My body AND modern medicine can all go fuck itself

[Quin600]

So after being sick with the nasty ass flu that I had for 2 weeks, and had me bed-ridden for a chunk of that cleared up, I was STILL left with severe headaches and back pain that were originally atributed to influenza.

On monday, I had to leave work after an hour and a half due to back pain and headaches. I go to the doctor, and the doctor says I now have Migrane headaches and back pain due to stressors from the migranes. Just fuckin' wonderful...

So now I am on Cafergot for my headaches (the active ingrediant in it is an LSD precursor, interestingly enough), and T3s for my back.

The problem is that while niether of these seems to be perticularly effective, they are fucking upmy head royaly. I cant concentrate at all, my thinking is muddled at best, and my vision is wobbly. Now, this might be just my body adjusting to the meds, but regardless, it isnt functional.

Not only is it damn near impossible to pay attention in class, but I have a take home mid-term due on Thursday that I havent been able to work on due to the flu, and still cant work on due to the meds. More so, I work 3 days a week doing home renovation. I'm a safety hazzard at work if I can't think straight. I doubt i'll be able to work tommorow, because if the pain doesnt get me, the medication will.

I can't afford to miss more work or more school.

So fuck you body, for being so damn broken, and fuck you medications for preventing me from doing fuck all.

[diva]

you should take a stool softener with the T3s, to prevent constipation (they constipate you a lot if you haven't noticed already--it's the codeine in them)

[diva]

ps: your migraine medication is derived from ergot--a fungus found on rye-- (it's generic name is ergotamine tartate, i think. the stuff you have just has added caffein in it), which is used in alternative and complimentary medicines for the treatment of menstrual problems, hemorrhage, and migraines.

there are other migraine medications out there
if this one isn't working out for you, once the time your body needs to adjust to it has passed, talk to your doctor and try a new medication out

my nursing drug guide indicates that an adverse effect of your medication can be confusion, but this should only be when the drug has been used for a prolonged period of time, which it's not supposed to be

i hope you feel better

edit: try adding an anti-inflammatory like advil (ibuprophen) to your T3s
according to the world health organization, the best way to manage pain, is to start with the weakest analgisic (pain med), and add stronger ones until they are effective. this way, you're minimizing the amount of stronger pain meds you need, which usually come with much higher side effects

it's called the analgesic ladder.
eg. for someone with really bad abdominal pain, you'd start with regular tylenol (maybe 650mg), then add T3s if that didn't work--with the theory behind it that you'd need fewer t3s due to the fact that regular tylenol is already onboard--then you'd move on to an opioid analgesic like morphine, again with the theory behind it that you'd only need a minimum amount of the morphine to control the pain due to the other medications being on board

a lot of doctors don't know that much about pain management, or a lot about pharmaceuticals on a whole. they're not required to update their knowledge or keep up with current research. your best bet is to talk to a pharmacist who knows a lot about medications and their adverse effects

sorry for rambling..

[neoh]

I noticed about 19 spelling mistakes in that essay of yours, this is my flaw.

But on a serious note, I can't relate. I say, when in need - don't take your medication if you need to focus, suck it in for the time being.

[Quin600]

Originally Posted by neoh

I noticed about 19 spelling mistakes in that essay of yours, this is my flaw.

But on a serious note, I can't relate. I say, when in need - don't take your medication if you need to focus, suck it in for the time being.

Hey, concidering the quality of many of the posts on here, my strung-out, sleep deprived, drug-fueled rant isn't so bad with a mere 19 spelling errors. :D

You are right however, and it looks like i'll be suffering some today to get some school work done, but that doesnt help me at work, where I can't do my job with the pain, and I can't be on the medication if it fucks me up...