100% more energy and feel great... also sex life has 10x (which generally leads to more happiness),.. I am now getting the service switched to my primary care Dr (hopefully cheaper with my insanely expensive insurance plan)
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100% more energy and feel great... also sex life has 10x (which generally leads to more happiness),.. I am now getting the service switched to my primary care Dr (hopefully cheaper with my insanely expensive insurance plan)
Wow, that's awesome! Hope your insurance covers much of the cost. Appreciate your feedback.
Testosterone is cheap even without insurance covering it. If they can get their doctor to write a script for it they will be set. Use GoodRx
Could use some more prayers as we had a roller coaster day. My daughter had another good night of sleep and woke up ready to do things. My wife took our 2 girls out this morning to visit a friend's lemonade stand then a trip to the library. She was her usual self and did some stairs at the library but her balance and leg strength issues came back after lunch. She wanted to take a nap in the recliner but kept shifting and falling out of it so I moved her to the couch and she would roll out of that too. She was asleep and snoring and did not even know she had fell so we put all the couch cushions in the middle of the living room and even then she was tossing and turning and rolling into the 2 couches so I laid down next to her hoping if she rolled into me it would stop it. It was the weirdest thing as she kept turning and eventually her head was at my feet and her arms and legs were sprawled out. At one point her arm was under 1 couch and I pulled it out and she had something gripped in her hand that was under the couch. Almost like her arms and legs were awake and wanting to do stuff but she apparently was sound asleep during this "nap" and she does not remember any of this and told me she felt like she took about a 60 minute nap which was right as this whole thing happened over just an hour of time.
Her balance and leg strength got worse as the day went on, we don't know if maybe that was a result of doing too much too soon this morning. Will see if her body resets in the morning. We were supposed to leave for vacation Sunday morning but we already peeled that back to Tuesday and thought with the progress she made this morning we were on track for that but now worry this is going to be a longer recovery. The balance issues is triggering her panic episodes too which is concerning as falling out of the recliner or losing balance while we help her walk triggers panic but at least non have lead to anything that lasted more than 10 minutes. It's such a helpless feeling as a parent trying to help her through this. Been focusing on rest, hydration, and eating well balanced meals since she has got past the rough part of this week. Our pediatrician is going to schedule an EEG and MRI just to make sure we are not missing anything but so far every blood test and thyroid test we have done to date have come back negative so we keep working through this and hope we can unlock a solution.
Her balance and leg strength got worse as the day went on, we don't know if maybe that was a result of doing too much too soon this morning. Will see if her body resets in the morning. We were supposed to leave for vacation Sunday morning but we already peeled that back to Tuesday and thought with the progress she made this morning we were on track for that but now worry this is going to be a longer recovery. The balance issues is triggering her panic episodes too which is concerning as falling out of the recliner or losing balance while we help her walk triggers panic but at least non have lead to anything that lasted more than 10 minutes. It's such a helpless feeling as a parent trying to help her through this. Been focusing on rest, hydration, and eating well balanced meals since she has got past the rough part of this week. Our pediatrician is going to schedule an EEG and MRI just to make sure we are not missing anything but so far every blood test and thyroid test we have done to date have come back negative so we keep working through this and hope we can unlock a solution.
So sorry you’re dealing with this. Prayers said.
Do you mind if I ask how old she is?
Sorry you're going through this. I've had similar experiences with both of our daughters. Waiting for the med to kick in is awful because those weeks seem to be the worst as far as their anxiety.
Have you discussed hydroxyzine for her? Our younger daughter has used that for more quick acting relief to panic attacks and it seems to work well as far as bringing her down. It also causes drowsiness so it can help with letting her fall asleep.
The reason I ask how old she is is that our younger daughter a few years ago was experiencing dizziness, light headed, and even blackouts. She was diagnosed with POTS, which is a condition not terribly uncommon that can happen to people in their 20s. When they go from a lying down or sitting position to standing up too quickly it can trigger it. There are meds that can mitigate it but they don't completely cure it, and it's a condition that apparently just goes away on its own over time, 5-10 years, according to her cardiologist.
Hold fast my man.
She is 11, going into 6th grade this fall. Started with hydroxyzine, first tried using it for a panic attack but eventually had to take it 3 times a day proactively. Thought that was working OK but still had some severe attacks that could last 2 hours so started zoloft about 10 days ago. Pretty sure we'll have to adjust the dosage up on that in 2 weeks when we'll be 3 weeks in. This is going to be a big week for us as we already had time off scheduled for vacation that now will probably be used to recover and try to get back to as normal as we can. Where she is at right now i don't know if working from home would be very productive as you cant leave her alone in the room because she tries to get out of the recliner and falls over which also triggers panic. Hoping it's just muscle fatigue and if we keep working on resting, eating well and drinking fluids, and not push it too much on physical activity she gets her strength and balance back. Already scheduling a peds appointment to evaluate her physical condition and maybe draw some blood to make sure something isn't off there where we need to do some supplements or something. Trying to focus on well rounded meals right now high in proteins and omega 3s
I’m so happy to hear that good things are happening! A pink jeep would be awesome! Another great line of questioning is about what kind of non-traditional pet would she want. You can go in all kinds of directions with that one. The last time we asked this the answer was “sea turtle”.
You and your wife sound like amazing parents. Your daughter is lucky to have you. Remember to take care of yourself and connect with other parents in this same boat if you can. There are a lot of us out here.
Sorry you are going through this, man. I hope the doctors can find a solution soon that works. Seeing your kid deal with that has to be extremely scary. Best of luck to you and your family with this.
Today was a hard day as we had to break it to the kids we aren't going on the vacation we had planned for this week. Was supposed to leave Sunday for the Black Hills then delayed that until Tuesday, eventually we were going to head to Wyoming Thursday for a family reunion but it became pretty clear to us our daughter is not ready for that as she started losing balance and leg strength again tonight after supper and couldn't walk to the bathroom on her own again so no way we could mange this on the road right now. She took it really hard and started blaming herself that she ruined the trip for everyone. Finally got her to be mad at me and my wife for being the ones that made the decision not to go as I can live with her being mad and me and not herself. I think tonight when the tiredness set in and she was too tired to walk to the bathroom it hopefully set in that she is not ready as she did have some more questions about not going before bedtime and she was not upset and understood the answers we gave. My younger daughter took it hard too when I told her but she's a trooper and got over it quick and understands. We told them both if we can get healthy and back to doing things on a regular routine again we'll do some weekend vacations before school and do something like Great Wolf Lodge or something fun out of town. We also plan to make the same trip next summer since we did not get to go this week and we'll even make it a longer trip so we can spend more time in the Black Hills as we found out we weren't going to be there long enough to do as much as we want.
The real good news is we got in with a therapist and have an appointment tomorrow. One of our friends has a daughter that is a therapist out of state but she has connections with people here and was able to help get us in contact with someone that had availability this week. Hoping that helps too to get that started. Other than the physical weakness right now the panics have been less frequent and quickly controlled so hopefully that is a sign the medication is starting to kick in. Most of the panic now is when she unexpectedly falls forward in her chair or feels weak walking it scares her so we hope that is just temporary and we can figure that part out. Checking with her pediatrician about doing a physical exam and maybe draw some bloodwork as this weakness hasn't progressed along like we had hoped for over several days.
The real good news is we got in with a therapist and have an appointment tomorrow. One of our friends has a daughter that is a therapist out of state but she has connections with people here and was able to help get us in contact with someone that had availability this week. Hoping that helps too to get that started. Other than the physical weakness right now the panics have been less frequent and quickly controlled so hopefully that is a sign the medication is starting to kick in. Most of the panic now is when she unexpectedly falls forward in her chair or feels weak walking it scares her so we hope that is just temporary and we can figure that part out. Checking with her pediatrician about doing a physical exam and maybe draw some bloodwork as this weakness hasn't progressed along like we had hoped for over several days.
