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  1. I know its was amlodipine!

    I am a healthy 58 yr old and normally very active. BP was rising over the last year or so to 178/98 and so this Jan my Doc put me on Amlodipine 5mg. Thats when it ....

  2. Overactive Thyroid Graves Part 4

    We all have Graves Disease or overactive thyroid issues, most of us have been through RAI and are now on thyroxine.

  3. Are any visitors currently suffering with Globus? - My update so far

    Hello,

    My life with Globus continues....

    It's been two years + now since I was diagnosed with Globus the only trouble is that my mind just cant accept this and ....

  4. Depressed,Alone and A Phobia of Doctors

    Hi, I'm 43. I feel so depressed and very much alone. Lately I have been having very frightening anxiety attacks - my chest hurts and my throat feels as if it is ....

  5. Welcome to the NEW discussion forums

    Not bad eh? wink

  6. Do you think the right-to-die law should change?

    The results of a new poll on Patient.co.uk, released today, reveal that 81% of people support a change in the law governing the right-to-die. This week sees two ....

  7. My experience of zopiclone (down the rabbit hole)

    Hi my name is Margaret and I am a 35 year old housewife who is prescribed 3x 3.75mg zopiclone a nightand I would like to share with you the signs of an addiction ....

  8. Shifting attacks of Polymyalgia

    I am new to this site and find reading other patients' reports both comforing and helpful.

    I have had PMR for ten years but was not diagnosed early. A Rheumatologist ....

  9. No stock of orlistat !!!!

    Hi everyone this is my first time on here.

    As I can't get my prescription from any local

    Chemists everyone is saying there is a problem

    With the manafactuer. ....

  10. Success with venlafaxine withdrawal

    Hi guys,

    After 6 long years on venlafaxine, I have finally gotten off the drug. I don't know if this will be of any use to anyone, but I wanted to share some ....

  11. MVD surgery 8 days ago

    I am a 54 year old man living in North London, who was diagnosed with hfs about 5 years ago. I had botox treatment for about 4 years, the first couple of years with ....

  12. Contributors' Brief Histories

    A thread for users to put a precis of their story.

    EMIS Moderator

  13. Painful colonoscopy

    Having had many operations in the past plus chemotherapy I can say without any hesitation that my colonoscopy carried out at Nottingham City Hospital was the most ....

  14. Mirtazapine withdrawal

    Hey everyone,

    I've been on Mirtazapine 30mg since Feb his year but I've had alot of problems with. Ear infections, burning mouth syndrome etc. so my Psychiatrist ....

  15. Anyone tried Symprove? Was in Daily Mail health section yest

    I’ve just read the article in the Daily Mail about the probiotics, but wondered if anyone had tried that brand. I read some other posts in other forums. The things ....

  16. Mirtazapine Withdrawal- the key to success

    In a month I will have come off mirtazapine completely and for some of that time I have been able to work and do my job pretty darn well.

    I went on mirtazipine ....

  17. I feel ignored and I can't stop crying

    I haven’t used a forum before for this and I’m not even quite sure what I want to say. I kind of just want to get my thoughts written down for once because I feel ....

  18. Orlistat 120mg

    I have been struggling with my weight for the last 6 years and started these tablets in February and went for my monthly weigh in at the doctors today and was relieved ....

  19. Citalopram 20mgs for 3 years and still going. am i on my own ?

    Iv been suffering depression for 3 years now roughly, it all started out me just feeling down all the time, always tired, feeling alone and like i had no one to ....

  20. Feeling a little confused

    Hi I posted on here in Wednesday, I have been on these tablets since February and had my first weigh in at the docs on the 20/03/13 and I was over the moon that ....

  21. Right Hip Replacement

    Hi, I'm a 48 year old guy and I'm getting my right hip replaced next Tue 5th March. To say I'm worried is an understatement! It's not so much the op it's the waking ....

  22. www.KeloidScarForum.com - help with keloid scar relief

    I saw this website being mentioned on another keloid forum, I really hope it takes off as its a wonderful idea!

    Especially considering we are definitely lacking ....

  23. side effects when coming off propranolol????

    My son has been on propranolol since he was 3 months old, to treat an hemangioma he has got on his throat, starting on his soft palate. The drug worked wonders! ....

  24. abdominal pain, do I need a laparoscopy?

    For nearly two years I have had lower abdominal pain and after numerous examinations the diagnosis seems to be adhesions due to old abdominal operations. The surgeon ....

  25. Has your gallbladder been removed? Is the result good? Y or N?

    What a fantastic forum this is with people sharing very useful information that can improve quality of life.

    Whilist there are good and bad stories of what happens ....

  26. 19 year old with anxiety and mild depression

    Hello, recently I have been through several different problems;

    1. My father left me and my mum after 26 years and we recently found out he was having an affair ....

  27. IBS

    Hi Just join , so please bear with me, after being dignosed wrongly last year and done every test possible my g.p has told me last week i have all the symtoms of ....

  28. Abnormal Smelly Vaginal Discharge.....blamed on weight?

    Hi there....I have had abnormal smelly vaginal discharge since the age of 13/14.. I started puberty at 11. I am 29 and still have the problem. I have never had sex ....

  29. Upper Endoscopy and Colonoscopy with Sedation

    Hi all, just wanted to give you a quick review of my experience.

    I'm a 19 year old female, I was terrified for a while until I read someone else's post on here ....

  30. scariest day of my life

    It all started on friday evening when I was woken up these sharp pains under my left breast so the next day I went to the walk in centre where they diagnosed pleurisy, ....

  31. Varicocele help

    I'm 32 and have discovered a possible varicocele vein on my right testicle. To be more precise I was aware of the discomfort over certain periods many years ago ....

  32. Henoch Schonlein Purpura in Adults?

    Hi,

    I'm currently a 19 year old female student in my 2nd year of my degree, during March 2012, I was diagnosed with Henoch Schonlein Purpura (HSP) after being ....

  33. i need help, for an intimate and delicate matter

    hi, im a 33 year old female, i have had two children, my youngest is five, and in childbirth, i split very baddly from my bottom all the way up to my clitoris, they ....

  34. Polymyalgia ; Help!

    I am 67 years old and several months ago was diagnosed with polymyalgia. Started on 15 mg but had bad side effects with physical anxiety like pounding heart, shaking ....

  35. Pernicious anemia diagnosis take too long

    I have recently been diagnosed with pernicious anemia after 16 years of hell and numerous tests ,lumber punctures MRI brain scans even psychiatrists had a go and ....

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