medication

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Fibromyalgia and the Flector Patch

Written by Kate Blaylock Topics: Fibromyalgia and..., My Network, medication

Per my chiropractor’s advice, I went to visit a med­ical doc­tor Fri­day morn­ing… except mine was out until today, so I saw the nurse prac­ti­tioner.  Long story short, she thinks I’ve rapidly devel­oped sco­l­io­sis.  And she thinks this rapid change in my lower back is caus­ing my mid-to-upper back to pull to the right.  Or […]

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Two-timing and Loving It

Written by Kate Blaylock Topics: Sleep, To Do, medication

I con­fess… I am cheat­ing on Cym­balta.
Sat­ur­day night I took half a dose of my Amitripty­line before I went to bed and was quickly reminded why I fell in love with it. I slept won­der­fully and made it through the day feel­ing mostly human until the after­noon. I took a half-dose Sun­day night […]

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Losing My Mind and Most of My Sleep

Written by Kate Blaylock Topics: Fibromylagia, Sleep, medication

I have not taken Amitripty­line since Mon­day night and I’ve slept about 10 hours over the last four nights. I am phys­i­cally and men­tally exhausted, but each time I close my eyes and try to sleep my mind won’t shut down. I feel des­per­ate and do not know how much longer I can […]

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Me and Amitriptyline

Written by Kate Blaylock Topics: Sleep, Trying Stuff, medication

Amitripty­line was my first love. And, I con­fess, we still have a thing going on.
I have taken 10mg or 20mg essen­tially every night for the last decade. These tiny pills changed my life. They taught me what a real night’s rest was like. They pulled me through high school and col­lege and cut my […]