How many prescription drugs do you have?
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just inhalers for my asthma but two weeks ago i was on paracetamol and ibuprofen for soft tissue damage in my hand
How many different kinds? Six, though I never seem to remember to take them... even if they are meant to be taken daily.
Anti-depressants and that's it but... hold on, why do you need to know? This is alarmingly personal. Maybe you should buy me a drink next time.
A few things happened in a short space of time that left me with a slight owchy.WolfThomas said:
I was injured when I was in the army and that went on top of a vascular issue I was born with (I have an extremely rare condition ... it's nice to be unique) left me in wracking agony.
Well most days it isn't all that bad the Diamorphine are just for those days when I can't move .... or when my sisters visiting .... or my wife is watching x-factor.
The Tramadol is usually enough but there are days when I need something slightly stronger.
They decided to prescribe me it due to the amount of hospital visits I was having. If the pain got too much before they started prescribing I had to go to hospital for a morphine injection (not as much fun as it sounds, I always managed to get that nurse that was having a shit day and took it out on me with the worlds largest fething needle and a diclofenac suppository to "help with the swelling").
The specialist I was dealing with advised they prescribed me.
Uhh, none... Is that weird...? (seems to be) Haven't even had an aspirin in years. Physically and mentally a-okay. Haven't been sick since 1998.
Acme medication? That's just asking for trouble...Twilight_guy said:
OT: zero, though I do have a funny story. I was dealing with a severe jaw issue (sorted now though) like... deeply ingrained pain. Torture shit right there. It started surfacing on the tail end of sleep and I would wake up in sleep paralysis with this mind numbing pain. Eventually I'd be able to sit up and go crazy. At first, over the counter pain medication worked (though I did have an episode in history class when I couldn't get any, then it turned out my friend had had some in his bag the whole time(wanker...)) then it started lasting only a few minutes and then not working at all. I was talking to my mum who then said "I've got some downstairs" (over the counter stuff) she told me to take one from the little blue box. Now, there were two, and in my pain addled state I didn't really understand her. Logically, I figured she meant the unrecognizable one. I popped this strange pill into my mouth. Nothing for about quarter of an hour as you'd expect. Then it partially took the edge off the pain, which after what I'd gone through was sweet bliss. Then it knocked me out. When I woke up? No pain. Turned out it was one of my mum's prescription back medication pills. Basically an *Oh sweet jesus, that elephant's heart just stopped* painkillers. Anyway, I got my visit to the dentist since, and all's well. I have a slight phobia about any twinges of pain in the jaw area though.
It's more likely that the lower serotonin causes depression since it works as a mood regulator, not having enough can cause eating and sleep disorders too.Lizardon said:
On topic, I'm on citalopram. It does pretty much the same as your medicine except I did have depression. I've gone through therapy since then and got a bit better but when I tried to cut down on my dose I was so ill I just kept on taking them.
Just a week of metronidazole, because I have a gum infection.
I probably need some happy/crazy crazy/happy-pills too, but surprisingly I haven't.
I probably need some happy/crazy crazy/happy-pills too, but surprisingly I haven't.
I don't take any. In fact, I try to stay away from medicine as much as I can, and often just sweat out whatever sickness comes, which happens about twice a year on average, but moreso this year because of the stress I've been under.
My mom, before she passed, had about a dozen or so meds. She had cancer, and had a ton of medicine to help fight the nausea, the pain, the anxiety, and so forth and so on.
My dad take about a half a dozen, mostly pain meds and muscle relaxants because he has a bad back that surgery helped a little, but didn't fix entirely.
My mom, before she passed, had about a dozen or so meds. She had cancer, and had a ton of medicine to help fight the nausea, the pain, the anxiety, and so forth and so on.
My dad take about a half a dozen, mostly pain meds and muscle relaxants because he has a bad back that surgery helped a little, but didn't fix entirely.
Right now I have 1. Metaclopramide, or something. It's meant to get rid of nausea, which I only have because of a weird stomach illness that hasn't been diagnosed yet.
Weirdly, they don't work so well >_> But I keep taking them 'cause it's still an improvement from earlier.
Weirdly, they don't work so well >_> But I keep taking them 'cause it's still an improvement from earlier.
Overall: 15
That are controlled substances: 3
No way am I naming them all, but I have cerebral palsy, fibromyalgia, spondylosis, chronic tendonitis in both hips and right shoulder, migraines, gastroparesis, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Basically, my body broke.
That are controlled substances: 3
No way am I naming them all, but I have cerebral palsy, fibromyalgia, spondylosis, chronic tendonitis in both hips and right shoulder, migraines, gastroparesis, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Basically, my body broke.
Metoclopramide/Reglan isn't meant to get rid of nausea, it's meant to help a slow stomach or a slow or paralyzed vagus nerve digest food. They can cause tardive dyskinesia, so don't take them if you don't absolutely need them. (I take them, without them I'd be almost unable to digest food. Slow stomach to start with, add painkillers, and...)sky14kemea said:
Try ginger capsules for nausea. They'll give you some throat-burn feeling, but they work. Even the Mythbusters agreed that this is the only anti-seasickness remedy that actually worked! If I've got bad nausea, I'll take that in addition to my Reglan.
