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Skriven 2010-07-17 15:55:30 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 40082 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Re: mint  was: A dinner party.
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-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 16 Jul 10  13:38:20 <=-

 >> Now that's a great thing, that it helped with a migraine.. Ron also
 > It made me a believer, for sure.  ;)  One of my sisters had discovered
 > it and had been touting it... that day, I figured it was certainly worth
 > a try, since I was going to be miserable otherwise... :)

 JK> That is really neat.. really glad you mentioned it :)

You are most welcome... I'm glad to pass on helpful stuff... ;)

 >> immetrex I think was the name, because one of the side effects was
 >> "death".. geez.. I love some of these meds (g).  I'll have to try it
 > Yeah... the possible side effects are so dire... and often as not, they
 > include half or more of the symptoms one is thinking of taking the med
 > for in the first place...  But it's so nice when they work as hoped for,
 > without the nasty side effects... nice, but rare...  ;)

 JK> I know just what you mean.. you hear it all the time in ads for
 JK> various drugs.. sometimes hearing the same or worse side-effects as
 JK> symptoms makes you think twice about a number of drugs. 

When I start a new med, I always skim the insert (the technical one)...
but I don't pay a lot of attention to the known side effects until I
start to get some... then I look to see what they've found so far... (G)
But what often strikes me is that there will be opposite side effects
listed, eg diarrhea AND constipation, or drowsiness and hyper-alertness,
that sort of thing...  So, just a reminder that people have totally
different reactions to one and the same medication... ;)

 >> for me as well.  When I am about to get vertigo, I get a warning
 >> headache first that is enough to blow your head off (g).
 > Maybe you can nip the whole thing in the bud.  :)   At least the tea
 > won't do anything dire... and may very well help minimize the fury of
 > the headache.

 JK> I'm planning on trying it, though the vertigo is caused by nerve
 JK> damage (vestibular nerve).. Can't hurt to try the tea though, I drink
 JK> a lot of tea anyway :)  Maybe the fact that headache is lessened will
 JK> help with 'arrival' of the vertigo.. The way the drug for it works is
 JK> that you have to be relaxed for it to work.. in other words, if you
 JK> are tense about the vertigo (either before with the headache or after
 JK> you get vertigo), antivert may not help much. So that says something I
 JK> think :) 

Is the vertigo lessened if you are relaxed?  Or the tea might relax you
enough that the antivert would work better, maybe...

 > Having learned the benefits of the mint, I've even substituted a mint
 > milkshake when on the road and not having the tea at hand, when a
 > migraine hit en route...  Not quite as miraculous, but it did help
 > things simmer down enough to continue the trip...  ;)

 JK> That is so neat.. worth trying at least :)

Haven't a clue if that was placebo effect at work, or there was really
enough mint to make the difference...  Tasted nice, and was cooling as
well, though...  ;)

ttyl     neb

... I've got too many hands on my time.
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