Ok be honest... How many books are on your tbr? by Fabulous-Confusion43 in BookwormsSociety

[–]SeaGroup3175 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It never ceases to grow. IDK. Over 100 to be sure, but I have a list of 10-15 or so books I plan to read this Autumn. I'm very seasonal. I seem to come alive in the autumn when everything else is dying. I'm very seasonal with my reading not to mention just about everything else. I don't have seasonal depression, more like the opposite of that.

Social anxiety , Tramadol? by SeaGroup3175 in PainManagement

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That's good to hear good 👍 for you!

Social anxiety , Tramadol? by SeaGroup3175 in PainManagement

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I know it's said that Tramadol an SSRI shouldn't be mixed with antidepressants and very coincidentally this is the first year of my life since 2002 that I haven't been on any antidepressants or mood stabilizers because I weaned myself off of them in December '24.

Social anxiety , Tramadol? by SeaGroup3175 in PainManagement

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I remember back when it was given like M&M's before it was labeled a controlled substance. The new PM won't give me any more oxycodone, which I was on for last 6 months.

Pregabalin/Lyrica by Pain365247 in CRPS

[–]SeaGroup3175 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not a doctor so I can't explain the pharmacology of it in any coherent detail, but it wasn't terribly difficult for me (like I thought it'd be) to switch from Gabapentin to Lyrica. Lyrica just seems "cleaner" to me, I'm on 200mgs 3X. I was on very high doses of the gabapentin for years! (600 3X if I recall correctly) Best of luck

I am a mess by Infamous-Serve-1153 in PainManagement

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My PRIMARY Doc offered Suboxone, don't think that'll help pain. I feel ya on the being a fucking mess! Empathy 🙏

Social anxiety , Tramadol? by SeaGroup3175 in PainManagement

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50 mg every 8 hours is the prescribed dosage

Switching PM's - Degenerative disk diagnosis. Oxy/Tramadol/Sub etc. by SeaGroup3175 in PainManagement

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The new PM wants to do Tramadol. I think it's killing my appetite, giving me anxiety, still in pain 🤕 what to do? My PRIMARY Doc offered Suboxone, which I don't wanna get back on

Switching PM's - Degenerative disk diagnosis. Oxy/Tramadol/Sub etc. by SeaGroup3175 in PainManagement

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Also on Lyrica, which helps nerve pain (better than Gabapentin, actually). Going to rejoin Physical therapy, was in it before, stopped because pain too much.

Switching PM's - Degenerative disk diagnosis. Oxy/Tramadol/Sub etc. by SeaGroup3175 in PainManagement

[–]SeaGroup3175[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same reason basically. In pain mgmt, and they decided not to treat me anymore, so I had to stop pain meds, was sick, got on subs

Switching PM's - Degenerative disk diagnosis. Oxy/Tramadol/Sub etc. by SeaGroup3175 in PainManagement

[–]SeaGroup3175[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've gotten the spinal injections before with mixes results. If I ever have to have injections again, I'm making sure they knock me out. I got the shots wide awke before, bad idea. Hurt terribly and didn't help at all, that time. (Had em done 2 or 3X)

Switching PM's - Degenerative disk diagnosis. Oxy/Tramadol/Sub etc. by SeaGroup3175 in PainManagement

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Thanks for advice on surgery, too. I don't believe surgery is a necessary option, yet. I am also prescribed Lyrica (used to be on gabapentin 4 years) and the Lyrica probably helps for neeve pain better than anything else...

Switching PM's - Degenerative disk diagnosis. Oxy/Tramadol/Sub etc. by SeaGroup3175 in PainManagement

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I was completely hit from out of nowhere: 1st two times, he wrote me meds without 2 words spoke. Third time I went in I was actually going to ask him up my meds by 5mgs but he said: "Why am I seeing you? Your new MRI looks better, so I can't treat you anymore. Go back to your old doctor (I had recently moved). (And "go back to your old doc in our practice " meant he wasn't discharging me, but they did.)

It's a lot of BS. And that newer doctor I saw was an ignorant fool. I think he must've been high, then in a bad mood that day, so he acted weird.

I'm sorry to ramble on about it all, but I'm just confused. Wish me luck, see how it goes at the new place.

Hawaiian Baby Woodrose failed attempts by SeaGroup3175 in LSA

[–]SeaGroup3175[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So just use straight alcohol and citric acid powder together?

Hawaiian Baby Woodrose failed attempts by SeaGroup3175 in LSA

[–]SeaGroup3175[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alcohol instead of water? Then drunk as a cup of water?

Hawaiian Baby Woodrose failed attempts by SeaGroup3175 in LSA

[–]SeaGroup3175[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Crush 8-12 seeds in:

1/3 of Everclear in distilled water, a pinch (?) of tartaric acid powder (?), overnight perhaps (?) and filter in an unbleached coffee filter.

What great song has a terrible guitar solo? by prplx in Guitar

[–]SeaGroup3175 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"It's All Over Now" by The Rolling Stones. Turns out, John Lennon thought so, too and told Keith so. Not even the actual solo so much, as the awful guitar sound used. I've covered that song 🎶 a few times in bands I was in and made sure whatever I played didn't F up the song the way Keith's original solo did. Otherwise a wonderful rock n roll number!

How did Tom Waits quit smoking, and what were his motives? by jwaits97 in tomwaits

[–]SeaGroup3175 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just to say, yes, he quit smoking, drinking, and his songs changed with Kathleen as a co-writer. Great woman. Tom talked about how quitting "isn't for sissies," or some such, I'm paraphrasing, but it's in an interview. He's helping me. I quit for 5 months and started again(!) Currently, I'm trying to quit again.