Women to Women

[Bike Chick]

[/QUOTE]During the time my son was in Iraq, I took Ambien.
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I bought my first bike when my son was in Iraq. It was a good distraction and the exercise helped me sleep.

I hope he made it home safe and sound

[OakLeaf]

I'm 47 and I work out 5 days a week. I always have pain. :P

That's really not necessary... How much time a day/week are you spending on myofascial release?

[Tuckervill]

"During the time my son was in Iraq, I took Ambien."


I bought my first bike when my son was in Iraq. It was a good distraction and the exercise helped me sleep.

I hope he made it home safe and sound.

Yes, he did, thanks. Yours?

I also went to college for the first time that year, just to keep my mind off things. lol.

Karen

[Tuckervill]

That's really not necessary... How much time a day/week are you spending on myofascial release?

Only what I can do for myself.

I'm not sore ALL the time. After 3 years of this, I've pretty much determined that it just takes me more time to recover than most people. When I do just enough to get a workout and not be sore, my progress is too slow to be worth it. When I ramp it up, I can see faster progress, but it costs me a little soreness. That's okay. Finding the balance from day to day, week to week is just difficult.

Karen

[itself]

Please gals, be careful with Ambien. I used to be a pharma rep, and I sold Lunesta. I spoke to two doctors who became addicted to ambien and had to be admitted to a rehab. This is a dangerous drug.

Lisa

[uforgot]

Yes, he did, thanks. Yours?

I also went to college for the first time that year, just to keep my mind off things. lol.

Karen

I use Tylenol PM once in awhile, but I wake up at 3am too! I guess I'll try it regularly. Especially since my son is going on his THIRD deployment Jan. 2nd. Yeesh. Glad our sons are okay for now.

[SLash]

I take bio-identical hormone replacement therapy and have for a couple of years and can't begin to tell you how much it has helped me and the difference it has made in how I feel (I'm sure my husband and daughter could chime in too on that).

Although both my estrogen and progesterone are bio-identical (not synthetic like Premerin etc.) they are both pharmaceutical meds which are prescribed for me by my gyn. The estrogen I take is Estrogel, the progesterone I take is Prometruim.

A couple of years ago at my annual gyn. appointment I had a range of symptoms and complaints that my doctor attributed to a lack of estrogen. After she said this several times, I laughed and said to her "you make estrogen sound like a wonder drug", her response was that for me it would be - she uses the same stuff she prescribed for me. I was skeptical but she was right. It made a significant difference in how I felt and really almost immediately. No more hot flashes for one thing, less moodiness i.e., normal moodiness and better sleep (the progesterone helps you sleep).

I am high risk for breast cancer but since it is bio-identical it poses no more risk to me than my normal hormones, and besides I am monitored closely for breast cancer.

I am not saying all menopausal women should take bio-identical hormones but I can say that for me it has made all the difference. There is a lot of information on the web about Prometrium (and compounded forms of progesterone) and Estrogel (which is Estradiol) and other types of estogen, if you are interested.

Good luck, I hope you find something that works well for you.