Posted on 04/23/2009 12:30:40 AM PDT by cva66snipe
With consistent but low dosages {very important to take like this} the risk of developing a Tolerance is minimal. Those issues usually come from doctors prescribing up to 2 MG 3 times a day and that is not necessary nor healthy. Dependence will happen. But hey I've been on it 15 years and often have my needed dosage down to 2 per day instead of 4. On real bad days I've taken 5 or 6 but that's rare because I learned some adapting techniques. I can stop an attack for example by playing my 6 string. Odd but it works.
I'm not a doctor but SSRI's in general don't set well with this and Lexepro is such. To give you an idea I went through about 4 of them before I said No More. Paxil blocked my bladder and I almost went into dysreflexic shock and I know I was experiencing as I'm trained to diagnose it. Impramine {sp} had me sitting there and point a finger at my head clicking till I said WTH am I doing? Buspar tore my stomach up. Which brings up another matter. SSRI's are bad for causing stomach problems. Serotonin is a digestive chemical of which 98% belongs in the stomach. When it stays there all is well in body chemistry. For some reason persons with Central Nervous System impairments or Neurological issues such as nerve damage and sensory disorders are a lot more prone to Serotonin Migration. This generally happens when taking SSRI's. Migration means it travels to the brain and very bad things happen. One is major headaches. That is just the beginning. Next can come hallucinations or tripping just like taking LSD. Take this for what it's worth my wife went through it twice in a week while being treated with SSRI's. The only thing that saved her life was she was also taking Xanax which Benzodiazepine is the drugs used to treat Serotonin Migration.
With a damaged sensory processing system the last thing needed is enhanced sensory impulses as the brain and CNS can't translate and process what it is handling now. That is what triggers the Panic attacks. You have to slow things down to a level it can function at. Thus the reason for Benzodiazepine.
Benzodiazepines get a bad reputation they don't deserve mainly due to lack of knowledge on the part of the doctor prescribing them. When I first took them I was on 2 MG 2 times a day at one point and was yo-yoing from it. It didn't help. Finally I found a doctor who said no SSRI's but take Xanax .5 mg {half a MG} 4 times a day. It works. My wife is about like me. When she went quadriplegic the first thing to go was Inner ear. She's been on Xanax since 1985. No Tolerance build up issues no craving more because it's a low dosage and consistent. She went on SSRI's because of PTSD from a dentist in Knoxville that nearly killed her with a medication over-dosage. A shrink put her on SSRI's. That was when the Serotonin Syndrome hit her.
If you can find it try this book as well. "Phobia Free" by Harold Levinson MD. This guys book saved my life and helped me put the pieces together. I found the book in a second hand store and almost didn't get it. I'm glad I did because he had the answers. It's not a it's all in your head and you need to meditate etc kinda book. Don't let the title throw you. He links anxiety to Vestibular disorders. He was one of the first and the mental health community scoffed at him for years. Vestibular research is proving him right though.
Doctors still don't know much about these disorders. Even fewer doctors realize that anxiety can be of neurological origin and dysfunctional sensory processing rather than phobic/traumatic which is what SSRI's treat.
Agreed
Thanks. The only concern I have with in the ear is if they have enough programning options to give me what I need. That and I need directional part also. I have goats and when they are up in the woods it would help me know about where.
Thanks. If this guy can't program them to my neds I know a place that can. I'm lucky enough that our university has an Audiology Department and can set them. I took my grandson there with his. I talked to an Audiologist there. BTW no COSTCO's in Tennessee :>{
Thanks.
That will do it.
I’d go to Costco.com and check it out. There are two in the Memphis outskirts and two near Nashville. Might be others too.
I see an Internal Medicine doctor and he's pretty well got a grip on it. I was seeing a shrink who had seen what I have. He was the only one who would give me the right meds for it. Part of it I've had since birth. I'm also one eye only functional and that as well since birth. I can fool most eye doctors including military ones as I passed two entrance physicals with it.
I also see an Allergist and take shots to limit further damage. Sinus issues wreak havoc on the Vestibular system and that too was a contributing factor.
In general listening to music doesn't other me because I control the volume. Playing the guitar {acoustical} actually stops the attacks.
I saw a Neurologist at the onset. I had CAT SCANS and MRI. Nothing showed up which is consistent with Vestibular and sensory disorders. Nothing will show up on those test. The decline pretty well stopped right after onset except gradual Tinnitus and hearing loss which in some ways helped. I worked in very loud environments in the Navy and later in civilian life. I was a maintenance mechanic. I've dealt with parts of it about all my life including Occupational Therapy so I could walk a straight line.
LOL My wife does that now.
“And recently I heard, he’s getting schizophrenia cured IN 3 DAYS! Praise God. Anyway—worth checking out.”
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I know of a way to buy one place and get the molds made elsewhere but I’d rather not. One guy I know went that route and it was only for one ear with mild to moderate loss. The CIC’s might allow me wear head phones. I guess I’ll have to sort out the trade offs on each type.
I’m 200 miles east of Nashville. Nothing in East Tennessee.
I spoke with a man who went to Mountain Home VA Center in Johnson City and they worked with him and really fixed him up with hearing aids. He was pleased as punch. It was his first experience with the VA and surprised at the good outcome
Thanks. I talked to an Audiologist at UTK. VA is opening a hearing clinic or program in Knoxville soon. It’s just not set up yet. I’m definately going VA route on my next ones unless the Medicare rules change. But right now I’ve got to get them soon as in a few weeks. I have an appointment Monday to start the chosing and ear molds impressions etc.
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offer your cheeky ignorant post.
I got hearing aids for the first time about a week ago. I paid $4140 tax included. I have already had a few tell me where I could have got a better deal. Story of my life, buy a new car and somebody will tell you how badly you got ripped, coulda done better at a different dealer etc. I’m happy with my hearing aids, I can hear my grands now and you get what you pay for in life.
Old thread but I wanted to let you know I got them. I believe we had a FReepmail exchange about them a month or so ago. Hope everything’s ok with you and your’s.
When I got home and was looking at them. The ear molds were fine but on the wrong ear pieces. I had to sit and think a spell about how to make certain which mold was which then swapped them around.
I've heard things in the past week I haven't heard in years like sitting in the living room listening to a downpour outside. I can hear birds I couldn't hear before. I'm up to wearing them about all day now with a few breaks in between.
I paid $5200 for the pair but that includes lifetime adjustments, testing, & molds.
One word of advice. I ordered Bluetooth also. The tech told me the day I picked up the hearing aids that he was going to wait. Evidently there is a major quality imporovement coming out in 3-6 months in sound quality. I'll wait on it.
Exactly the same here. It's wonderful and I've had very little problem adjusting, talking and hearing on the phone is one area that I'm working on.
We have a 9 yr old g/son and 10 yr old g/daughter living with us and I had a lot of difficulty hearing either of them. Since I got the hearing aids, I've discovered they are quite the little loud mouths.
I can even hear the turn signal indicator clicking while driving now, I'm going to miss hearing my wife tell me the turn signal is still on.
The first day I had them I noticed when my wife made hamburgers, I piled the sliced onions on as usual and I could hear them crunching as I chewed. Life is sweeter when you can hear.
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