Posted by BarbaraCat on May 19, 2004, at 20:02:15
In reply to Re: Stuff » BarbaraCat, posted by LOOPS on May 18, 2004, at 18:23:18
I was taking tryp for awhile and it helped with fibro pain but I don't take it religiously. This whole amino acids thing is confusing what with one causing deficiency in another. It's such an inexact science. I wonder sometimes about just taking a full spectrum amino supplement and letting it work itself out.
I know what you mean about sleep. It's the main healing agent for me. My day goes so much better when I wake up feeling refreshed and relaxed. Most times I feel like I've been slugging it out during the night - tense and sore in the morning. I haven't noticed a huge difference in this when taking tryp but I probably haven't taken enough at a time to affect my sleep patterns. Sleep has always been difficult. Since I can remember it's taken a long time to fall asleep, but once I'm there I can usually remain asleep. I do take Ambien, about the only med left to me that still works. Trazodone helped for a while but left me feeling really dopey for hours the next morning.
You mentioned your husband snorting and snorking during sleep. This could be sleep apnea and may need to be checked. It's one more thing I have - went to a sleep study lab, was found to have moderate apnea (waking up 10-15 times a night gasping but not being conscious of it) and have to use a CPAP. Sometimes I get sick of looking and feeling like Darth Vadar and don't use it. I REALLY feel the difference after a short while, especially with fibro pain.
I've thrown in the towel and went out and bought some St. John's Wort. It helped before, had no side effects and I'm in need of something. I can always tell when I'm starting to slip because I start having trouble in the grocery stores. The little critter carcasses in the meat cases start making me weep right then and there, like today. SJW won't bring me out of a major bad one but it has helped to prevent the skid and I'm hoping it won't turn against me like all my other meds have done. So I won't be experimenting with any aminos for the time being to not muddy the SJW trial, but my husband has taken over my tryp stash and it will be interesting to hear his experience with it.
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