My brother just informed me that there is a link between fish oil and nerve inflammations. I have a bad back even before TM mow it is a neon sign inviting any biologically active agent inside.
I was without the fish oil for about 5 days because I had run out. No spells for 8 days. I got back on the omega 3‹which I take for depression‹and within a couple of days I got a convulsive spell lasting for 6 hours, the worst one yet. Then I awoke this morning and spent another two hours being alternatively as stiff as an oak plank to collapsing in a chair. Has anyone else heard of their being some kind of link between using high dosed of fish oil and exacerbating inflamations? Dalton Garis Abu Dhabi/New York On 4/6/10 5:28 PM, "Towery, Ruben Dale" <rdtow...@southernco.com> wrote: > I just wanted to thank everyone for their responses to my questions. I > am so happy that I found this email list. > > I wanted to elaborate on myself and how TM has affected my life with > you guy/gals. > > As I mentioned before I have been dealing with chronic back pain since > about February of 2009. I saw multiple doctors for this and and a > bunch of MRI's, other scans, and tons of blood work done and none of > them could figure out what was going on. Finally back in November my > rheumatologist and my physical medicine doctor decided, very > reluctantly I must say, that I had Fibromyalgia. So myself and my wife > along with my doctors started treating my symptoms as this. Although > going through this process of treatments, nothing was getting better > and my upper back was seeming to get worse at times. I just started to > learn how to deal with the pain and mental aspects associated with the > Fibromyalgia. During all of this time, I went into a deep depression > and started having major anxiety and panic attacks and this really > started affecting my relationships with my wife and kids, and also > started causing major issues at my work to the point where I was > almost terminated from my job. Luckily I have a great boss who went to > bat for me knowing that I had something medical going on that the > doctors had just not been able to determine yet. Then on April 22 of > this year, I woke up with numbness, pain, and tinkling in my upper > legs and buttocks area. I dismissed this as the Fibro had just moved > to a different location. I drove myself to work and after parking my > truck in our deck I started walking towards our crosswalk and got to > where I could no longer control my legs and basically felt paralyzed. > Two gentleman where nice enough to get my truck for me and I was able > to drive myself to the emergency room. When I arrive there I was > having a full blown panic attack and was scared to death. The doctors > there calmed me down and sent me home and dismissed it as being fibro > pain. I called my rheumatologist and he told me to see my physical > medicine doctor. I got in to see him the next day and after an MRI > they saw the inflamation in my spine and it was located on the conus > area of my spinal cord. They immediately admitted me into the hospital > and started me on steroids and did multiple MRI's, a spinal tap, and > tons of blood work. I spent 4 days there before they sent me home > under the care of my neurologist. > > After spending time recovering at home and also seeing a nuerology > specialist at UAB, I was seeming to be getting better. I was able to > start getting around with the assistance of a cane. After 3 weeks my > neurologist decided that it would be appropriate for me to drive again > and go back to work. After a week of this, I was starting to get > worse. Also during the time I was off work I saw a neuro psychologist > to try and determine what was going on with me having the memory loss > and other cognitive issues. After his testing it was determines that I > am suffering from major anxiety and depression and reccomended I start > back seeing my psychatrist and psyxhologist to deal with these issues > and to not return to work or drive until these problems get better. My > wife, myself and my neurologist decided that staying at home and > continue recovery, both pysically mentally. My pysical pain has gotten > worse over the last severla weeks, but I have started my therapy with > my psychologist and feel like the mental side of things are starting > to get a little better. I am starting PT and OT today at home and hope > this will help with my balance and strength in my legs, cause this has > definitely gotten worse over the last week. > > I justed wanted to elaborate more on myself since people have asked. > Hope this was not to long, but I am having to learn how to be more > expressive with my feelings to cope with my problems. I am so glad I > found this list and feel blessed that I am now a part of it. I would > just like to ask every one to keep me in your prayers as I start this > difficult journey to recovery. Thanks again for all of your support. > > Thank you so much. > > Ruben Towery > Mount Olive, AL (Birmingham, AL) > > Sent from my iPod >
