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General Discussion / Re: Hope to get medication increased....

« on: August 29, 2018, 03:37:17 pm »

I saw a geriatric Dr. twice at St. Michaels.  The second time:  "You've graduated." - I won't have to see him again.

He gave me a memory test twice, and I did much better on it the second time because of the Mirtazapine, he said.

This is ironic, I barely remember the test from a few months ago, and I barely remember talking to him back then......   Oh well.

I have to check with my pharmacist - he said that if you increase the Mirtazapine it doesn't help you to sleep anymore (?).......I forget.
I still can't get over taking an antidepressant at bedtime.....never heard of that.

I still take Wellbutrin when I wake up.  Notice I didn't say "In the morning."  I'm trying to change - honest....to not stay up forever, and sleep in the next day. 

Peter

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General Discussion / Re: Sleep clinic...

« on: August 29, 2018, 03:29:50 pm »

Hi, Dragonfly....Sorry to hear about that weasel doctor!

My sleep clinic is at St. Michael's hospital, so there would be any weasely behavior by the Dr.


Peter

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General Discussion / Re: Ever had b bugs in your place?

« on: August 29, 2018, 03:27:05 pm »

Hi, Dragonfly.....The slats help with support.  You may not need a box spring according to experts on the net.

Not sure if I still have bugs.....very few, if any.   


Peter

I'm sometimes itchy here and there - it could be psychological, and I have sensitive skin anyway.

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General Discussion / Re: Ever had b bugs in your place?

« on: August 27, 2018, 03:33:40 am »

Re buying my bed, I delayed doing that because I thought I "wasn't good enough" to do a major purchase like that.  Maybe the Mirtazapine helped me?
Also, pain in the ass putting the building elevator on hold........

It turns out the receptionist didn't put the elevator on hold - that's what I would've done if I was in charge.  A twin bed is small.

Me, another random passenger, and the two delivery guys with mattress and metal frame easily fit on the elevator......it was quick, too.

Peter

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General Discussion / Re: Ever had b bugs in your place?

« on: August 27, 2018, 03:26:56 am »

I was sprayed again....still feel  the odd one, like right now!

I'm fixing up my place, starting with a new twin bed.  I have a double bed, which takes up too much space in my tiny apt, plus it's old.

Because of the bugs, I'm very careful about quickly put the mattress cover on, so bugs don't get in....


Experts on the net say you don't need a box spring, contrary to popular opinion.  In most cases.

Instead, I have a piece of plywood.....I'm also very careful putting a plastic encasement on it so bugs don't lay eggs on it or whatever.

(I have a piece of plywood just in case, plus I don't want a really high bed.  The lack of box spring will lower the height.)

Peter


Peter

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General Discussion / Re: Sleep clinic...

« on: August 27, 2018, 03:21:27 am »

It turns out I don't have to go for a second sleep study....they got enough data from my first one.  Maybe I slept more than I thought.

BUT, I see the sleep Dr. re the results around November 7!     Long wait!  What if I have something wrong?  I think I'm a loud snorer.

Paul, you guys can hear me snore to all the way to where you live on Lake Simcoe (?)?   


Peter

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General Discussion / Re: Sleep clinic...

« on: July 24, 2018, 07:20:14 pm »

I also don't have so much trouble sleeping since taking Mirtazapine, which I take at night.

I don't mind the vivid dreams on it.


Peter

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General Discussion / Re: Ever had b bugs in your place?

« on: July 24, 2018, 07:18:33 pm »

Mom, thanks....Didn't know about the ceiling. 

An exterminator came the other day to look at my place.  They are fumigating my place on Wednesday.

Re the bites, I should've pushed my nurse p more to get a prescription instead of Vitamin E.  If I've been taking antidepressants etc for years, I may be more worried about how it looks...more than someone who hasn't been on meds forever.

My nurse p offered to help me set up my cell phone - that doesn't compensate for the above.

I should've had one before for emergencies, but I got my first cell phone lately mainly to use an app to help me meditate.  I can explain further in the future.


Peter

Forgot to mention that sometimes the bites look worse....maybe sunscreen irritates them a bit?....even the Vitamin E oil does.

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General Discussion / Re: Sleep clinic...

« on: July 11, 2018, 03:02:48 pm »

People ask if I have trouble sleeping.

Not necessarily.....the sleep lab is partly to find out things that you may not be aware of when you sleep:
-loud snoring
-breathing difficulties and such....


Peter

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General Discussion / Ever had b bugs in your place?

« on: July 11, 2018, 03:00:37 pm »

I think......I have them.

People ask "can you see them?".....no, because they bite at night only.  BTW, they aren't THAT small...the size of an apple seed.  Unless I have something else?....hives?  Another type of insect?

I have none in my little traps that I can show my landlord.  I'm in a seniors' bldg - the landlord would pay for the exterminator.  A lady down the hall just had one in.

I have lots of bites on my arms and legs, but very few of them are itchy, which is weird.


The bites are a little unsightly...I asked my nurse practitioner for maybe a cream prescription to diminish them.


She said to use vitamin E oil.


It feels "creepy" to go to bed with the oil on - so sticky, and the oil will get on sheets etc.  It feels slightly uncomfortable to have it on to begin with.



The worst part of all this - having to prepare my place for the exterminator, if one comes - a lot of emptying closets, bagging stuff I have lying around, under my bed.  Under my bed I have a lot of storage.

I have trouble tidying my place....a lot.  Maybe tidying for the exterminator will get me "in the groove."


Peter


Vitamin E oil very expensive....so is the cream....I have both.

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General Discussion / Re: Hope to get medication increased....

« on: July 11, 2018, 02:51:57 pm »

I just decreased my medication.  My suggestion - I thought maybe I was overstimulated?

My odd, weird hard to explain habit of imaginary conversations with people whereby I'm berating them was over the top.....because I was overstimulated?


The imaginary conversations...I imagine other people may rehearse conversations a bit.....but not ALL day long.  Hard to explain this.


Peter

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General Discussion / Re: Sleep clinic...

« on: July 11, 2018, 02:48:51 pm »

I have to go again the end of August.....see sleep Dr. in November.

I'll find out, but probably because I only slept 2 hours...I think.  So they didn't have enuf data.


Plan for next time....dress more warmly...serious.  I've never been in a hospital overnight - I didn't realize at first that there is a container in the hall where you can grab blankets.

If I go to bed at 10:00, then I'll go to bed at 10 a few days before the test, so my body isn't in shock from going to bed so early.


Peter

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General Discussion / Re: Hope to get medication increased....

« on: July 08, 2018, 11:23:00 pm »

Thanks.....

And/or get a tranquilizer prescription.

I used to take Clonazepam, which isn't the greatest - may have mentioned before that on more than one occasion, I thought that someone gave me/prescribed a placebo by mistake - because it's soooo mild!


Peter

But my Dr./Nurse P are (I think) older people (I'm 71) and benzios don't mix.

Coincidence - on the bulletin board at the sleep clinic is a prominent article on that.

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General Discussion / Re: Sleep clinic...

« on: July 08, 2018, 07:06:58 pm »

Paul, thanks.....For results, I see a Dr. on August 28.....Long wait.


Peter

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General Discussion / Hope to get medication increased....

« on: July 06, 2018, 09:18:24 pm »

I've been taking Wellbutrin XL for years, and also Cipralex....Cipralex was changed to 15mg Mirtazapine by geriatric Dr....  Mirtazapine also goes by Remeron....  The only antidepressant I've ever taken that I take at night, just before bed.

Anyway, I have an oddball habit of having imaginary conversations criticizing people......more often than not, the same person.  I can't control this.....
Anyway, maybe an increase in Mirtazapine will make me cut down on this.


Peter