hi all, as most of you know , by now, i'm also bipolar...which makes the taking of pain meds.. interesting.. not reallly the word!! lol.. different, difficult..
lets try by explaining today, this morning i spent like less then 10 mins, doing very very basic stretchs..
took a darvocet, nice high.. it makes me forget the pain... and feel good.. but then i took a nap, and the darvocet wore off and my knee was hurting badly..
such is life.. this is why i have big trouble exercising.. which i imagine is another post in itself,! lol
Then tonight, i'm tired, still back to manic, in a bit of pain.. but can't sleep well on darvocet.. and that leaves valium, which knocks me out.. adding 75 mg of atarax (its a lot!).. plus the melociam (for reducing inflammation).. but the pain doesn't go away well.. Vicodin, pfffffffff really works great on my pain, but makes me really depressed and irritable and suicidal.. almost.. almost.. so i'm trying to wean off the vicodin, my Rhem has suggested a med, and of course, i can't remember the name, but its a pain med, you take daily, twice a day and its like a time release form.. just not really sure about that.. bc it can make you sleepy.. OMG... like i'm not tired enough? LOL
Yikes! You poor baby. If you weren't bipolar already, I imagine those drugs could do it to you. I'm reminded of when my father went into a nursing home, an invalid but normal mentally, and shortly thereafter became a drooling, incoherent mess, due to the bad mix of medications he was given for a cancerous tumor. Once the drugs were tweaked and the offending drugs removed, so was the drooling, etc. I know you need medication, but geeze, how can you ever feel well with so much going on medically? I wish I could tell you what would help you, you're obviously having a very bad time with these meds. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. I guess the only thing you can do is insist the doctors keep tweaking until they get it right. And keep posting here on the bad days, so we can keep tabs on you, OK?