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  1. CampbellRN

    Can you identify what this skin condition is?

    To confirm, I'm officially off Cymbalta, and I have not experienced any recurring pain or symptoms. My treatment at this point only consists of medical cannabis one to two nights a week (three nights at the most, but that's not very frequent), meditation that incorporates biofeedback techniques...
  2. CampbellRN

    Can you identify what this skin condition is?

    Yup, I know what this is: an overactive sympathetic (autonomic) nervous system. Co-existing conditions and emotional stress can further upset the sympathetic nervous system, so it's important to manage those conditions and anything else going on in life from a personal perspective. The body can...
  3. CampbellRN

    Why wrinkled fingers and toes?

    Old thread, but YES! I have this same exact problem and have been searching for answers just about everywhere you can imagine. Not even Mayo Clinic could figure it out for me; they blamed it on soft skin from my Ehlers-Danlos, but I don't necessarily believe that given how the phenomenon doesn't...