Just needed to be heard for a little while

Waves_and_Smiles

It is! I have a very poor tear film apparently, my tear-drops are water and very little oil which means they evaporate on my eyes and leave dry patches. So I have to use eye drops from now on with oil in them to ensure that the water clings on. I honestly can't believe the difference they make, it's one of the best medications I have ever had.

The fish oil (Fish Oil Of Constant Bathroom Trips) is also meant to help with that. All in all RA dries me out, Psoriasis dries my skin out, Rosacea dries my face out, Hashimoto's Disease dries my skin,nails and hair out, codeine dries my mouth out and diuretics dry my body out. I think I should probably drink a bucket of oil and water a day!

haybel19

Waves_and_Smiles wrote: »

It is! I have a very poor tear film apparently, my tear-drops are water and very little oil which means they evaporate on my eyes and leave dry patches. So I have to use eye drops from now on with oil in them to ensure that the water clings on. I honestly can't believe the difference they make, it's one of the best medications I have ever had.

The fish oil (Fish Oil Of Constant Bathroom Trips) is also meant to help with that. All in all RA dries me out, Psoriasis dries my skin out, Rosacea dries my face out, Hashimoto's Disease dries my skin,nails and hair out, codeine dries my mouth out and diuretics dry my body out. I think I should probably drink a bucket of oil and water a day!

Oh bless you. Really glad the drops are helping. Sounds like they are making a big difference. I find codeine makes me very drowsy. Is it the same or you?I only take them during flare ups so wonder i f i have little tolerance.

Waves_and_Smiles

Two paracetamol make me drowsy! it's one of the odd ways my body reacts to medication, even drugs that are meant to wake you up make me sleepy. I am quite tolerant to codeine now so other than drowsiness I don't get any other symptoms. I used to feel sick and quite pleasantly high but that has stopped now (I may slightly regret losing the latter). I take 8 codeine a day plus Tramadol so unfortunately I have developed dependence on them and I get awful withdrawal without them, but as my arthritis won't get better it doesn't really matter as they don't harm me and I won't be coming off of them any time soon.

lostinrates

In all seriousness do you drink enough?

One of my pills has diuretic effect, though not its function, and I am reminded every now and then that I should be drinking the right amount. For me that's a huge quantity because I already have to drink a lot. I only don't drink a lot when I go out because diuretic impact plus going out equals lots of loo hunting!

If I do drop water intake down a bit even for a day I feel it everywhere, skin, joints, anywhere I normally suffer pain, and head/ eyes.

Coffee is a bit of an exacerbation for this , and also feelings of agitation, and also, potentially, that stuffed up head feeling.

dibuzz

I'm the opposite, things that are supposed to make me drowsy don't seem to have any effect.

Pyxis

I agree with Lostinrates about the drinking. Dehydration is very insidious, and it's often said that if you feel thirsty, you're already dehydrated to some extent. We should drink before we feel thirsty.

A good tip is to fill a jug of water and leave it somewhere prominent. When it's empty, immediately refill it and start again. Or, if you know you have to drink at least, say, two jugs a day, put two jugs out, full, and then you'll know if you're achieving that goal. It's a good way to keep a check on how much you are or aren't drinking.

I like to add a few drops of lemon juice to my water, as my tap water isn't the nicest in the world!

As I said in an earlier post, even a small degree of dehydration in the elderly can lead to a confused state, so the link between water intake and brain function is very apparent. I know you're not elderly, WaS! , but if you're not drinking enough, it may help to up your fluid intake.

Also, remember that, with all the work the liver has to do processing the medications, it might be useful to increase water intake anyway, to help flush out all the breakdown products of the drugs, and the inflammatory products of all the auto-immune problems.

So, WaS, Sir Pugliet has helped a lot with you overcoming your fear of the eye drops! Could he help with any other fears, do you think?

whitewing

I can thoroughly recommend the green tea with peppermint. I don't know if it is just the doing something different, but it feels cleansing to me.

WaS, I promise I am not nagging you about the smoking, but I did want to say with regard to the hospital stay that you could rebrand it in your mind. It would be your equivalent of going for a spa/detox break.

whitewing

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So, WaS, Sir Pugliet has helped a lot with you overcoming your fear of the eye drops! [/QUOTE]

This is a huge achievement.

carrielovesfanta

Waves_and_Smiles wrote: »

Awww, thank you haybel. I am a lot calmer now.

A lot of were once cockney expressions are now used commonly in everyday language. It was far more separate when I was born so it stood out more. Also there are the pronunciations that come from the accompanying accent such as bu-er and war-er (butter and water) which I no longer use unless I choose to. My dads family in contrast settled in Folkstone and were quite middle class.

Hi WaS and Team WaS

I have been reading through your thread ever since you posted such a lovely and helpful response on my thread about my husband's PTSD.

I thought you might be interested to know that the pronunciation of butter as bu-er (and other such words) is known as a glottal stop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottal_stop

clf x

oldestgnome

Glad to catch up and find the medication was helping.

Really interesting to read about the copper link with mh.

Glad that the drops are working. Is there ever going to be a good time to give up smoking? Can you reduce it more or has your psychiatrist told you not because of the meds?

I roughly measure my liquid intake I like my water cold so have it in the fridge in a jug, at work I use a pint glass and tally my glass numbers.

CLF, never heard of a glottal stop! That's my second new thing today after the copper, thanks for sharing