Re: [TMIC] Neurologist visit

2010-09-09 Thread Alton Ryder
take something that doesn't work since there are others to try. Hugs, Barbara A in Auburn CA -Original Message- From: Alton Ryder a-ry...@comcast.net To: Rev. Craig Crossman revcross...@gmail.com Cc: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 4:20 pm Subject: Re: [TMIC

Re: [TMIC] Neurologist visit

2010-09-08 Thread john snodgrass
I have been taking gabapentin 400mg  for the last 2 years 3 times a day. some people say that they can take 1 and it knocks them out. i have never experienced that. perhaps because of the extreem pain. I also take hydrocodone,baclofen, and lorazepam. From:

Re: [TMIC] Neurologist visit

2010-09-08 Thread Alton Ryder
I take gabapentin, but it was ineffective. Alton On Sep 8, 2010, at 3:29 PM, Rev. Craig Crossman wrote: he drugs I currently take are hydrocodone, Tramadol, and Amitriptyline. She has added gabapentin 300mg and Ropinirole 0.5mg. If anyone has anything they think I should know about

Re: [TMIC] Neurologist visit

2010-09-08 Thread Barbara Alma
-Original Message- From: Alton Ryder a-ry...@comcast.net To: Rev. Craig Crossman revcross...@gmail.com Cc: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 4:20 pm Subject: Re: [TMIC] Neurologist visit I take gabapentin, but it was ineffective. Alton On Sep 8, 2010, at 3:29

Re: [TMIC] Neurologist visit

2010-09-08 Thread Akua
No one since rehab has done anything useful for me. Other than approve the bits and pieces I've gleaned for myself from here. It is comforting to have care. I see my neuro on the 21st and am praying that i will last without my meds until then. When, as before she will just sit and talk to me

Re: [TMIC] Neurologist visit

2010-09-08 Thread L T CHERPESKI
Rev Craig, so glad you had a productive visit with your new neurologist. You asked about your meds. Many TMers have used most of these meds at one time or another. However, that Ropinirole threw me for a loop as I've never heard of it, so I researched it. Did your doctor give you an entire

Re: [TMIC] Neurologist visit

2010-09-08 Thread Janice Nichols
I am on the gabapentin and have been since the onset.I feel it helps. Why did she say you will not probably live until you are 90? My neuro said my life should not be shortened by TM. Our activity/strength may not be what it once was, but we are still working our bodies as

Re: [TMIC] Neurologist visit.

2007-07-20 Thread Kevin Wolfthal
Pam He isn't telling me to have a nerve biopsy before the other tests. He just recommends having one in general. I told him I'll think about it, but I'm not thrilled about the fact that a nerve biopsy can cause numbness when I already have enough of that. I am already scheduled for the MRI

Re: [TMIC] Neurologist visit.

2007-07-20 Thread Kevin Wolfthal
Hi Sandy, I had the EP test over 10 years ago, before I was dx'd with TM. When the MRI was being scheduled yesterday, they said they are doing it with and without contrast dye. I have had TM since 1988. My hand problems began about 3 years ago, after I took a very bad fall onto my hands