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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 433164" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I agree. I'd asked to have the vitamin and mineral levels checked. Mine get out of whack due to the kidneys. If my B6 gets too low I have all I can do to literally keep my eyes open, let alone attempt to do anything else. Calcium/potassium issues will cause cramping and pain in the muscles and depending on levels it can be mighty painful.......not to mention dangerous. I have to watch both levels carefully, which means I have to watch what I put into my mouth as well. </p><p></p><p>Exercise is good for MS, but unless you were big into exercise before.......be careful and start out slow, build up your routine gradually. I may be wrong but I think with our family friend who has it they had a PT working with him at first to help him develop his routine and make sure he wasn't over doing it. </p><p></p><p>I understand the not wanting to be loopy thing. I hate that feeling. I also worry about medication tolerance levels. I'm not going to get better and darn it I want those medications to work when I need them most, ya know? So I avoid taking anything if I can get away with it. Which since I've built up such a high tolerance, I pretty much can. But I know when too much is too much and I'll call and ask if I need to. Because sometimes when you let severe pain go on to long it can be a *itch to get it back down to minimal levels and get some relief.</p><p></p><p>How is the diet thing going? I'll be the first to admit I though my doctor was a tad off his nut over the diet thing. But I did it because I felt so bad that I had nothing to lose. Within 2 wks there was a drastic change in both energy level and how I felt overall. So.....he wasn't so nutty afterall. lol But I DID have to pin him down and make him give me details on what I could/couldn't eat, the amounts and such in plain english. Now who would ever imagine broccoli not being good for someone?? But I have to avoid it due to the potassium, other foods due to the calcium, and others still due to the phosphorus. Let me tell you, that doesn't give you a wide range of foods to chose from. ugh I still treat myself to broccoli, but I have to watch the amount and I can't eat it very often. Tomatoes on the other hand I can eat all day long, literally, I'm supposed to eat as many as I can manage without gagging. Too bad I don't love tomatoes the way I love broccoli.</p><p></p><p>As for pot being good for pain.........I dunno. It's supposed to be good for specific types of pain I believe, not so sure how well it works outside of that range. Me it didn't do diddly for when I was trying to be a difficult child.......so I doubt highly it would do much for pain. </p><p></p><p>I hope this flare calms down soon. Try cutting down on the exercise a bit and see if that helps. </p><p></p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 433164, member: 84"] I agree. I'd asked to have the vitamin and mineral levels checked. Mine get out of whack due to the kidneys. If my B6 gets too low I have all I can do to literally keep my eyes open, let alone attempt to do anything else. Calcium/potassium issues will cause cramping and pain in the muscles and depending on levels it can be mighty painful.......not to mention dangerous. I have to watch both levels carefully, which means I have to watch what I put into my mouth as well. Exercise is good for MS, but unless you were big into exercise before.......be careful and start out slow, build up your routine gradually. I may be wrong but I think with our family friend who has it they had a PT working with him at first to help him develop his routine and make sure he wasn't over doing it. I understand the not wanting to be loopy thing. I hate that feeling. I also worry about medication tolerance levels. I'm not going to get better and darn it I want those medications to work when I need them most, ya know? So I avoid taking anything if I can get away with it. Which since I've built up such a high tolerance, I pretty much can. But I know when too much is too much and I'll call and ask if I need to. Because sometimes when you let severe pain go on to long it can be a *itch to get it back down to minimal levels and get some relief. How is the diet thing going? I'll be the first to admit I though my doctor was a tad off his nut over the diet thing. But I did it because I felt so bad that I had nothing to lose. Within 2 wks there was a drastic change in both energy level and how I felt overall. So.....he wasn't so nutty afterall. lol But I DID have to pin him down and make him give me details on what I could/couldn't eat, the amounts and such in plain english. Now who would ever imagine broccoli not being good for someone?? But I have to avoid it due to the potassium, other foods due to the calcium, and others still due to the phosphorus. Let me tell you, that doesn't give you a wide range of foods to chose from. ugh I still treat myself to broccoli, but I have to watch the amount and I can't eat it very often. Tomatoes on the other hand I can eat all day long, literally, I'm supposed to eat as many as I can manage without gagging. Too bad I don't love tomatoes the way I love broccoli. As for pot being good for pain.........I dunno. It's supposed to be good for specific types of pain I believe, not so sure how well it works outside of that range. Me it didn't do diddly for when I was trying to be a difficult child.......so I doubt highly it would do much for pain. I hope this flare calms down soon. Try cutting down on the exercise a bit and see if that helps. Hugs [/QUOTE]
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