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[gail]

Statement given

Not as much snow as predicted around here but it's terrible down the Gaspe Peninsula.

Liz,. I have an idea here. Perhaps you could tame an alligator like you did for Max!
One of those days, you will find one in your garage!

[fishinghat]

given time
 
Actually you can sort of tame an alligator. While not conducive to being trained, if you turn an alligator over on its back and rub its stomach you can cause it to calm down and even go to sleep. This is because there is a major nerve that runs the length of the stomach. The really hard part is to get the alligator to roll over.  lol 
 
There is a second choice. While not completely a poikilotherm (cold blooded animal) its body temperature does vary with ambient temperature. By reducing the alligators temp to 40 or 50 degrees F it slows considerable, unluckily it will not eat at those temps so they must be warmed up in order to be fed. A mattress warmer works well.

 

PS. - be sure not to hand feed them.

[gail]

Time again

Interesting material. Rub it's belly! I bet that Liz could turn him upside down and do it. She did a swell job with Max. Oh yes, she can with your help FishingBrain. Then you bring it here to my place and leave it on the balcony for the winter.

Right, it beats looking at that *%\$ snow all winter long!

[TryinginFL]

again crazy

 

 

Yikes!!! An alligator????

 

Interesting facts there, FH, however I will pass on that particular entertainment

 

Will just wait for the cabybaras....

[gail]

Crazy thinking

Liz, what was I thinking! You are right to wait for capybaras. I can't really imagine an alligator in my bed.

What a day here, so glad that it's over. Any plans for New year's?

[fishinghat]

thinking back

 

The 'alligator in my bed' statement reminds me of my first girlfriend. Oh well, long story.

[TryinginFL]

back home

 

 

FH, that sounds like it might be an interesting story!

 

No special plans for New Year's....probably church tomorrow and drinking spiked eggnog tomorrow nite!

Anyone have any plans??

[gail]

Home made

Come on Fisherman, make our day! I would love to hear about it.

No plans but the chapel and making cabbage soup. And, eggnog for Max? I don't even know what is eggnog, will look it up.

I think that I am coming back from that #$@& phase, I hope so!

[fishinghat]

made pseudonyms

 

Gail, lets just say a real reptile that would have been more appealing and had a better personality if she were made into a Dooney and Bourke purse.

[TryinginFL]

pseudonyms definition

 

 

Will be making black-eyed peas tomorrow w/rice and cornbread!  Learned this after moving down here in "South" country!  It is traditional New Year's food...

 

Hope you day is an improvement, Gail!   Did you check out eggnog?  You would love it

[gail]

Definition unclear

Checked, not appealing to me. To thick for my taste.

Black eyed peas? Is that like beans?

Wishful thinking, back in the crap. I will ask the psychiatrist on Friday what goes on in my brain in these times. I am not bipolar. Borderline personality, yes to that, not 100% though.

Any thoughts Fishingcologist? If so, simple words please.

By the way Liz, I made that chicken with sour cream. I loved it though a bit salty. My client prefers the one with garlic and brown sugar.

[fishinghat]

unclear clarification.

 

Gail...

 

What meds you taking now and dose of each?

Are your emotional episodes strictly related to stress or do they seem to come and go at random?

Does setting back and relaxing seem to help or being active or is there no set pattern?

[gail]

Clarified information

Thanks for reading this.

100mg Lamictal
5mg Prozac
25mg. Trazodone

That's it. No more benzos.

It's not related to #$@_ anything.

Of course if a problem arises, it's worse at that moment.

There is no trigger most of the time.

I can't relax in those phases, I feel too bad.

Going to work eases this for the time I am at work only.

No set pattern, I wish. I feel it coming slowly then Boom. I also feel it leaving like this morning. It came right back.

This has been going on for 10 years. At first, it was like five or six days in a row per month. Then randomly. More often.

So FishingBrain, what does your Einstein intuation say?

[fishinghat]

information absorbed

100mg Lamictal
5mg Prozac (below therapeutic dose but what the heck).
25mg. Trazodone

 

You aren't taking much meds and I don't see any problems with these.

That's it. No more benzos.   Yea!!!

It's not related to #$@_ anything. Probably not due to a imbalance in neurotransmitters, ssri/snri minimally effective.

Probably an organic condition, meaning it is genetic. Something you have probably suffered from your whole life.

Of course if a problem arises, it's worse at that moment. Logical.

There is no trigger most of the time. Same as comment on cause being genetic.

I can't relax in those phases, I feel too bad. Again, probably genetic/organic.

Going to work eases this for the time I am at work only. Working distracts the mind and gets it off of thinking about how bad you feel. Symptoms are probably still there and are noticeable if you stop and think about it. Is that right?

No set pattern, I wish. I feel it coming slowly then Boom. I also feel it leaving like this morning. It came right back.

This has been going on for 10 years. At first, it was like five or six days in a row per month. Then randomly. More often. Only the last 10 years so it does not sound like genetic. It sounds more like a neurological condition of the brain such as a tumor or lesion. Any injuries about the time it started? Do you suffer from headaches, tremors, nervous twitches, one side of your body weaker than the other, or any other neurological related symptoms?

[gail]

Hi again, no headaches, no tremors,no twitches, no weaker sides of the body,no neurological problems.

I banged my head real bad, when I was 4, 11, and in 2009, 13 stitches on the upper left forehead. No depression in the family, a bit of anxiety but not bad enough for meds.

Tumor, lesion, at least I would know what is what. Do you think that a brain scan could deliver information?

Thank you again FH, with the info you feed me, I will better equipped for my next session.

[gail]

I forgot to tell you that there is slight nausea during those times. No appetite. Bad sleep.

[fishinghat]

Gail, I think a brain scan is definitely in order. Nausea, lack of appetite and poor sleep can all be related to brain injury, esp the nausea and poor sleep. The year 2009 is about 7 or 8 years ago and is in the ballpark for that 10 year span you mentioned for when the symptoms began.

[fishinghat]

These two websites will give you a good overview.

http://www.alz.org/d...ms.asp#symptoms

http://www.mayoclini...ms/CON-20029302

[PtldFrank]

absorbed medicine

 

Heppy New Year, I guess.  One more week and I'll be off the C!  Eleven+ months.  I guess that's something to celebrate.

[fishinghat]

medicine free

 

Yea Frank.

[TryinginFL]

free food

 

 

Happy New Year all!

 

Black-eyed peas already cooking in crock pot

 

This month will mark 3 yrs off this miserable poison

[gail]

Food for thought

Weird, I posted this morning saying that I would pm FH. Not here but done. Thanks FH.

Yeah for you Frank, an example of time and patience.

Bon appetit Liz!

[fishinghat]

thought insertion

Thought insertion is defined by the ICD-10 as feeling as if one's thoughts are not one's own, but rather belong to someone else and have been inserted into one's mind.

 

Unluckily my thoughts are my own, which doesn't say much about me!!   lol

[TryinginFL]

insertion perfected

 

 

Wow, FH - that sounds kinda scary...

 

Gail, how is your anxiety now?  Prayers are with you

 

Cheers, Frank!  This should be a good New Year

[gail]

Perfected subject

Fisherman, do you mean introjection? If so, many or most of us have done that unconsciously.

Yep, the subconscient can be quite a mystery!

[fishinghat]

subject scary

 

Nope Gail, insertion. It feels like someone else is forcefully injecting their thoughts into your brain. Bummer.

[gail]

Scary matter

Forcefully, well how can one do this? With a seringe?Lol!

[fishinghat]

matter resolved

 

I guess if your brain was empty it might be easy to get new thoughts in there.  lol

[TryinginFL]

resolved problem

 

 

Hello everyone!

 

[fishinghat]

problem deleterious

 

Hi Liz.  Hope all is well.