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  Migraines?

  by skeeter1 in

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  so, i get a migraine a few times a year.

  i usually take some advil and i'm fine.. but, this past month, i've had about 4 migraines.

  one is coming on right now, and i'm about to take an advil.

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  Chariklo

  If the migraines are bad, then ask to see a neurologist, as someone else said. I see one from time to time. They really like seeing migraine patients, in my experience, because every case is so different, though with common elements.

  I forgot to say, since I've been taking Propranolol Sustained Release, for high blood pressure and migraine combined, my migraines have been less frequent, though when it comes it comes and though I lie down etc it's just a matter of riding it out.

  http://hypertension.emedtv.com/propranolol-sustained-release/propranolol-sustained-release-dosage-p2.html

  Propranolol Sustained-Release Dosage for Migraines

  For migraine prevention, the starting dose of propranolol sustained-release is 80 mg once a day. Based on the migraine response and/or side effects, your healthcare provider may increase or decrease the propranolol sustained-release dosage. An improvement in the number of migraines should be noticed within four to six weeks. If it is not, your healthcare provider may have you slowly stop the medication over several weeks and then switch you to another migraine medication.
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  What if Christainty is right?

  by mankkeli in

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  i was just wondering, what if afterall, christainity is right, what if there would be a ressurection, what if the heavenly hope is a valid aspiration god has set in place for faithful servants, what would be the hope of about 1.3million apostate dissidents who turned their back on the jw brand of christainity, where would they be?, some here seems to represent the anti-christ depicted in the bible, but what would be their hope, would god out of his abundant mercy shield us somehow and what would be the rationale behind his protection?.

  life as we presently live it is confusing, the future as perceived is unpredictable, we may think our corpses are deemed to serve as manure, but whereas what if there is really life after death.

  how would god judge those who seem to have spat on his face?, would he view us as mere victims of abundant hypocrisy in a confused world?.

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  Chariklo

  How would God judge those who seem to have spat on his face?

  Personally, I don't think he's petty. If he can see into the heart, then he'll judge on the true motives there.

  That's what I think, anyway
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  Migraines?

  by skeeter1 in

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  so, i get a migraine a few times a year.

  i usually take some advil and i'm fine.. but, this past month, i've had about 4 migraines.

  one is coming on right now, and i'm about to take an advil.

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  Chariklo

  Hi, Skeeter and everyone.

  I sometimes feel like a bit of a migraine expert. I've had them since early childhood, when it was always accompanied by vomiting, same right through young adulthood and on to mid-life. Now in later life I more usually get the kind described by Nickolas and Meeting Junkie No More, but also I've learned to manage them a bit.

  Skeeter, if you're prone to migraines you're going to get them. Best thing is not to ignore it. Take something like paracetamol (in the UK), more effective than advil/ibuprofen and fewer side effects, and also drink plenty of water, and maybe go for a bit of a walk outside. If it doesn't improve quickly then don't soldier on, try and lie down on the bed for a couple of hours and draw the curtains. Don't read or use the computer. Try and get some sleep.

  If I do that when the first symptoms come on, very often it will go away. If it's the "silent", painless kind though, complete with extraordinarily bright and colourful patterns or shimmering and then temporary loss of sight, just lie down and rest, because you're going to feel very weird for a bit. After one of those I usually feel quite disorientated.

  There's a useful website here: http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/
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  Bible reading

  by mankkeli in

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  does anyone still take time to read the bible regularly or occassionally, or you have completely pushed it aside?.

  pls give reasons.

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  Need some advice, PLEASE!

  by TweetieBird in

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  i don't even know where to begin but i'm having trouble with my oldest son (grown) who just moved back home.

  he recently got fired and kicked out by his roommate because he has (in my opinion and the rest of my family) an alcohol and pot problem.

  he doesn't think he does because he can go days without either, a whole other story.

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  If there is a family tendency to schizophrenia, then it's highly likely that drug use is going to exacerbate it. Drug use can bring out this illness that might otherwise remain latent and never get activated. Once it develops following drug use, it's there. It doesn't usually go away on its own.

  Early adulthood is the classic time for schizophrenia to develop, and it isn't just one illness. A wide range of illnesses and different manifestations can occur, some typical but many are individual and atypical.

  It sounds to me as if your son might need medical help, and certainly you'll need some skilled support yourselves, as living with schizophrenia is a very testing thing. You'll know this already from your experience with your brother.

  In the UK treatment and carer support are readily available, once the need is recognised. I see you're in the US, and I hope it's easy to access for you too.
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  Email doing the rounds: Bro. from Walkill shared news

  by truthseeker in

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  fyi.

  from worldwide report a brother from wallkill shared during congregation may 10, 2010. .

  there are now 16 printing branches in the world, all of them are electronically connected so if one branch had to shut down because of disaster such as an earthquake, all they need to do is transfer the files to another branch and shift the workload there.

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  Chariklo

  Well, it's interesting, anyway
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  Can I Please Just Say...

  by AGuest in

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  that it's "jewel-ry"... and not "joo-lery" (may you all have peace!)?

  i know, i know... very small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.

  but, dang, if you're gonna host a television jewelry show, shouldn't you at least be able to say "jewelry"?

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  Chariklo

  "Interesting." It is NOT interESTihg". "This is of great interest to me". There is no emphasis on the "est" part of that word.

  Oh yes there is, in the UK!
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  Can I Please Just Say...

  by AGuest in

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  that it's "jewel-ry"... and not "joo-lery" (may you all have peace!)?

  i know, i know... very small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.

  but, dang, if you're gonna host a television jewelry show, shouldn't you at least be able to say "jewelry"?

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  Chariklo

  Jew-el-le-ry 4 syllables! and 2 l's of course!

  Aluminium = "Al-loo-MIN-ee-um"! The trouble is that over there in the USA you spell it wrongly!

  Garage, yes, ga-raj, and with two equally stressed syllables! (There are half a dozen variations current in the uK though.)

  The Brits? Oh! You mean the British! "Brits" sounds like a scouring pad!

  Ziddina

  My parents used to make fun of me because I couldn't say "breakfast" - I said "brekfust" instead. (For the life of me, I cannot tell whether I've ever switched from "brekfust" to "breakfast", even now - but then, they enjoyed making fun of me for ANY specious reason they could come up with...)

  This is the one that puzzled me. In the UK we always say "brekfust". How else could you say it?

  Oh, and Macdonalds and McDonalds...pronounced the same. Different spelling, same sound.
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  Rutherford frequented a brothel located near Bethel

  by Scott77 in

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  please, just checking, with proof or first account, can anyone enlighten us on that?

  if that is correct, iam going to be profoundly shocked to the bone.. .

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  Chariklo

  If the rumors are true.......

  That's the key, isn't it? This, true or not, is gossip.
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  SweetPea's wisdom teeth....

  by besty in

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  are in a box - .

  what should she do for wisdom now?.

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  Chariklo

  Oh, good grief, here I am suffering from raging toothache and trying not to remember that the dentist wants me to have my wisdom teeth out...and then I read this!

  For goodness' sake! is this site a torture zone?!