➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[ShrekDawg]

I have night terrors weekly anyway.
I was on amitriptyline, mostly for neurological problems but also depression. I was way too young to be on that awful drug.

That sounds horrible!! I can’t imagine having night terrors or anything like that. I’ve been lucky.

Ive known people who have had episodes of sleep paralysis and that sounds absolutely terrifying. I think I would cry. Not sure if it’s the same thing but usually they’re having some horrible nightmare and/or lucid dream thing too and can’t move

 

[FortCluck]

Judge all you want but if you or anyone else tried to suggest I stop using medication I would probably punch you in the mouth

I just choked and died all at the same time

 

[CSAchook]

Sorry if my post sounded judgey at all... that was not my intention

I wasn’t trying to suggest anyone should stop using it. Of course that would be ridiculous.

Just saying that for me, personally, I’d rather deal with the condition itself than the mile long list of side effects. In most cases. Unless it was necessary or something.

But I completely understand why people take medication and that it is necessary for some people!

Just don’t think it’s for me.

You don't need to apologize, silly. Just bear in mind that those commercials have to list every conceivable side effect. No one person is going to have all, or even most, of them. And if you get one of the really bad ones you just try a different medication until eventually you find something that works for you. It can be a long process but worth it for myself and many others.

 

[ShrekDawg]

The other night when I was at my parents spending the night my dad said he went to go get his beagle out of the bed I was in and I sat up in bed and just stared at him. He was telling me to go to bed and I just stared at him. He said I freaked him out I did a sleep study and they said I have sleep apnea and night terrors. They said I do weird stuff when I'm sleeping like sit up and look around. I don't remember any of it.

OMG that sounds so creepy!!! That reminds me of this character from Agents of SHIELD and he got like possessed or something and was guarding this temple even from his friends and like attacking them but it wasn’t him. His eyes just glasses over and turned red and then some people he let through but they tried to get him out of there and he just stood there staring at nothing. Total blackness/empty behind them. It was creepy af.

Rightly so.
You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose. or something like that.

I took phenobarbital when I was a child and it has been linked to pulmonary arterial hypertension, but they can't quite link it to that's why I have it.

I have had tons of DNA testing and blood testing so on and so forth to figure out why I have it, but nobody has figured it out.

Medications can cause serious health issues and before they realize it, it's usually already affected several people.

I'm sorry you have to deal with all that

isn’t that like a super strong drug!?

It’s amazing how many of the chemicals on the market and even drugs go through so little testing!! We know so little about stuff yet it’s just allowed to be out there!! Like how it’s coming out about round up and cancer.

 

[Tesumph]

That sounds horrible!! I can’t imagine having night terrors or anything like that. I’ve been lucky.

Ive known people who have had episodes of sleep paralysis and that sounds absolutely terrifying. I think I would cry. Not sure if it’s the same thing but usually they’re having some horrible nightmare and/or lucid dream thing too and can’t move

Yea I get sleep paralysis too, only a couple times a year. Night terrors weekly and sleepwalking almost nightly.
Unfortunately for me sleep disorders are not well known and there isn’t many medications to throw at it when it’s linked to PTSD. Therapy is basically your best option.

 

[Tesumph]

Sorry if my post sounded judgey at all... that was not my intention

I wasn’t trying to suggest anyone should stop using it. Of course that would be ridiculous.

Just saying that for me, personally, I’d rather deal with the condition itself than the mile long list of side effects. In most cases. Unless it was necessary or something.

But I completely understand why people take medication and that it is necessary for some people!

Just don’t think it’s for me.

Sometimes you don’t have an option. Anti seizure medication was real bad in that regard. Horrible side effects but you have no choice.

 

[FortCluck]

OMG that sounds so creepy!!! That reminds me of this character from Agents of SHIELD and he got like possessed or something and was guarding this temple even from his friends and like attacking them but it wasn’t him. His eyes just glasses over and turned red and then some people he let through but they tried to get him out of there and he just stood there staring at nothing. Total blackness/empty behind them. It was creepy af.









isn’t that like a super strong drug!?

It’s amazing how many of the chemicals on the market and even drugs go through so little testing!! We know so little about stuff yet it’s just allowed to be out there!! Like how it’s coming out about round up and cancer.

When they test drugs they usually don't test them long-term. I forget how long they have to test them for FDA approval, I can ask my Dr when I see him Saturday.

 

[ShrekDawg]

You don't need to apologize, silly. Just bear in mind that those commercials have to list every conceivable side effect. No one person is going to have all, or even most, of them. And if you get one of the really bad ones you just try a different medication until eventually you find something that works for you. It can be a long process but worth it for myself and many others.

Thanks!! That makes sense!! Yeah I guess I don’t know why I’m so like convinced I’m gonna be stuck on one drug and one drug only or stuck on drugs for life haha

That’s probably not the case.

But even so, I still think I’d prefer to try fixing it with more natural ways first. Not that there’s anything wrong with medication. It’s just as is I barely go outside and have horrible self care in general. When I take better care of myself even just for a day or two I feel way better. So I’d like to keep trying that route. Cause even lately I’ve only been lacking on it for a few days with my lack of sleeping and back to eating bad and I already feel it as opposed to when I was going to bed early and eating right and everything. Trying to get back on the ball today and have a bit but it’s a process.

It’s hard now too though cause it gets dark so early and it’s so cold so it’s hard to be outside. But I need to make an effort.

I really feel like my biggest issue though is just the lack of somebody to talk to so I think having a therapist will help with that.

Or maybe I might go back to writing (either in a journal or songs again) or drawing or something so I don’t have to tell people things constantly/over share

I wish I had a treadmill. That’d be a great way to exercise in the cold lol or to be able to watch TV without sitting so dang much haha

 

[FortCluck]

Yea I get sleep paralysis too, only a couple times a year. Night terrors weekly and sleepwalking almost nightly.
Unfortunately for me sleep disorders are not well known and there isn’t many medications to throw at it when it’s linked to PTSD. Therapy is basically your best option.

Yup!

It's crazy how they have tons of meds for certain things, but none for others!

I need to do therapy, but I just don't feel like it'll help. My Dr wants me to because he says I deal with too much and no person should bare that much weight alone.

I did try therapy 9 years ago when I was told to by my old Drs in NH, but I think the therapist didn't get me. I think I need to find one that specializes in seeing people with illnesses. If there's even such a thing.

 

[Kiki]

Thanks!! That makes sense!! Yeah I guess I don’t know why I’m so like convinced I’m gonna be stuck on one drug and one drug only or stuck on drugs for life haha

That’s probably not the case.

But even so, I still think I’d prefer to try fixing it with more natural ways first. Not that there’s anything wrong with medication. It’s just as is I barely go outside and have horrible self care in general. When I take better care of myself even just for a day or two I feel way better. So I’d like to keep trying that route. Cause even lately I’ve only been lacking on it for a few days with my lack of sleeping and back to eating bad and I already feel it as opposed to when I was going to bed early and eating right and everything. Trying to get back on the ball today and have a bit but it’s a process.

It’s hard now too though cause it gets dark so early and it’s so cold so it’s hard to be outside. But I need to make an effort.

I really feel like my biggest issue though is just the lack of somebody to talk to so I think having a therapist will help with that.

Or maybe I might go back to writing (either in a journal or songs again) or drawing or something so I don’t have to tell people things constantly/over share

I wish I had a treadmill. That’d be a great way to exercise in the cold lol or to be able to watch TV without sitting so dang much haha

Get offline and go brush your teeth and take a shower now.