Raynauld's disease-numb fingers/toes

[Andrea]

I'm pretty sure I've got raynaud's, but after reading about drug treatments, I have decided I'll just live with it. Sometimes it makes winter riding complete torture, but I don't think I could tolerate drugs that could lower my blood pressure since I tend to be a little on the low side already. I'd end up like those fainting goats you read about on the internet...

[Jolt]

Here's a tip that I learned a few weeks ago from one of the docs at my clinical: he advises his patients with Raynaud's to wear a turtleneck or a scarf and apparently that helps, something to do with where the nerves are that control vasoconstriction. I haven't really tested this out yet but it's worth a try. Also, magnesium is said to possibly help; I'm about to start taking this for an unrelated reason but it will be interesting to see if it cuts down on the vasospasm episodes (that would be a nice bonus) given that it is now the season where they tend to happen. I'll have to report back.

[shootingstar]

Here's a tip that I learned a few weeks ago from one of the docs at my clinical: he advises his patients with Raynaud's to wear a turtleneck or a scarf and apparently that helps, something to do with where the nerves are that control vasoconstriction. I haven't really tested this out yet but it's worth a try.

Let us know. I do think part of my problem is just feeling tense. I sat in a bus station last night for an hr. after walking in for only 10 min. My fingers were still numb for next 1/2 hr. And it's not even freezin' yet.

[Aggie_Ama]

I'm pretty sure I've got raynaud's, but after reading about drug treatments, I have decided I'll just live with it. Sometimes it makes winter riding complete torture, but I don't think I could tolerate drugs that could lower my blood pressure since I tend to be a little on the low side already. I'd end up like those fainting goats you read about on the internet...

Yeah, I am on Inderal right now and I feel like a moron kind of foggy. Low BP makes me feel really funky, I am not liking it at all. I wonder if I am on my way to being a fainting goat?

On a side note, my meds say not to take if you have Raynauld's, before last week I wouldn't have known what that was.