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You're probably familiar with the Homeland Security Advisory System, a propaganda tool devised by Republican Tom Ridge shortly after 9/11. The idea behind terror alerts is to use a color coded schema to exploit people's fears of an impending terrorist attack.

Research on the human brain indicates people respond emotionally (rather than rationally) to certain colors, much as they do to political candidates and specific political situations. Orange reminds us fire and explosions--such as those which follow suicide bombings--whereas blue and green are more soothing colors that remind us of floating peacefully in a lake somewhere in the lush, tranquil wilderness.

The terror alert level was elevated to ORANGE (or "High") in August of 2004, just in time to do some last minute "sweeping up" of fence-sitting voters in the swing states. Whereas people feel frightened by the color orange, they also feel "safer" when a Republican is in charge. Thus, elevating the terror level at this strategically crucial point was a brilliant move by the propagandists; voters who didn't hate women, poor people, or gays voted for Bush anyway, just to protect themselves from being nuked by Muslims.

I started thinking it would be useful to recycle this color coded system as a way to assess the 2008 presidential candidates according to how scary and dangerous they are.

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Well, I wonder about something.

My Doc is sending me a new prescription for Lyrica. The dosage will be increased to 150 mg twice a day. The day time will be tough and I'll wait to start that when I'm on vacation. It's because of the drowsiness. I am sure I can get used to it so I will give it a try. It's great and is working so well.

The only pain that persists is the that weird leg pain. But, for now, I'm tracking the symptoms and will discuss in detail with my Doc. Also, he said we will discuss Celiac when I see him next time. I see him during my vacation so it's not that far off.

Anyway, what I am wondering is Lyrica affecting anxiety. I think Lyrica helps anxiety. Does anyone know about this? I have to do some research and see if I can find out anything about this. I feel the difference and Lyrica is the only explanation. I don't know about helping the Agoraphobia since I've not been anywhere outside of my "space." But, I will be outside my "space" when I am on vacation. I have several appointments and one is on the edge of safe space.  So we'll see.

If Lyrica helps anxiety I wonder if it can be used off label to help with anxiety problems. God knows, I hope it helps and I continue to feel this well.

What do you think?

tags: Lyrica, Celiac, Anxiety, Agoraphobia, Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia

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First off I have to report good news.

I increased my Lyrica dose and resumed my Provigil. I had stopped taking Provigil for about a month since it lost its effectiveness.

Good news, Provigil is working again and the increased dose of Lyrica really helped. I'm a bit groggy headed from the new dose but that will pass.

So, I am doing much, much better!!!!!

Now about the comments regarding Celiac. It is food for thought. I found this .pdf file from Fibromyalgia AWARE magazine May-August 2006. Click here to download.

So many of the symptoms cross the line into other conditions and I can see how Celiac can be overlooked. It can really be overlooked if the mild IBS-like symptoms are never reported (this is me) to the Doc.

I will ask my Doc to test me for Celiac. It certainly won't hurt and if it comes back positive it will change everything!

Thanks Sara, Aesh and Brad for the great comments. I will be investigating this. I know a bit about Celiac but did not think it applied to me. Hmmmm, one never knows.

On another topic I lost my temper last night. This may seem minor but with me its a big deal. I don't lose my temper often because I have a violent temper. Don't worry, no one got hurt and my fur babies are OK and everything that was smashed against the wall has been repaired.

Why? I honestly think it's the building up of pain, fatigue, anxiety, fear of the future and so on and so on. I just couldn't take one more thing and I exploded. Thank goodness this did not happen at work.

For now, all is well and I'm at work.

Technorati tags: Lyrica, Provigil, Celiac, Celiac Disease, Fibromyalgia, anxiety, fear

So Small

The first time we heard this song from Carrie Underwood, it stuck in our armoured heads and in our hearts.    The lyrics speak to hard times. 

When you suffer with chronic pain every problem can feel like a mountain.    Fighting Pain takes just about everything you have.  And you don’t think you will make it up the mountain cause it’s just so hard each day.    That is when you need to look out to the world with new eyes.  You must look out with loving eyes.   You must grasp onto the last ounce of love in your heart and hold on. 

It is impossible to live your life like other people, when your life is full of suffering.   You must instead look for single moments to give you joy.  When you find love in a moment, you can then carry that moment with you for days.     The secret is to live truly in that special moment.    And to truly live in that moment you must have an open heart with love. 

Of course, it is not fair that you must have only moments, but life may not always be fair.   But how you choose to react to the unfairness is up to you.     Love is the most healing power in the world, so perhaps it is a good choice to choose love.

I hurt. I hurt. I hurt. This is ridiculous. I've been in unbearable pain all day long. Less than no energy-- it feels like the life has been sucked out of me. Searing pain in my hips, shoulders, legs, and the soles of my feet. I want to cry, but I don't think I can summon the tears. I'd have to work too hard to get them to form in my friggin' tear ducts. There HAS to be an explanation for this. There has to be a cure.

And whoever keeps typing "Fibromyalgia is complete bullshit" in the Search Engine Terms should seriously consider getting some semblance of a life. Better still, come live in my body for a day or two.

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