Posted by mercedes on September 20, 2003, at 2:15:14
In reply to mercedes, how's it going?, posted by bookgurl99 on September 8, 2003, at 22:43:19
Hi Books,
It's been a long time since I've been to PB. One of my e-mail buddies let me know that you had written me. How am I doing? Not much better. On July 9th I had a really bad "attack" about 8am. It lasted a long time, then I slept or passed out. About 3 pm I called my doctor, and she refused to see me. She said she didn't treat anxiety attacks and that I would have to see my pdoc. I cried and told her to just see me so she could see the way I get with these attacks. My speach was still a little slurred. She said no & repeated that I had to see me pdoc. The next day, I called him and he upped my xanex to 1mg 3 times a day. I was previously taking .5 3xday.I had a terrible headache for 10 days. I saw her on July 16th for a physical. I took all my research on Basilar Artery Migranes that I'd gotten off the net. I was reading some of it as I lay on the table, and she said, "it doesn't matter what you are reading...I don't treat that". Unbeleivable. So I found a new neuro, and she ordered some tests. Her preliminary findings were: possible demylinating desease, partial complex seizures & Conversion Disorder.
When she (my new neuro) got the MRI (from my prev neuro) and all the other test results, she said my MRI showed I'd been having mini-strokes. Duuuhhhh. This is what I thought all along. BAM is in the stroke category you know. Also the other things mentioned above and something new, my glucose was out of whack. She didn't give me any medication just said to watch my diet. No fatty foods, no cholestorol, no carbohydrates. So I'm eating alfalfa and oatmeal. I mean what's left? She also told me something was wrong with my imune system but that I'd have to discuss that with my primary care physician (the one that refused to see me-ugh!) So I called for the appt. My pcp said there was nothing on the neuro's report about mini-stokes and nothing about my imune system. What????
I give up. Let me know how the neurontin works out, if you get it. Hope you get some releif.
Mercedes> Hey Mercedes,
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> I just wanted to post real quick and find out if you're getting any relief from the migraines/panic attacks/whatever. I improved on 10 mgs day/lexapro but not quite enough, so I'm gonna be seeing my dr. to try to get him to let me give Neurontin a shot. Hopefully he will. *crossing fingers*
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