designermillion
09-18-2007, 08:17 AM
Hi everyone,
I've been doing pretty well the last few days, however I've now come down with some sort of cold. It started with this really bad taste in the back of my throat that turned into a sore throat and now has turned into a stuffy nose, sore throat and coughing up phlem. Yay! Just what I need after being on constant pain for 2 weeks! I had a really good day yesterday. Almost no pain at all. Today I have a little pain, but it's tolerable. I pray it doesn't get any worse. I feel like if I do anything wrong, it's going to come back. I am SO paranoid. I'm not sure why I would have a good day w/no pain and now it's back a little. Makes no sense.
Anyway, I've been on the Hydroxyzine since last Wednesday as well as a 100 mg dose of Macrodantin at bed time. I also started taking Neurontin on Sunday. I am sitting at work feeling like I am drugged out of my mind! :dizzy: I am taking 300 mg 3 times a day, so two of those doses fall during my work hours (8-5). It's making me dizzy, incoherent at times, and extremely sleepy. I almost dozed off at my desk a few times. Thank god no one noticed. My husband called me at lunch and said I was even slurring my speech. Has anyone else taken this stuff? How do you manage to work or to even drive? I feel like a zombie! Does it get better over time?
I have so many questions for my Uro when I go back in a few weeks. My husband and I were just about to start trying to have a baby, and now this. I'm not sure if I have to be on these meds the rest of my life, or if I can be weened off of them. Prior to this, I would only have one episode a year, but this one has lasted for quite some time. I started having urgency problems in July, but the pain didn't start until 2 weeks ago. Can you be on any of these meds while pregnant? I am terried that they would have an effect on the baby, and then I'd have to live with that guilt. I am also terried that this is going to get worse when I get pregnant and then I'll have to suffer for 9 months. Over the last 10 years there have actually been a few times that I just wanted to drive my car into a tree and be done with it. The pain was that bad. I know we've all been there...
Cheryl
Jacksonville, FL
I've been doing pretty well the last few days, however I've now come down with some sort of cold. It started with this really bad taste in the back of my throat that turned into a sore throat and now has turned into a stuffy nose, sore throat and coughing up phlem. Yay! Just what I need after being on constant pain for 2 weeks! I had a really good day yesterday. Almost no pain at all. Today I have a little pain, but it's tolerable. I pray it doesn't get any worse. I feel like if I do anything wrong, it's going to come back. I am SO paranoid. I'm not sure why I would have a good day w/no pain and now it's back a little. Makes no sense.
Anyway, I've been on the Hydroxyzine since last Wednesday as well as a 100 mg dose of Macrodantin at bed time. I also started taking Neurontin on Sunday. I am sitting at work feeling like I am drugged out of my mind! :dizzy: I am taking 300 mg 3 times a day, so two of those doses fall during my work hours (8-5). It's making me dizzy, incoherent at times, and extremely sleepy. I almost dozed off at my desk a few times. Thank god no one noticed. My husband called me at lunch and said I was even slurring my speech. Has anyone else taken this stuff? How do you manage to work or to even drive? I feel like a zombie! Does it get better over time?
I have so many questions for my Uro when I go back in a few weeks. My husband and I were just about to start trying to have a baby, and now this. I'm not sure if I have to be on these meds the rest of my life, or if I can be weened off of them. Prior to this, I would only have one episode a year, but this one has lasted for quite some time. I started having urgency problems in July, but the pain didn't start until 2 weeks ago. Can you be on any of these meds while pregnant? I am terried that they would have an effect on the baby, and then I'd have to live with that guilt. I am also terried that this is going to get worse when I get pregnant and then I'll have to suffer for 9 months. Over the last 10 years there have actually been a few times that I just wanted to drive my car into a tree and be done with it. The pain was that bad. I know we've all been there...
Cheryl
Jacksonville, FL