Need Help on Nicotine

[bullet08]

CBD worked for me for awhile and it stopped working. Been on anxiety/depression med for awhile now. They definitely work, but I can't stop taking them. If I'm stop that them, I go completely nuts. What used to work before it got really bad and I had to take med was good friends and daily dose of large quantity of beer. But can't drink forever.

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

Also Lyme is testable through blood work. I know a number of people who have had it/still have it to significant levels. Have they done blood work for it? I know it's part of my yearly tests but I also live in a pretty heavy tick area.

I was bit by something in summer of 2018 - had the bullseye rash
was tested in summer of 2019 when all this stuff began to a lesser degree - I only tested positive for one Lyme specific antigen band - band 39 - you need 5 for the corrupt CDC to deem you Lyme Positive
I haven't checked my levels recently - but you can be right - I'll ask the urologist to run my blood

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

CBD worked for me for awhile and it stopped working. Been on anxiety/depression med for awhile now. They definitely work, but I can't stop taking them. If I'm stop that them, I go completely nuts. What used to work before it got really bad and I had to take med was good friends and daily dose of large quantity of beer. But can't drink forever.

what SSRI are you on - does it help with Physical Pain in your case?

 

[ofafeather]

I was bit by something in summer of 2018 - had the bullseye rash
was tested in summer of 2019 when all this stuff began to a lesser degree - I only tested positive for one Lyme specific antigen band - band 39 - you need 5 for the corrupt CDC to deem you Lyme Positive
I haven't checked my levels recently - but you can be right - I'll ask the urologist to run my blood

Lyme is horrible. There are so many ways it manifests and many in the med field won’t acknowledge chronic lime.

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

Lyme is horrible. There are so many ways it manifests and many in the med field won’t acknowledge chronic lime.

I think I may have lyme -that might be the root cause of all this - sometimes it feels like a leech is gnawing away at my lymph nodes above my prostate- spirochetes - parasites - do you know anyone with it?

 

[ofafeather]

I think I may have lyme -that might be the root cause of all this - sometimes it feels like a leech is gnawing away at my lymph nodes above my prostate- spirochetes - parasites - do you know anyone with it?

Not currently but have known some people when it was even harder to get someone to recognize it. Someone I work with, his wife, stepson and daughter all had it particularly bad. If I remember correctly, they thought it transferred to the baby but it was a long time ago so I can’t recall exactly.

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

Not currently but have known some people when it was even harder to get someone to recognize it. Someone I work with, his wife, stepson and daughter all had it particularly bad. If I remember correctly, they thought it transferred to the baby but it was a long time ago so I can’t recall exactly.

were they incapacitated?

 

[anotherbob]

Don't go googling - just firsthand old fashioned experience
As you may or may not know for 3 months I have been experiencing strange and sometime debilitating health issues
I'm relatively young and visited a physician who deemed me 'clean bill of health'
They symptoms have persisted so I've scheduled with a urologist in my difficult town there was a month lead time for appointment but it's approaching
The thing I want to know is have any of you ever experienced withdrawal relating to spasms or pain (musculoskeletal or nerve)
Reason I ask is prior to all of this - mainly pain in my flank and radiating to groin coupled with gastrointestinal issues - feels like what people describe with kidney stones or hernias

Just prior to the start of this - I cut down significantly on smoking
then I altogether quit for two months now(I never planned on qutting as I have in the past twice for 1 year increments) but have never experienced anything like this - Yes cigarettes were tough and caused pain and agony but not this strangely
There's a good chance I have 'lyme disease' whatever big-med deems that these days - but was wondering if any of you had any experience. I was considering lighting up a few bowls just to test the waters, see if it alleviates it. I know nicotine is a very potent drug so coming off is a lot like heroin or alcohol. thanks

nicotine withdraw is more mental depression trouble concentrating wanting to stick pointy things in people because they're breathing too loud. hopefully nothing too serios but not nic withdraw.

 

[ofafeather]

were they incapacitated?

I don’t want to sound like I’m speaking with authority since I’m repeating fading memories of conversations from 15+ years ago. My recollection is that the worst of the symptoms were psychological and was different for each. The youngest was least affected. His wife had bouts of depression combined with hyperfocussing and then inability to focus. The step son was more bipolar. They did a lot of research into chronic Lyme at the time and went through many various treatments.

 

[bullet08]

what SSRI are you on - does it help with Physical Pain in your case?

On Paxil and Cymbalta. Took my doc and I years to find the right combo that worked for me. Chest pain that felt like having heart attack and migraine pain so often, ER docs and I were on first name bases. That all went away when right combo started to work.

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

On Paxil and Cymbalta. Took my doc and I years to find the right combo that worked for me. Chest pain that felt like having heart attack and migraine pain so often, ER docs and I were on first name bases. That all went away when right combo started to work.

are the meds expensive?

 

[bullet08]

are the meds expensive?

Not really. Generics aren't that expensive and insurance covers them.

 

[mso489]

I've had several kidney stone episodes about ten years apart, never discernibly related to smoking. I think the first was when I wasn't smoking anything. Because of the array of symptoms you report, you need a good diagnostician. Oddly, this trait doesn't occur in any particular specialty. My wife sees various doctors regularly, but one that has done the most "detective work" on figuring out some of her complaints is a dermatologist, and his diagnosis and sometime's prescriptions have been extremely helpful. In your place, I'd quit smoking, if possible, to get that variable out of the mix. Kidney stones relate to water intake, the more the better, but some beverages, especially tea, seem to promote them. Good luck and increasing good health.

 

[olkofri]

@wintergarden: have you had your doctor's appointment and full batch of tests yet? I'd like to ask before I start frighte—er, speculating on possibilities.

 

[Grangerous]

Whenever I anticipate the passing of painful stones, feel my nuts twist, exhibit anxieties, feel stress or simply fear catchin’ the Rona, I log into a Pipe forum...

 

[anotherbob]

I think I may have lyme -that might be the root cause of all this - sometimes it feels like a leech is gnawing away at my lymph nodes above my prostate- spirochetes - parasites - do you know anyone with it?

could also be mono too. Seriously if you catch mono after a certain age it fucks you up for a long while. And sometimes gets confused for lyme too. But there is soreness g.i. issues tiredness like you can't believe. The tiredness isn't I haven't slept much it's more a vampire got me tired. And it just peters on like that for a while slowly getting better. Honestly it happened to me and it sucked and doctors are just getting up to speed on the fact it effects people like that.

 

[krizzose]

I'm only one data point in billions, but when I quit cigarettes 23 years ago, I did not experience anything even remotely close to what you described.

 

[brian64]

Could be diet related...just sayin':

 

[cosmicfolklore]

For me passing a stone starts off feeling like back pain, then there’s a phase where it feels like a heart attack. Then, as it moves, you can feel exactly where the pain is in your side. The pain for me has never been in my groin.
I’ve also had reticulitis from a tick bite. The whole bullseye thing and everything. This was 25 years ago, but I never developed L disease.

You just need some good doctors. This is beyond a Google search.

 

[Grangerous]

“You just need some good doctors. This is beyond a Google search.”

Doctors? What do they know? Don’t be ridiculous. Pass the Stonehaven and a spill...