http://www.myquinstory.info Life After Levaquin, A Challenging Journey Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:30:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Insomnia This is the first in a two-part series on Insomnia. Insomnia is a constant bedfellow for the FQ victim.  As a matter of fact, I have found very few FQ victims that have not suffered from insomnia, in one form or another, at least at one point in their timeline.  Insomnia ... http://www.myquinstory.info/?p=247 I was reading an article by CNN Medical News correspondent Elizabeth Cohen about a so called “Obnoxious Patient” that was “fired” by his doctor.  In the article Dr. David Golden says he had to fire a patient for being obnoxious because the patient would not stop questioning him about the ... http://www.myquinstory.info/?p=245 This article will probably not be much of a revelation to veteran sufferers but it is something that I have suspected for some time and I want to toss it out onto the table.  I want to propose the hypothesis that fluoroquinolones (FQs) are implicated in the causation or exacerbation ... http://www.myquinstory.info/?p=243 When talking to other FQ sufferers about toughing it through their reactions, one common point of fear and trepidation keeps coming up; that is whether to use anti-anxiety, or any psychotropic, medications during the course of their reactions.  In some ways the fear is very justified, after all our bodies have been radically ... http://www.myquinstory.info/?p=225 I was getting ready to post an article on insomnia, which will be forthcoming shortly, when I got sidetracked by watching a portion of congressional hearings focusing on the automaker Toyota. Anyone who has been watching the news lately has to have heard by now that Toyota is in the ... http://www.myquinstory.info/?p=202 Hallmark worries of those who are suffering from fluoroquinolone reactions are; am I ever going to get better? And how bad is my reaction going to be?  Coupled with this, is the constant struggle of trying to maintain a positive attitude, in the face of what seems to be an ... http://www.myquinstory.info/?p=199 I was speaking with a fellow FQ sufferer the other day when the idea for this article was born.  We were discussing the frustration that every FQ sufferer encounters when trying to get a doctor to listen to us, to believe in the credibility of our claims, and to treat ... http://www.myquinstory.info/?p=192 I will occasionally get an email from a new FQ sufferer, and sometimes a more veteran sufferer that reflects the utter despair that has over taken their lives as a result of the FQ damage. I have not been immune to this reality also, as have many; if not all ... http://www.myquinstory.info/?p=189 The positive thing about fluoroquinolone (FQ) web groups, whether they are email lists, forums, or groups, is that there is usually a lot of information available.  It can be a helpful thing to have varying viewpoints on such things as healing, medications, supplements, testing, etc..., because it allows the user ... http://www.myquinstory.info/?p=172 One of the biggest hurdles that we face as FQ victims is determining the type of reactions that we are having.  Becoming an FQ victim creates absolute uncertainty.  When we experience a new symptom we wonder if that symptom is with us for a day, a week, a month, or ... http://www.myquinstory.info/?p=157