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psomom

So then

Feb 16, 2009 08:16

Yesterday was a bad day. Besides the huge pain I was feeling, the sort of pain that makes it hard to sit still cause I feel like things are crawling on my arms and legs and I have to move to try to make it hurt a little less, and then moving hurts...there was also a ton of drama and my shoulders are in knots. Well, I should say that the very ( Read more... )

ambien, pt, fibromyalgia, yoga, pain, kelsey

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opalexian February 16 2009, 14:40:59 UTC

It's funny you say that about Ambien, because my doctor never said word one about it being addictive. BUT, if I ask for a benzo/anti-anxiety med prescription, it's like OH NOES YOU WILL BE ADDICTED!!!!1111 Because, you know, benzos are addictive...and a full night's sleep isn't.

...-_-

Chronic illness is destructive to relationships in general because it's a really special person that can actually deal with their loved one feeling bad all the time but they can't do anything about it. I think it's the helpless factor that drives people away. That, and the 'oh shit you're cranky all the time....why are you cranky?' thing.

Sometimes people are really stupid. -_-

Maybe the warrior workout brought the knot in your back back? ('back back' ha ha) Ugh I hate knots in teh back...I usually get them in the neck.

Oh noes, bad guy! You should make yourself a paper handlebar mustache and wear it home. ; 3

*hugs* I hope the pain gets better. Just try and go easy on yourself.

psomom February 17 2009, 15:57:27 UTC

OK...the mental picture of me with a paper handlebar moustache just made me giggle uncontrollably. <3 Thanks for the laugh Opal.

Do you take Ambien every night? Do you feel you HAVE to? I've been talking to a friend of mine who actually dated one of the drs who brought the drug to the market, and she was bitching at me because of how i'm taking it - the dr used to tell his patients to take it for 10-14 days, then reevaluate, but by doing what I'm doing which is to take it one night, then maybe not the next, I'm screwing my body's rhythms up, it doesn't know to expect it or not, so I'm making my sleep pattern WORSE. So now I don't know if I should take it for a steady period and see where I am, or if that will just make it harder to stop. Blargh.

And I agree about how chronic illness can be destructive to relationships that way. The other way is that the illness in general makes keeping commitments incredibly difficult if not impossible, and then you have to learn to accept if that happens, and it's a spiral downwards.

opalexian February 17 2009, 17:47:28 UTC

I take it every night and have for...uh...almost a year now? I was on Lunesta before that. My sleep is really fucked up, so I pretty much need a sleep aid no matter what. I'm going to the sleep center, but my appointments there are about a month and a half apart so that's gonna be slow going, coming up with an answer without drugs. In the meantime, yeah...every night. What your friend says makes a lot of sense too-if you're going to regulate it you should do it over more than one night at a time-get your body used to doing your bidding. ; D As for it being addictive? I forgot to ask my doctor >_< but honestly, the need and desire for a full night's sleep on a regular (or semi-regular) basis is much more desirable, and one could say 'addicting,' than some drug IMO. When you have the pain under better control? Yeah, try without medication then. However, lack of sleep now while you're still struggling with the pain will just make things worse as it's harder to deal with your day, adding that to the whole pile. Like, right now-I've been ( ... )