Back in January, I had to go to the ER, because I was developing numbness,
weakness, and losing ability to move my arms (I'm C-5 complete.) I was on
a six sleepless night stretch. I've been under a lot of stress - my mom
has health problems, and the only future I see for me is a nursing home
for a few decades.
Anyway, at the ER, they gave my 2 mg Dilaudid and 1 mg. Ativan IV. I
immediately felt my head get heavy, and my eyes falllng shut. I fell
asleep for an hour and a half. When I woke up, some of my newer and newly
more intense pain sensations (worse scraping off of skin, increased
throbbing, extra intense tingling, etc.) had been reduced a bit, the first
time any med had caused relief of any kind, and the relief lasted a few
days. So, my doc arranged for me to get the meds IV at home every few
days. For some reason, the meds at home do not work like they did in the
ER, and we don't know why. Started with the same dose as the ER. No
heavy head, no heavy eyes after the shot, no relief like the ER shots.
We've upped the dosages slowly (today, 4 mg. Dilaudid, 3 mg. Ativan -
might as well have injected sugar water), but still haven't even gotten
the same brain and eye effects, let alone the relief. We were hoping
higher doses would reduce some of the other sensations (bones through
skin, ripping skin and muscles with movement, to name two), but we can't
even get what we got at 2 mg. and 1 mg. Any ideas what the problem could
be? Unless the pharmacy sent saline instead of dilaudid, or mislabeled
the vials (2 ml./mg. instead of 2 mg./ml, which is what the label says),
what could be going on? Doctor and pharmacists say I couldn't develop
tolerance taking the meds every third day (sometimes longer in between),
but they're stumped as to why I have no effect from the shots.
All input appreciated.
Alan
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