Experiences with

Dentofacial parafunctional disorders

My mother, 75 years old, was sent for a beta 2-microglobulin test due to anxiety and palpitations.All her blood work results are excellent, except for the b2mg, which is 3. Should I be worried?

So I am 41 years old and I've been overweight most of my adult life. I suffer with binge eating and have done for as long as I can remember. I chose to eat for any occasion - happy or sad and life seems to revolve around meals, snacks and generally being unhealthy so it's time to make some changes

I have stopped using Neupro patches, but still have to take 3 x 100 mg Levodopa/Carbidopa because I also have Parkinson. For the first time I took 100 mg Gabapentin at 8 pm. It made me feel dazed. I went to bed at 11 pm. My legs didn't realy feel calm. At about 1 am RLS started to kick in and it

EP is switching me from Verapamil to Acebutolol for PVCs and high resting/low activity heart rate. Has anyone been on Acebutolol, if so how did it go? I am 3.5 months post ablation (still in blanking period), and have been cycled through sotolol, metoprolol, mexiletine, diltiazem, propafenone, and verapamil

EP is switching me from Verapamil to Acebutolol for PVCs and high resting/low activity heart rate. Has anyone been on Acebutolol, if so how did it go? I am 3.5 months post ablation (still in blanking period), and have been cycled through sotolol, metoprolol, mexiletine, diltiazem, propafenone, and verapamil

What a wonderful ride this RLS gives you. Two nights ago I had the best evening with no problems at all along with the best sleep I've had in months. Then the next night and last night I had craziness again with insomnia and sleepwalking. I know that it will take many weeks of this behavior, however,

I started a CPAP at the end of October. Boy did that not work out! My sleep study said I was having 9-20 events an hour without it. When I used it my events were often between 25-77!! Why was using one making things worse? Also, the mask was making my face numb all day. Super annoying. the worst

I had a PF ablation 12 days agoWhen I take my pulse with my fingers it feels slow and regular with a few missed beats ( ectopic? ) When I use a basic wrist heart monitor it always says it is irregular I take Xaralto 20mg ,Flecanide 150mg and Forxiga 10mg . At the end of the month my cardiologist told

It is now 20 years since my thyroidectomy and loss of one or more parathyroids, requiring me to take meds for my lack of parathyroids. I would like to know what other people take? I am on Alfacalcidol, VitD3, Magnesium for my bones. Any suggestions as I would like to stop taking Alfacalcidol

anyone got any comments on this article? I was diagnosed with PD this summer . My older brother passed away from a Glioblastoma in 2009. This article really has me thinking!

I have muscular dystrophy and the past 3 months have been hell with severe depression and anxiety, where I keep going only because what else do I do. I want to see the world so I’ll just suffer through it. The only reason I could have this is because my condition gets worse with regression. But I’m also

Hi all, Going to give this another go. Hoping it makes more sense than my last post. Here are my blood results and the medication I was on during each test: Bloods on 50mcg of Tirosint: TSH 1.87 mIU/L T4 17.7 pmol T3 3.9 pmol Bloods on 75mcg of Tirosint: TSH 1.06 mIU/L T4 17.5

Hello community - I have stage 4 ovarian cancer metastases in the stomach and have been on Targin 25mg a day. Within 3 months my RLS came back with a vengeance. As per advice from this community I asked my doctor to change my medication from Oxycodone and Targin to Buprenophine. She calculated that

Newly diagnosed Parkinsons, tremor since 2018. neurologist says that sleep apnea machine is very important after my sleep study does anyone have examples of disease progression being slowed or any symptoms being relieved by moving to a sleep apnea machine?

dear all lovely members I’ve posted previously about my ongoing headache (which i only get between 3am and waking ). You may remember I had a sleep study done basically wearing a watch for 2 nights . It has taken me 5 months to get the results and I even had to write to pals in the end . Results showed

dear all lovely members I’ve posted previously about my ongoing headache (which i only get between 3am and waking ). You may remember I had a sleep study done basically wearing a watch for 2 nights . It has taken me 5 months to get the results and I even had to write to pals in the end . Results

I registered on this site in hopes of finding some help for my husband. He suffers with severe refractory RLS as a result of Ropinirole augmentation. We finally found our way to a specialist at a teaching hospital who has provided guidance to our primary care physician, and since early 2023 his RLS

Hello and first of all Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays 🎄🎉 Chronic daytime sleepiness has been an issue for me since developing PBC. Fatigue and cognitive issues have also been significant at times too. I’ve found the cognitive issues improved significantly after starting Ocaliva in June last year.

I started at 153 kg but just weighed 21st December 2024 and I'm 139kg and pleased with this, I've been down gym 3 time's in 5 day's and watching my carbs I eat, it's the lowest I've been for a few year's, finally the smart scales are heading in the right direction. Last weeks weight was 143kg so total

Hi there, been a bit of a lurker on these pages. They've been a great resource since suspecting and diagnosing Afib at the start of the year. I'm 43 M, diagnosed with paroxysmal afib in March, although first flagged overnight by fitbit in November last year. Initially came on at night, sparked by sleep