill and it helps out a lot. I have dealt with the crazy dreams at night. When Im experiencing pain or when im dysreflexic from needing to urinate my dreams get more intense. One more thing to add is activity during the day to wear you out helps you sleep. Obviously your level of function depends on how much you can wear yourself out. When I wheel my chair at least a mile or attach my handcycle and do a few miles Im in a better mood, less pain and sleep better. Each person can probally figure some activity to tire themselves out, maybe a handcycle on a table like at rehab or have some 20 min routine you do with moving your arms or a light freeweight attached to a cuff. There is a guy on youtube that sets up basic simple workout routines for people in chairs that require very little. I set goal for myself of 30 miles each month on my attachable rio dragonfly handcycle. I document the miles and write it all down. It helps my mind and the pain from my syrinx and hernia. Good luck Ron On Friday, June 13, 2014 8:23 PM, Quadius <_quadius@gmail.com_ (mailto:quad...@gmail.com) > wrote: I have been having a similar problem, but not as often. I usually have it a couple of times a night. I have found putting my TV on a timer and listening to a historical-based documentary has helped me get to sleep without having these terrible dreams. If they keep up, I might consider asking for medication. Quadius On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Larry Willis <_lwillis82153@gmail.com_ (mailto:lwillis82...@gmail.com) > wrote: Panic attacks. About four years ago I began having them at night. Not as frequent as yours, but I still felt like I was going to explode. It was horrible. My doc gave me a small dose of Xanax to take at bedtime. I haven't had one since. Good luck. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: greg <_greg@eskimo.com_ (mailto:g...@eskimo.com) > Date: Friday, June 13, 2014 Subject: [QUAD-L] Dreams To: _quad-list@eskimo.com_ (mailto:quad-list@eskimo.com) For weeks now I've been waking up every few hours, with panic dreams. My heart is racing, pounding. My breathing is heavy, and I feel like I need to get up. I haven't changed meds or anything. If it was just waking up in the morning like that I could handle it, but it's like 5 times a night. Often I think I can't breath. Other times I'm getting chased by a mob, etc. I'm so tired. Greg
