> (((((((((((((((LBB)))))))))))))))))))
> honey, go get your vitamin D checked.
> it's not a standard blood test, so you have to request it.
> i have all this damn chronic pain too, FMS, etc...but what i found out
> is that my vitamin D was extremely/abnormally low. it's getting to be
> more and more common. two of my docs told me that. to bring it back
> up, the doctor put me on mega doses of vitamin D (not the kind you buy
> in the store...prescription version). you will not believe how much
> it helped my neuropathy. unbelievable.
>
> i'm sending you pain-free vibes, dear one...and you already know about
> the candles.
>
> love you,
> giggz (friend in pain and suffering)
>
> On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 09:53:06 -0800 (PST), "LoriB.o.B."
>
> comcast.net> wrote: ...

> Lori, sweetie:
>
> Can you do the tryptophan thing? Hot cocoa, warm milk, turkey,
> something of that nature? Take a warm bath, heat up the bed if you
> live anywhere near where I do, put on some nice comfy jammies if you
> wear them, and slip between the sheets...
>
> Something that helps me sometimes when I really really can't sleep is
> to start praying for everyone I know. In detail. It might take a
> while, but I fall asleep thinking of others instead of my brain
> stomping all over the place demanding I focus on my own issues and I
> tend to rest better as well.
>
> I do hope you get some rest. Mine comes in snitches and pieces
> lately; a few hours here, a little bit there, but I'm getting it. I'd
> love to just lay down and sleep for about 10 hours but it's been YEARS
> since I've had that luxury.
>
> Trisha in MO ...

> On Mar 1, 4:23 pm, trisha gmail.com> wrote:

>> Lori, sweetie:
>>
>> Can you do the tryptophan thing? Hot cocoa, warm milk, turkey,
>> something of that nature? Take a warm bath, heat up...

> On Mar 1, 4:23 pm, trisha gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>

>> Lori, sweetie:

>

>> Can you do the tryptophan thing? �Hot cocoa, warm milk, turkey,
>> something of that nature? �Take a warm bath, heat up the bed if you
>> live anywhere near where I do, put on some nice comfy jammies if you
>> wear them, and slip between the sheets...

>

>> Something that helps me sometimes when I really really can't sleep is
>> to start praying for everyone I know. �In detail. �It might take a
>> while, but I fall asleep thinking of others instead of my brain
>> stomping all over the place demanding I focus on my own issues and I
>> tend to rest better as well.

> ...

> On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:38:34 -0800, LoriB.o.B. wrote:

>> On Mar 1, 4:23 pm, trisha gmail.com> wrote:

>>> Lori, sweetie:

>

>>> Can you do the tryptophan thing? Hot cocoa, warm milk, turkey,
>>> something of that nature? Take a warm bath, heat up the bed if you
>>> live anywhere near where I do, put on some nice comfy jammies if you
>>> wear them, and slip between the sheets...

>

>>> Something that helps me sometimes when I really really can't sleep is
>>> to start praying for everyone I know. In detail. It might take a
>>> while, but I fall asleep thinking of others instead of my brain
>>> stomping all over the place demanding I focus on my own issues and I
>>> tend to rest better as well.

>

>>> I do hope you get some rest. Mine comes in snitches and pieces lately;
>>> a few hours here, a little bit there, but I'm getting it. I'd love to
>>> just lay down and sleep for about 10 hours but it's been YEARS since
>>> I've had that luxury. ...

> On Mar 1, 6:38�pm, "LoriB.o.B." comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>

>> On Mar 1, 4:23 pm, trisha gmail.com> wrote:

>

>>> Lori, sweetie:

>

>>> Can you do the tryptophan thing? �Hot cocoa, warm milk, turkey,
>>> something of that nature? �Take a warm bath, heat up the bed if you
>>> live anywhere near where I do, put on some nice comfy jammies if you
>>> wear them, and slip between the sheets...

>

>>> Something that helps me sometimes when I really really can't sleep is
>>> to start praying for everyone I know. �In detail. �It might take a
>>> while, but I fall asleep thinking of others instead of my brain
>>> stomping all over the place demanding I focus on my own issues and I
>>> tend to rest better as well.

> ...

> On Mar 1, 5:03 pm, Top neo.rr.com> wrote:

>> On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:38:34 -0800, LoriB.o.B. wrote:

>>> On Mar 1, 4:23 pm, trisha gmail.com> wrote:

>>>> Lori, sweetie:

>>

>>>> Can...

> On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 09:53:06 -0800 (PST), "LoriB.o.B."
> comcast.net> wrote something wonderfully witty:
>

>>Hi (((all))),
>>Okkkaayyy,
>>I've been awake...haven't slept due to pain, for 5 Friggin' Nights
>>Now!!! I mean, c'mon! I've had wonderful company & u know who
>>u r, but I've tried to do total body relax technique, all kinds of
>>stuff. Can't drink chamomile cuz damn dr put me on Topamax on top of
>>Tramadol & neither are working on neuropathy & I can't take Neurontin
>>nor Neurontin-related meds. I am afraid to go to the E.R. cuz they
>>might just take the $ & do nothing but boot me out w/no help. But I
>>think I have to go there...o god help me I' ll go pyscho on 'em if
>>they don't help w/this. Hell, I'm not asking for pain meds!!!
>>Kindly but not for long
>>LoriB.o.B.
>>the crazed

> ...