Rant and Rave, Cry and Complain

Nice seeing you again TwoCups :)
Tiresias, wow! What a lot of ups and downs. Glad to hear you're in a much better place now!

Rave: I'm dreaming again. Either Magnesium or Cymbalta get the credit. I'm loving it :banana:
Rant: One of them causes my duodenitis to flare up (feels like intense hunger to me)
Rant: Cymbalta is speeding up my pulse too much though. My resting rate was everywhere from 105-123 yesterday. I hope it levels out as I get used to the med. I didn't take my caffeine pill this morning so I'll see if that helps.

Other than that, life is very nice and quiet. Hubby and I will do something for dinner... or nothing, depending on his whim. Tomorrow night, though, we're having salmon from out local eatery.

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Originally Posted by Zhaylin

My resting rate was everywhere from 105-123 yesterday. I hope it levels out as I get used to the med. I didn't take my caffeine pill this morning so I'll see if that helps.

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Holy Shit!..Are you still with us :uhm:
I can;t get mine above 83 on the exercycle :yddd:

They laid off 35 people today. That really killed my mood.

Oh wow, Tiresias. :clairity: That should kill anyone's mood :eek:

rofl Wobly. When I was a teen, my resting rate was 120-130. I had to wear a heart monitor for a time and the Dr.'s ended up writing everything off on the one Dr. Pepper I drank every day :lol:
As I got older, my pulse slowed some but my norm was always 90-105 until I stopped smoking. That knocked it down to 80-90
SO, I'm not overly concerned about the fast rate. I'm fairly used to it :lol: It's just a curiosity (for the most part).
It's funny, to me, how a lot of people combine a fast rate to higher levels of anxiety and nervousness. Unless they mean the physical kind only. My p-doc recommended taking the Cymbalta after I wake up. But I've discovered it makes me sleepy, so I'm going to start taking it before bed. My faster rate doesn't keep me from sleeping :chuckle:

I tried to stay away from Caffeine today... but I was much too sleepy without it. I took it a couple hours after my new med though and didn't notice a huge spike in my pulse. I tend to just put all my meds in my hand and pop them at once (about 9 pills- mostly supplements),

My duodenitis hasn't bothered me THIS much in a very long time. I'm going to skip my magnesium tomorrow to see if I can figure out which is the culprit. I take Ranitidine twice a day as it is and it hasn't done anything for me these last couple of days.

Sweet dreams, DV.

Wow.... where has Cymbalta been all my life :chuckle:
I stopped the magnesium and the duodenitis cleared up right away. Then I noticed something else. My thighs don't hurt. For years now, my thighs have felt like there's a constant toothache type ache in them. Gabapentin numbed that ache a little but it's never left me completely. Until now. I wasn't even expected Cymbalta to do anything about it. Never even crossed my mind that it was possible. Doctors have been baffled by the pain. It starts above my knees and goes most of the way toward my hips. It's the front of my thighs only.

And for the last 2 nights, I've been asleep by midnight and awake by 9AM :eek: :panic: I'm usually never asleep before 5AM nor awake before 1PM

BUT, my costochondritis and "arthritis" in my big toes have worsen (both are triggered by anxiety). I can easily live with both of those things if everything else is good though. If everything is still this nice in another week, I'll start going off of Gabapentin to see if Cymbalta can carry the pain entirely.

One concern, however is that my gums are inflamed and sore and I have a tiny blood blister on in inside of my cheek toward my throat. It started around the same time as my med, but it can be from anything (like my recent allergen overload). I've gotten the soreness before from time to time with no apparent cause. In the past, it only lasts a couple of days. It feels a little better today, so I'll just have to wait and see.

Rant: I woke up FREEZING. The temp was suppose to rise so I kept my space heater on low. Brrrrr... didn't rise fast enough lol.

The rant thread is getting too long!

There's too much to do, not enough time. Christmas is 10 months away. I made a bad decision getting involved with music again. I've always found super heroes to be dumb The cold is going away and there are already too many damn bugs flying around. I hate buses, they're noisy and scary. Goes for trains too. There are not enough flowers where I live. My knee hurts and it's annoying. Meeting new people is too hard. I'm sick of anxiety. Santa is not even real. Dinosaurs don't exist anymore. I read too slow. I eat too slow too and it annoys me greatly because everyone has to wait for me and I feel absolutely awful. I'm tired of changing my mind about things. I'm sick of allergies, they don't let me sleep. My desk is getting too cluttered with books since I don't have a bookshelf to put them. My mind says meditation is important, but seems to steer away from the subject all the time. I HATE DARK CHOCOLATE! I hate having to be eating constantly (just realized I have to do it right now). I want to read love stories but they make me depressed.

On the bright side, I think I've dropped video games for good :D

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Originally Posted by RaveCrazedDave

The rant thread is getting too long!

There's too much to do, not enough time. Christmas is 10 months away. I made a bad decision getting involved with music again. I've always found super heroes to be dumb The cold is going away and there are already too many damn bugs flying around. I hate buses, they're noisy and scary. Goes for trains too. There are not enough flowers where I live. My knee hurts and it's annoying. Meeting new people is too hard. I'm sick of anxiety. Santa is not even real. Dinosaurs don't exist anymore. I read too slow. I eat too slow too and it annoys me greatly because everyone has to wait for me and I feel absolutely awful. I'm tired of changing my mind about things. I'm sick of allergies, they don't let me sleep. My desk is getting too cluttered with books since I don't have a bookshelf to put them. My mind says meditation is important, but seems to steer away from the subject all the time. I HATE DARK CHOCOLATE! I hate having to be eating constantly (just realized I have to do it right now). I want to read love stories but they make me depressed.

On the bright side, I think I've dropped video games for good :D

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Yeah. All of that and then some :yddd:

Suspended for a month for a pm exchange with a mod. I didn't know that was possible. :blahblahblah:

Welcome to RRCaC, Dave :D (sorry if I've missed you here before). I love how long this thread is :lol:
I completely agree with the bug thing. Paula came back to my room yesterday to show me all these bug bites under the top of her sock. They're from fleas :sniper: They haven't migrated back to my room yet but they will. I told everyone to stop wishing for a warm Winter and early Spring. Without it the bugs are going to be insufferable.

How do you NOT like Dark chocolate? Are you actually trying the stuff that's like 80% cocoa?

Have you tried any meds for your allergies? Other than that, just get rid of the allergens or continue to suffer :chuckle: (I say that with a laugh because I'm allergic to cats yet own about 13 of the suckers). I take a Loratadine (Clairitin) before bed, use eye drops, and a saline nose spray called Little Remedies (or some such- it's for children and doesn't drip down the back of my throat like the others).

You've given up video games?! :bowdown:

Rant-ish- I saw my GP yesterday and she spent a good amount of time with me. But she said "If we want to give you the label of Fibromyalgia, the only real treatment is exercise and anti-inflamatories" :wtf: No, I like having labels so I can put a name and a face on my enemy. It makes it easier to attack and conquer. So, she upped my Cymbalta to 60mg from 30 and prescribed 30 minutes of exercise every day. I'm trying to get ahold of my p-doc though to make sure that's okay since he prescribed the med not so long ago.

Rant-ish- there also seems to be a little infighting between docs. Dr.P is my primary. Dr.K is my Urgent care doc. Dr.A is my p-doc. Dr.K wants to run my blood work every 3 months because of my meds. I signed a release for my primary so they can have copies of those. The secretary said "that's why it's not recommended to have more than one doctor, aside from specialists". Then she told me I couldn't have my follow-up in a month like the doctor wanted because she wasn't going to be there and the only opening was in 3 months. :lol: what the heck?! And you wonder why I also see Dr.K.? I can see him without an appointment.

RANT: I waited too long to hang up my clothes. Apparently, one item was still damp and now all my clothes and my entire room smell of mold. I sniffed each article and contained the most offensive ones, but I still smell it. My kids smell it whenever they open the door to my room. BUT, they can't smell it on my clothes and neither can hubby (who's part coon-dog and can smell the tiniest of offensive smells rofl). Which makes me wonder if it's actually all coming from my clothes or if there's water damage under my floor or in the walls.

Rave: my meds are working miraculously. I fall asleep early and wake up feeling refreshed after 6-8 hours. My costochondritis and toes are still bothering me but Dr.P is hopeful that raising the dose will help with that. My resting pulse at the Dr's was 113 and they weren't concerned at all. I'm curious if a higher dose will affect my pulse any further.

Rave: I'm still loving my video games. Starbound is still my latest addiction.

Have a great day DV. :clairity:

( Rave ) Had my room re-furnished. It's pretty fancy now. :wizard:

Wish I had some kind of a plant in my room... :uhm:

I recommend a Bell flower plant. I've had mine for several years now and it's pretty bullet proof. Mine has never flowered because, well, I'm not the best plant person :lol: They can grow to be 3 feet tall or so if properly taken of.
Grats on the upgrade!

I find it funny that the lounge is mostly dead but this thread never dies, that's human nature, give em a place to bitch and they'll come! Does this count as a rave? Oh I don't care anyway, if anyone's got a problem they can rant about it. :P

Well, there's rants, raves, and complaints. But what about a 'cringe'? My 13 year old cousin's teacher failed him on a story he wrote because he still spells "Laser" with a 'Z'.

I bought my first inflatable kiddie pool and it's so awesome. I thought it would feel like a bathtub but it feels like a pool with enough area and depth to float around a bit. I'm not coming out till june.

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Well, there's rants, raves, and complaints. But what about a 'cringe'? My 13 year old cousin's teacher failed him on a story he wrote because he still spells "Laser" with a 'Z'.

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That's brutal. For one misspelling? What a horrible teacher!

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Originally Posted by mooseantlers

That's brutal. For one misspelling? What a horrible teacher!

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Well apparently he's been insisting that it's the way laser is spelled all year, and he insists on doing it no matter how many times the teacher tells him its wrong.

I also forgot to mention, I went to see Infected Mushroom in concert on Friday, and they were awesome. :mrgreen:

So glad you're enjoying that pool Anju :) I wish I had a real pool I could do laps in. That's the one thing I miss about Florida. I was always in the water when I lived down south. Now, it's been years :crying: The river is too darn cold even in the middle of Summer... and community pools are just too crowded and gross.

Lol, Jade. Your son sounds like my daughter. Once mine gets her mind set on something, there's no arguing about it. She likes to mispronounce things because of the way it's spelled. Then I say "Okay Milly". She rolls her eyes because her name is Miley. But it annoys her enough that she eventually starts saying the words correctly (mind you, my daughter is 21 years old :cackle: You have a long, hard road ahead of you ;) )

Moose, RRCaC will always be my home away from home :lol:

Rave: Hubby and I saw Logan last night. I haven't kept up with the X-men movies so I was reluctant. But it was friggin amazing. I gave it 9/10 and hubby gave it an 8 which is highly unusual for him (he's usually very dissatisfied with movies lol)
Rant: I couldn't sleep last night. Just when I was about to nod off, I thought I heard water running in the bathroom and was sure someone forgot to turn off the main. I jumped out of bed and checked but I was hearing things. No sleep after that. I'm very phlegmy and have a slight sore throat, so that was annoying me. I also have to taxi early today so I couldn't take my Benadryl before bed like I normally do.

Rave: I hadn't seen ChicoChico (favorite cat) for 3 days. I think our alpha male, Bully Boy, is trying to run him off :mad:. I saw him last night though and carried him inside. He was purring and rubbing against my face (probably the reason for the allergies last night :lol:). That cat is all personality.

Rant: I am SOOOOOO sleepy. I've been sleeping weird these last few days (midnight-3AM, 8-noon)
Rave: I got a lot of great dreams out of it though :chuckle:

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Originally Posted by Zhaylin

Lol, Jade. Your son sounds like my daughter.

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Wait... Jade has a son? :cackle:

I nearly got into a very serious collision on the freeway yesterday and every time I think back at it. I'm reminded that life can be taken and away so damn fast and that we should always make the best of every moment. Also a reminder of how dangerous distracted driving really is.. If I had been distracted by a phone or even mucking with radio controls, that'd have taken up the half second of reaction time it took to avoid the crash. Everyone stay safe and alert out there, and make the most of your day and remind everyone in your life how much you love them!

So glad you avoided an accident, Moose!!

My rant of the day is that I'm very "hung over". I've been sleeping so strangely lately, that I decided to take a full 4mg Cyproheptadine last night. I managed to actually sleep through the night. Woke at 8 and felt too sleepy to wake up, so I slept until 9. I bent my legs to support my iPad and fell back to sleep like that until 10:00. I made myself get out of bed. It's now after noon and I still want to go back to sleep.
Bah! I also chewed on my cheek last night even though Cypro is supposed to stop that sort of thing :lol:
I'm also very cold and hungry... even though my heat is blaring and I just ate a bowl of cereal PLUS some Pickle Potato chips.

Rave: I can finally watch tv using my internet/cable company website. It only works on MS Edge (which is also the only browser that lets me use DV). It's very glitch- like watching Satilite TV during a wind storm :cackle: but it's doable.
RAnt: Google Voice stopped working again :mad: :sniper: :furious:

And now hubby's sending me out into the cold for lunch. At least I can fill my 50gallon drum while picking up food....

Hope everyone is well.

I decided to imitate skating to the truck this morning on the new snow and after several yards of floundering managed to twist a knee ..
Rats :yddd:

ps: and ouch!

rofl, Wobly. At least you can laugh about it. Hope you heal quickly :hug:

Rant: I'm trying to catch a cold or something. I could not stay awake yesterday. Took frequent naps, had chills, thought for sure I ruined my new sleep schedule. Nope. I was still asleep at midnight, lol and awake at 10.
I'm not doing much better today. I'm HUNGRY. I eat and eat but don't feel full. I'm SLEEPY to the max. Not interested in my games. My skin is itching me to death and I keep scratching it off in spots :roll: There's one spot behind my left thigh. It eventually heals and the rash goes away, then it breaks out in the exact same place :huh: Then there's a spot on my right shin that's missing skin and I don't even recall scratching it.

Rave: I found Ad block for my iPad. I'm curious if my site will run any better with it installed.

Blec: Today is definitely a 5-hr Energy day. Those things taste so foul, but they do a smidge better than my caffine pills.
I might be on my last one though :crying: I found them at Walmart last week for .75 :eek: I could only afford 4 of them but wish I could've bought the whole cart lol

Have a great day everyone.

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Originally Posted by Zhaylin

rofl, Wobly. At least you can laugh about it. Hope you heal quickly :hug:

Rant: I'm trying to catch a cold or something. I could not stay awake yesterday. Took frequent naps, had chills, thought for sure I ruined my new sleep schedule. Nope. I was still asleep at midnight, lol and awake at 10.
I'm not doing much better today. I'm HUNGRY. I eat and eat but don't feel full. I'm SLEEPY to the max. Not interested in my games. My skin is itching me to death and I keep scratching it off in spots :roll: There's one spot behind my left thigh. It eventually heals and the rash goes away, then it breaks out in the exact same place :huh: Then there's a spot on my right shin that's missing skin and I don't even recall scratching it.

Have a great day everyone.

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Heh.. I am the opposite of a hypochondriac! I was on my way to my doctor for my ANNUAL checkup (at 76) when I bought the farm! And still didn't see a doctor! When something hurts I try to use mind over matter and just go do it anyways and do everything in my power to avoid doctors, Sometimes accidents happen tho, Like with one lung and blind in one eye going out riding bicycles on Hwy 219 things are bound to happen :P

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Originally Posted by woblybil

Heh.. I am the opposite of a hypochondriac! I was on my way to my doctor for my ANNUAL checkup (at 76) when I bought the farm! And still didn't see a doctor! When something hurts I try to use mind over matter and just go do it anyways and do everything in my power to avoid doctors, Sometimes accidents happen tho, Like with one lung and blind in one eye going out riding bicycles on Hwy 219 things are bound to happen :P

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I am the opposite, opposite. I go to the doctor when things are feeling benign and shit goes bonkers. For example, after getting married, I noticed I couldn't see a little out of my right eye. Not bad, just a bit annoying. 15 hours later, I was in surgery and am now partially blind. So that's fun.

The first trailer is out for "Coco", for the next original Pixar movie. I like how it makes a reference to lucid dreaming. Yay, Pixar! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNCz4mQzfEI