Wish Me Luck !!!
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Wish Me Luck !!!
| Tue, 04-27-2004 - 10:17am |
Well, ladies, today is the halfway point in my little diet adventure to get my cholesterol down. The whole reason I went on this diet by my dietician was to get the numbers down. I will know by this afternoon if my effort has had any effect, but the big determination won't be until June.
I did have some good news about my blood pressure. It has always been fairly low, but went up when I started Effexor XR in February - like 140 over 90. EEEEK!
Today it was 110/70, MUCH better. I average 95/60 most of the time. It's a wonder I don't go into shock.
So, when I hear the news, I'll let ya know!
Amy

I'll email you more later. Don't want everyone to think I'm a nut.
Oh, is it too late for that ???? LOL!
Amy
Good grief, I am on saraphem which is prozac. It helps with regulating my heart rate during my period. Antidepressants are used more and more now for more than just depression and it is said that people are backwards in their thinking about it.
ANY Hoo...Twenty four hours after I took my first dose of Effx, my food obsession disappeared. POOF. Hooray ! Effex is also interesting in the fact that it has an anti-platelet effect. I SQUIRTED blood out of the puncture wound from the blood draw needle, but it was huge anyway - a 16 gauge - so I have to be careful. I bruise easier, too. But at least I'll never have a stroke !
Amy
I know the feeling though. When he decided 2 years agao to try and commit suicide 3 times a month for 6 months, I was on buspar because the stress was out of control. I also had a minor and I do mean minor heart attack during that time.
No worries. I understand and to be honest I am thankful for my BS in psy. Not only did it allow me to expand my thoughts on mental disease even more, it has helped me to help others to understand this is not a stigma but a true disease...it just happenes to be in an area where you don't expect it to be.
~~Linda