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My doctor loves the little things in life. In my life in particular. Like those skin tags I mentioned a million years ago. I don't think I ever posted on how fun it was to get them removed -- each one needing a little shot to numb it followed by a click and a little bandage, if it started to bleed. Some twenty of them under my arms. He loved it. He giggled and joked the whole time. When I mentioned on Friday that I wanted to do something about the wart on my finger, which successfully survived many treatments of Compound W. With glee he BOUNCED out of the room and came right back with a Styrofoam cup with steam rising from it. Not steam. Nitrogen. Liquid nitrogen. Drop of liquid on the skin, sharp STAB of pain in my finger, doctor warms area with thumb. Repeat. Repeat. Three times? Four? I stopped counting after AUUUGH. See what it does is kills the skin around the wart, as well as halt the wart from growing. Then the skin blisters, lifting the wart away so it can't re-root. Then the whole thing is supposed to dry out and you can pick it off. Shudder. So it blistered within an hour and has been like that since. Luckily, I have the non-nasty kind of wart. Instead of looking like diseased cauliflower, it looked like a bump with a transparent core that you could see though. So now, this transparent core is surrounded by a large puffy blister. No need to show you what it looks like, because I can describe it. You know what a chameleon's eye looks like, where it's a big sphere with a small opening? Just like that, only less scaly. Yes. I'm growing a third eye on my finger. I can see how that would be useful, but I'd still rather it hurry up and fall off. Other medical stuff: On nights when the tryptophan isn't enough to put me to sleep we've added melatonin to the mix. 1-3 pills dissolved under my tongue. Yuck. As well, for the nights when NOTHING works, the doctor has given me a small prescription for lorazepam (commonly known under the brand name of Ativan). It's supposed to be good with insomnia, especially when associated with anxiety. Plus it leaves your body in about four hours, so I can see if it will be a bad night before doping myself. The last couple nights have been bad, but with the above medication's help I've been able to get a livable amount of sleep. Hopefully knowing this will help break my cycle of anxiety and we can get things settled. The doctor is also booking Lisa an appointment with a specialist so we can see if anything can be done for the snoring itself. Heh. I took the lorazepam last night. According to Lisa, not only do I not wake up for anything, it makes me snore like a band-saw. Nice. |
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Melatonin-yuck is right, Dan couldn't even take it cause of the smell. I like Tylenol PMs personally- can't get em in Canada but you can combine tylenol and benadryl its the same stuff. Helps me get to sleep but not drowsy in the morning.
Posted by: Trish | January 18, 2006 05:51 PMBenadryl has the same sort of antihistamine that most sleep aids have, where the sleepiness is just a side effect that they repackage as the whole deal. Too much antihistamines just make me dizzy, but don't put me to sleep.
The idea behind the melatonin is that it is suppose to help settle my sleep cycle, sooth my anxieties so I can sleep naturally.
Posted by: Phil | January 18, 2006 06:17 PMMy inner 12 year old couldn't stop laughing at the notify and notify correction you sent out. :|
Posted by: Sasha | January 18, 2006 06:34 PMWell.. melatonin is the chemical in the body/brain that is required in order to fall asleep.. if you're natural melatonin is out of whack.. you have trouble going to sleep... as when you're natural serotonin is out of whack.. you have trouble waking up.. and when both are whacked.. you're whacked... *sigh* Ativan is what they use in the hospitals to calm people down.. it's pretty good.. when I was in waiting for my eyesurgery and couldn't stop crying.. I asked for something to calm me.. and Ativan is what they gave me... if it only lasts 4 hours in the system, maybe I should bring it up with my doctor.. lord knows I'm not able to fall asleep without being knocked out these days...
Posted by: Carolyn | January 18, 2006 08:35 PMI occasionally take Ativan for symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis. I was told that it has a half life of 8 hours, not four...and that it would take 16 hours to clear my system. So might want to keep that in mind if you're going to be driving the next morning.
It is a magic little pill, isn't it? :)
Posted by: Heather | January 19, 2006 12:25 PMProbably has to do with the dosage. The dosage for insomnia is far less than for other symptoms.
But good warning. Thanks.
Posted by: Phil | January 19, 2006 01:04 PMAtivan works for me! When I'm in desperate need of a really good 8 hour sleep. I actually take only half of one of those little pills and wake totally refreshed.
Posted by: Terry | January 19, 2006 09:19 PM