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  • TEXAS "All or nothing"

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    Here is another possibility... About 4 years ago I could never sleep more that 1-2 hours in a single session. It was probably the worst period in my life - thus far. I'd get up, get dressed, walk for miles thinking maybe I could wear myself out. Problem was I was already working 10 hour days - I was exhausted. I tried OTC sleeping aids. At one point I even went back to drinking alcohol. That simply compounded the problem. If you've never been where, no matter how tired you are, you can't get real meaningful sleep over long periods of time you simply can not imagine the effects it has on you after 6 months or so. It ain't pretty!

    Told my cardiologist I was having problems sleeping and he referred me to a sleep specialist. Well of course they tried to diagnose the problem as a sleep disorder - which it was not. One trip to the sleep specialist was all I did.

    At this period in time I was also struggling with cramps in my legs. I must'a drank 50 gallons of pickle juice. It worked so I did it.

    Went to a general practitioner who directed me to a Nurse Practitioner. The NP sent me to the lab for blood work. Went back the next day for the results. First thing the NP asked was "Have you ever been diagnosed for Iron deficiency Anemia?
    Nope, not until just now.

    She sent me to a Hematologist and over the next couple of weeks I would go and get IV drips of iron, and other things but I don't recall exactly what. I would go in twice a week I think. After about a week my life returned to normal, well about as normal as my life is apt to get. I got back the ability to sleep through the night. Cramps went away. Life is good.
    The people I've seen with the iron problems have an almost gray color to their skin? Not all, but several that had confirmed the iron problems.
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    TEXAS "All or nothing"

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    Between kids in school with uil activities and my work, if I got 3 or 4 hours of sleep I had a good night. The last 10 years my activity, sleep and enjoyment of life has been controlled by the pain I live in. The puts me out or keeps me awake! It makes it difficult to keep doctor appoinments.
     

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    I've been to two sleep clinics. They are like the pain mills you have heard about. Both the sleep clinics run everyone through a sleep study, all wired up. No one even looks at the data. You (and everyone else in the treatment group) get a cpap machine and the promise of all the ambien you want as long as you keep coming back.
    Remember 10-15 years ago when these clinics appeared everywhere even in tiny town Texas. That was back when Medicare paid the many $thousands of the bills. They have since cracked down on these as well as pain mills.

    I'm afraid of getting addicted, given some of the folks I know who are on ambien.

    I've seriously been thinking of shopping for a anxiety or ambien drug doctor for those 4th day in a row nights with lack of sleep. Frustrating to be very tired and yet no sleep. Makes me angry with myself. Working hard outside all day getting worn out really does not help at all.
    I used to sleep anywhere, car - plane, couch... the good old days !
     

    TEXAS "All or nothing"

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    Doctors that I get pain meds from make me laugh, except for my local doctor. They talk about getting addicted and I tell them I'd rather spend money on guns! I also tell them I have self control and I too much responsibilities. I don't want pills, just need my neck fixed! I've had surgeries and injections on my neck all haven't helped! 10 years of this crap and I get more pissed off every day! Can't eat, sleep, work and/or eat when I want! Makes life (not chocolate pudding) for sure, but I chime on!
     
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