my history

[grandmaD]

Stan, do you think the vibration and tingling is w/d? Sounds like it eventually goes away? I'm sorry I don't know what those strange words mean in reality?

Sheila, I woke with a headache again yesterday so got hubby to do the neck (it seems to come from the shoulder blade and neck up into my head) but it had no effect, unfortunately. It might need to be done on a regular basis like my legs and butt.

The internet is fine today - it seems to depend on what time I use it and probably whether heaps of others are on at the same time. I'll just try different times until hubby does something.

I have come to realise nothing really works. Sometimes I take the night mercyndol and it doesn't work. Other times it works. Then I don't take it and the headache lasts another 2 or 3 days. This was a big risk after only 1 day headache yesterday (but I had one only 2 days before) so I decided not to take the mercyndol at bedtime - and there you go - today it was a lot better. It is crazy, just crazy.

I realised my nose was blocked more than usual last night so I used the nasal spray and the headache is better, just more olike a moderate pressure head today, so it could be allergy. I just reminded myself to use it again as it is one of those you are supposed to use every day to be effective. I hate doing that so usually use it only as long as I have to.

[stan]

the vibrations and tingling are withdrawal, before weaning meds i never had them; these have practilly gone away for me, so i think it could be the same for you

[deroxat-victim]

Yes vibrations are WD related , i never had them before, but they gone now.

[Sheila]

Just to make it well and truly crazy-making, gD, sometimes nothing works and sometimes something works, and it's utterly unpredictable. So, do keep trying the neck and shoulder massage.

Also, I would recommend using the nasal spray only as needed and not every day. They are extremely habit-forming. I have gotten addicted to them and had to withdraw several times over the course of w/d, but I felt I had no better option. My sinus has been one of my worst symptoms, so bad I couldn't sleep.

I haven't had to use a nasal spray for a year or two now. I'm more healed, but I'm also using quercetin, which I recommend for allergies.

[Luc]

Also, I would recommend using the nasal spray only as needed and not every day. They are extremely habit-forming.

This, plus it can damage mucous membranes in the nose. So, going the more natural way, the better. I used a lot of the nasal spray in the past, and had to go higher and higher with the dose for it to have the same effect.

[grandmaD]

Oh boy, this thing is so painfully slow again. Hubby says it is not our computer but the clogged network. He reckons it was okay during the Chistmas break because people were not at work and were on holidays.

Anyway, thanks so much Stan and dv for your encouraging post. The vibrations - did you also have them in your head? I have such trouble getting to sleep and try and comfort myself with "one day.... how nice it would be ... for my body and head to be at peace, restful with no vibration, and no ringing in the ears and no RLS ... just to be at peace .... I might scare myself and think I am dead, though! LOL

The vibes are still one of the highest things on my list.

[grandmaD]

I also appreciate your comments re the nasal spray. The one I was using before (just when I needed it) was supposed to be addictive. This one - you use it every day as a precaution type thing is supposed to be safe. Are you aware of this second type? After my a/d hell I don't believe anything anyone tells me now, so I am very aware that this one may also become addictive so I usually only use it for a few days. It becomes very tempting though, when the head pressue improves and to think it is the nasal spray, but I also realise this can lead to more problems! I tried the salted water but it didn't help the head pressure. You have motivated me not to use it today and it has been 3 days, so I should stop, so thanks!

[grandmaD]

18 MONTH UPDATE

Palpitations @ week
Pre stabilizing: 4.0
Stabilising: 3.0
1st drop: 1.0
2nd drop: 1.0
3rd drop: 1.0
4th drop: 2.3
5th drop: 2.2
6th drop: 1.6
7th drop: 1.0
These seem to only come now at bedtime in the first few weeks of taper.

Vibrations (body) @ week
Pre stabilizing: 4
Stabilising: 7
1st drop: 5.2
2nd drop: 4.0
3rd drop: 5.8
4th drop: 5.4
5th drop: 4.0
6th drop: 5.3
7th drop: 5.2
8th drop: 5.1
Instead of all day, full on, they are sometimes all day and other times they occur different times during the day rom mild to moderate to high.

[deroxat-victim]

Anyway, thanks so much Stan and dv for your encouraging post. The vibrations - did you also have them in your head? .

yes, at bed times, they come first from the back of the head, and surely after a stress day

[Luc]

Re vibrations. Had those very very severe. Especially in the chest area.