Re: ALMOST WENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
HI ANDREA
THERE COULD BE MANY MANY REASONS WHY YOUR ABDOMEN IS HURTING. I THINK
THE RISK OF DEPENDENCY IS MINIMAL IN YOUR CASE, AND MUCH MORE LIKELY
THAT SOMETHING ELSE IS WRONG. I HAD SIMILAR SYMPTOMS WHEN I HAD
GALLBLADDER ATTACKS. IT HURT RIGHT BELOW MY STERNUM SO BADLY, I WOULD
BE CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR OR IN BED IN THE FETAL POSITION FOR HOURS.
SOME WERE SO SEVERE, I REPEATEDLY WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. IT TOOK
SOME TIME FOR A DIAGNOSIS, BUT ONCE I WAS TAKEN SERIOUSLY, I HAD MY
GALLBLADDER REMOVED. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES THAT
ABDOMINAL PAIN CAN SIGNIFY. THERE ARE MANY OTHER POSSIBILITIES HERE!
DO NOT PANIC. CALL YOUR DOCTOR IF THE SYMPTOMS PERSIST, OR IF THEY ARE
VERY SEVERE, DO NOT HESITATE TO GO TO YOUR EMERGENCY ROOM. I THINK YOU
MAY BE OVER REACTING TO YOUR OWN FEARS IN ASSUMING IT IS YOUR BODY
DEMANDING MEDICATION. IT SEEMS MUCH MORE REASONABLE THAT YOU HAVE REAL
PAIN IN YOUR ABDOMEN, AND YOUR MEDICATION EASED REAL PAIN.
I DID GO THROUGH METHADONE WITHDRAWALS A FEW YEARS AGO.I WAS TAKING A
MUCH HIGHER DOSE THAN YOU ARE CURRENTLY, AT 60MG PER DAY. I DID NOT
SUFFER NEW PAIN DURING WITHDRAWL, NOR DID I SUFFER IMAGINED PAIN
BEFORE I WAS REMOVED FROM THE DRUG. I WOULD BELIEVE THAT IF MY BODY
WAS GOING TO FABRICATE SOMETHING NEW IN RESPONSE TO A PHYSICAL
CRAVING, IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHEN I NO LONGER HAD THE MEDICATION,
IF EVER. 10MG OF METHADONE A DAY ISNT EVEN AS MUCH PAIN RELIEF AS A
HAND FULL OF IBUPROPHEN TAKEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY CAN GIVE
MANY, BUT SURE IS ALOT SAFER TO THE BODY IN GENERAL THAN OVER THE
COUNTER PAIN MEDICATIONS. ANYWAY, GOOD LUCK, KEEP US INFORMED AS TO
HOW YOU'RE DOING. AND AGAIN, SEE YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS AT
ALL, AND GO TO YOUR ER IF THE PAIN PERSISTS. SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THIS
PAIN MAY BE SIGNIFYING CAN BE LIFE THREATENING IF LEFT UNTREATED, AND
SOME ARE COMPLETELY BENIGN. ONLY YOUR DOCTOR CAN DIAGNOSE THIS.
MARCIA
On 22 Jul 2006 15:52:31 -0700, "ddbo" <nanaandrea@msn.com> wrote:
>OMG THE PAIN JUST ABOUT KILLED.. THIS TIME IT WAS NOT IN MY BACK.
>
>WHAT HAPPEN WAS THAT THIS MORNING I WOKE UP ABOUT 5AM IN SO MUCH PAIN I
>COULD HARDLY WALK TO THE BATHROOM. THE PAIN WAS ON THE HIGHER PART OF
>MY TUMMY. I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS GOING TO THROW UP OR ANYTHING LIKE
>THAT. IT JUST HURT LIKE CRAZY.
>
>MOST OF THE TIME I AM TAKING MY PAIN MEDS AT 5AM BUT BECAUSE MY BACK
>WAS NOT HURTING I DIDN'T TAKE ANY..
>
>BY 6AM I WAS DIEING. EVEN MY PAJAMAS HURT ME TO TOUCH MY STOMACH.
>FINALLY ABOUT 8AM I TOOK SOMETHING FOR MY BACK. BY THIS TIME MY BACK
>WAS HURTING..
>
>AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR SO, MY TUMMY STOP HURTING.
>
>YOU KNOW, I HAVE THIS FEELING THAT MY BODY IS WANTING THIS PAIN MEDS
>NOW. AFTER 3 YEARS OF TAKING THEM, MY BODY IS NOW ADDICTED. THIS IS
>SOMETHING I DID NOT WANT. AND NO I WAS NOT TAKING THEM EVERYDAY
>BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I WAS AFFRAID OF. ADDICTION. THIS IS JUST
>GREAT. :9
>
>RIGHT NOW IF I PRESS JUST A LITTLE BIT ON MY TUMMY, IT HURTS BUT NOT
>LIKE WHAT IT WAS.
>
>CAN I GET ADDICTED TO THIS METHADONE IF I ONLY TAKE ONE 10MG A DAY?
>PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ME NO.. I AM SO AFFRAID. I AM JUST TO OLD TO BE
>GOING THROUGH THIS STUFF. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. I'VE BEEN DOWN THIS
>ROAD BEFORE AND I CAME 3 MINUTES FROM DIEING..
>
>WHAT DO I DO..
>
>HUGS, ANDREA
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