Sleep Deprivation
I am as tired as I have ever been in my entire life. 4 hours a night is Not enough sleep. and I don't think my machine is functioning optimally. Now that I don't have HMO maybe I can try that other company.
posted by David The Hammer at 5:16 PM
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Oh. And you know one of the side effects from your meds is insomnia.
Yes... There are so many Side Effects from all of them. I would get into those only in a private message. Some are quite personal in nature. However I am usually pretty open with people. However I do take certain ones in morning and certain ones at night to help with some of those. But I do have more medications that cause sleep than I do that cause wake.
Balance, homeostasis, the medicinal arrangement that acheives a so so quality of life.
Sorry if I ask too personal ?s
Yes Balance... Homeostasis... Aaaahhhh that is the desired affect.
Hard to find others that understand that and especially to use the word Homeostasis to describe it. (very scientific mind you have)! Which is GREAT!
sometimes medicine helps to acheive that and provide that quality of life.
I was actually doing GREAT with balance until past month or so.. slowly got out of balance.
I don't mind the personal questions, as you can tell I'm pretty open about most things. And do believe in a good conversation.
And I am very chatty lately, I get pretty emotional around Christmas time. It is quite an emotional time.
some things i would prefer an email
(some would require some privacy)you can email if you wish I think my email link is on my profile page. I would be happy to explain some more about some therapies I am doing since Heart Attack. But MI (see if you know that one) caused by cholesterol and artery blockage is only part of the equation, stress and anxiety was a big factor in mine. So that is a big part of what I needed to work on. My first Cardiologist and Cardiac Rehab appointment, the Nurse wouldn't let me leave after I took their little test until we talked about what to do.
And the Chemicals released for fight or flight (adreneline and epinephrine??) are really what has been bothering me lately. I am wondering if it could be side effect of 2 of my medications in combination. I just started one of them recently. So I suspect it. Don't know. Do you know about such things?
more like cholinergic and anticholinergic. different meds competing for the same receptor sites causing those effects.
I know not of those terms and effects.... which meds? can you explain more. I need to know
I understand about different receptors and different things attaching to them from a Rubidium 82 Myocardial perfusion PET scan I had on my heart. I could have NO caffeine the day before because of the chemical they used to stress my heart (I don't remember the name) but they said I should go have some coffee after and the caffeine would calm my heart down because it would attach to the receptors better and negate the other chemical's effects.
I don't know if I can explain my understanding of the concepts clearly. Sorry. Not a doctor or nurse. I'm learning myself, that's why I'm asking these questions.
You know more about your body than I do.
I didn't mean to come off as any kind of expert on anything. And I hope you consult your doctor if you have questions. I was just trying to have a casual conversation about your condition.
I was just stating that I understand partially about how those receptors work.. I'm not a doctor or nurse or learner at all. I'm a construction estimator. I am just wondering how i can stop this feeling in my chest constantly. i've asked a doctor and she said names of some chemicals in body that affect this. It doesn't feel like heart attack or angina .. it does feel like extreme anxiety or nervousness, like a panic attack. and I know it is not good for me and my heart. and I hope it isn't a precursor to another heart attack. some of those meds are for it and I'm also seeing a Psychologist to help deal with it and was doing really great from last January until about a month ago. I just don't know if it is just past anxiety rearing it's head or something going on medically. But when you said something about competeing for same receptors that makes sense. I just don't know what colinergic and anticolinergic is... and perhaps something like that explains this.
Oh and another thing about that epocrates program. It is really cool, after i told you about it i was looking at more stuff on it that i had never seen, it is a very cool application. I have a son that is 12 and he has had some difficulty breathing (he had half brother that died of asthma at aged 15 back in 1992. (His mother's son from previous marraige) so I'm a little concerned about asthma if he in fact has it. but that program lists albuterol as a generic for most inhalers but when i asked pharmacy and doctor about that. i couldn't get a straight answer about it. So I wondered about that program listing things like that. that is only thing I have seen on it that makes me scratch my head. and you know how doctors and pharmicists are when you read something and try to tell them what you read. they immediately tune you out as just misunderstanding something. But I do like to study this stuff so I know what is going on.
You do seem knowledgable on these issues. Are you studying this to become a doctor or nurse?
Most people I know couldn't have a conversation like this.
will be interesting to see what meds and lifestyle changes do work. keep posting your progress.
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