Experiences with

Mefenamic acid

In a previous reply to a thread about using MM as a sleep aid, I mentioned that although I did not think it was addictive, I felt that it could easily become a regular part of your going to sleep routine and in that sense, possibly habit forming, so I suggested mixing it up with the "melatonin 123" method

Firstly, thank you for all the help and support from such amazing and knowledgeable members of this forum. My latest NHS bloods were taken 8:45AM, fasting, no levo 24 hrs prior. I have Hashimotos with positive TPO and TG antibodies. My TSH is 1.01 (0.55-4.78) free T4 13.3 (10-20) 33% through the range

Anyone have trouble sleeping / falling asleep after stopping Amitryptiline? i know it is a sleep aid, so naturally when stopping your body has to adjust.. how long will it take before my sleep gets better?

This is from the book Your Bones

Hi there, I am sharing this, not in a negative way, just for awareness.... I have just been diagnosed with OP, with T-Scores of -3.3... I am 48... I was started on AC last week, 70mg once a week.. I took my 2nd does yesterday (same day & time as last week as advised).. Yesterday I started becoming

Hi, it's my first time on here so please be gentle. I was diagnosed with RA in February this year by my rheumatologist. I also have non alcoholic fatty liver disease, I'm told that they go together a lot of the time. She prescribed 15 mg mxt along with prednisolone, plus the usual alendronic acid, adcal

Im on psych drugs for 12 years. was on a lot of drugs since 2008 including paxera, cymbalta, zoloft, risperdal, solian, abilify, rexapin and so on. the reason was just depression when it all started. I was on 60 mg cymbalta and 100 mg solian between 2012-2018. drugs started not working I told my dr.

Do note that three of the scans were on same machine and one was on a different one four months ago. What I did: I took one dose of Prolia on April 25 which I will discontinue, but I have been taking the following since end of May early June - probiotics - Vit K2 MK7 from Natto daily - vit D supplements

I posted here about a month ago to say I'd been put on a 5 day diagnostic trial of Pred at 30mg and wondered if it was a bit high. Lots of really helpful replies, thank you! What happened then was that I spoke to a different GP (let's say Dr B), who when I told her how quick and effective it had been

Just did a DEXA although different machine. Reading has improved in FOUR months (with loads of interventions including one shot of Prolia which I will discontinue) from average -3.2 (worst reading -3.7) to -1.7 (worst reading -2.2) in spine!! I will discontinue Prolia and continue everything else Magnesium

Just wanted to make a follow up post. I mentioned in my first post my hesitation to get a liver biopsy. I went through with it and along with my blood work the results still seem inconclusive. My doctor said biopsy showed some fatty liver, no fibrosis but some bile injury. I plan to make a new appointment

I am going to get a private MMA Test done to try and clarify if I have a B12 deficiency as my Dr refused to test m. I have a few questions... Should I buy the blood or urine MMA Test? Should I only do the Homocysteine if the MMA test is high? Do I need to stop any supplements beforehand ? - I currently

Was diagnosed with PACNS in 2015, biopsy proven, after several years of severe headaches, memory loss and fatigue, advised now in remission. Originally had Chemotherapy, steroid and Methotrexate, now only on the latter, but still experience symptoms. Would be interested to hear from anybody with Cerebral

Hi can someone tell me how soon does your bleeding stop when you take Tranexamic acid for heavy bleeding

Hi everyone. I’m after a bit of advice. I’ve just finished reading it starts with the egg, and have a list of vitamins that have been advised. We’ve just finished three unsuccessful rounds of IUI, and awaiting our first IVF appointment. We’re now defined as having unexplained infertility, although my

My history: I was diagnosed with PMR at the end of May. I'd developed stiffnesss and pain in my pelvic girdle overnight during Xmas week gone, 2018. Then beginning of May or so I woke with two 'frozen' shoulders which developed a lot of pain and I couldn't turn in bed. I was diagnosed at the end of May

Hello lupus sufferers, When I was first diagnosed with SLE, DLE and lupus nephritis some 4 years ago I was initially prescribed high doses of corticosteroid, Prednisolone, 50mg to begin with, MMF, hydroxychlorine etc including weekly 70mg tablets of Alendronic acid. I was told by the consultant nephrologist

Hello, this forum is fantastic! Thank you for your support. I've just received my test results. Bloods were taken 8:30AM, fasting, no levo 24 hrs prior. My TPO increased from 100 and TgAb from 532 since April 2019. I'm currently on 75mcg levo, for which I had to really push my GP to prescribe on TSH

Anyone have thoughts on this? Anyone tried different diets or food supplements looking for a mood boost? Something that seems to work for me as something of a mood stabiliser, for whatever reason: butter. Not saying it would work for anyone else of course. I have also tried various vitamins, minerals

This post is rather long. My “Google Scholar Alerts” have notified me of a possibly interesting abstract relating to the physiology of microvascular angina (MVA): https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/atvb.39.suppl_1.348 The abstract shows that the tested MVA patients had elevated levels of a