Posted by bookgurl99 on July 22, 2003, at 7:41:39
Mercedes --
Hey! I'm glad you're on the road to recovery.
It's funny; I also felt this new sense of urgency upon learning my diagnosis a week ago. This urgency is good; it gets you into action. And, btw, I had some 'panic attacks' that were really these before getting diagnosed, too. :D
>Alka Seltzer, what a concept. I'm buying some tomorrow just to have around.
Yeah; how do you think this works? Maybe sodium bicarbonate and citric acid help the veins widen (more water will be drawn into the vein to absorb the salts), and the aspirin just helps everything relax?
It seems that most of the treatments are aimed at physiological 'relaxing.' Even the anti-epileptics as a preventative might work in part because of their 'sedative' nature.
I'm hoping that working towards being less uptight it in my own life will help.
>Glad to hear you GP said that the damage isn't permanent.
He did say that it _could_ be permanent, but that permanence would be rare.
I've thought that you could liken it to drinking. You might lose some brain cells when you drink to the point of drunkenness, but an MRI wouldn't show anything. If you can avoid having attacks for long spells of time, then you end up with the brain of an occasional drunk. :D Repair should theoretically be very easy, once you stop the attacks.
>My GP won't even give me the time of day or let me discuss it with her.That's kind of scary. But maybe she is genuinely concerned about mis-treating you. At least she acknowledges the condition.
I didn't realize what a find my dr. is. I picked him out a few months ago because he's supposed to be a good thyroid dr. Yesterday, I discussed using oxygen with him, and he told me he uses oxygen on his _own_ migraines, but that he doesn't want me to use it because it is a vasoconstrictor. So my dr. gets his own (classic) migraines and understands the disorder! So if you're near Wisconsin, I have a good GP for you.
>>I was getting concerned about the permanent damage.One thing I can say is that it seems to age your brain faster this way. That's how I feel. I'm trying to follow the 'stay mentally active,' 'stay physically active,' 'do stress reduction' advice that's out there on keeping your brain working well.
Good luck; let me know what's happening.
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