koalalemur
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Hello, I am new and very confused about some things, and have not been able to find any answers on the internet or on another forum I was on. I've also been to the emergency room three times this past week and they said each time nothing was wrong and it wasn't my medications.
First of all, I am on a number of medications, Depakote 500 mg, Gabapentin 800 mg x3, Valium 10 mg, Effexor 37.5, Levothyroxine 75.
I take Tramadol sometimes for pain, and Ambien for insomnia.
Last month when I was perscribed Tramadol at first I was on 200mg, but eventually I kept getting respiratory depression, and so I went down to 50 mg, which doesn't seem to make sense in the reverse. It was like it gave me less of a "buzzed" and pain relief feeling and more and more a not being able to breathe problem, but it never happened on 50mg, so I just took that.
For a while a couple months ago I was off Depakote because of some gastrointestinal problems it was causing, which rushed me to the ER. Then I was put back on it this past week. I was also off Levothyroxine for a while just because I was plain forgetting to take it.
Last saturday I went to a wedding, came home, took my Ambien, and then all the sudden I had a racing heart and I had to take an alpha blocker, but once I did the symptoms went away. Tuesday I took an Ambien, and the racing heart came back but no matter how many alpha-blockers I took it didn't go away and I was hooked up to an IV for fluids incase i was dehydrated, but it did nothing and they had to give me propanolol. Once they did, symptoms went away, and they insisted it wasn't the Ambien, even though I've read that can be a somewhat serious side effect. The next day I asked my doctor to put me back on Lunesta, but he said I had to go to a cardiologist first. Fine. So I got desparate for sleep and took one tramadol, which is supposed to only last 6 hours, but 12 hours of bad respiratory depression later I was awake pounding red bulls praying I wouldn't fall asleep and die. The next day was horrible but I got past the hump and then in the evening took my normal dose of Gabapentin. When it hit I got this really weird feeling, like dizzy, almost like an aura when you're about to have a seizure (Im epileptic), my legs went numb and my hands and feet went cold. I desparately searched on the internet for what that even meant since I've been taking it since 2012, couldn't find anything so I called poison control, they told me to eat and drink, try to get a nap, and that did help a little, but then about an hour in m heart started racing again, at about 132 bpm, and my husband drove me to the store to get a fitbit so I could track my heart rate, then we went to the ER, but I had taken a propanolol and by the time they admitted me to a room my heart rate was stable. They checked my Levo and Depakote levels and said they were fine, and insisted it wasn't the medication again. The next night i took a considerably smaller dose of Gaba, got some heart palpitations and chest pain, went to the ER and they said there was nothing wrong. It probably wasn't the smartest idea, but last night I took my Ambien again, and this time no heart palpitations or racing, but I had bad respiratory depression and stayed up the whole night again. I've been taking Ambien since 2010, and Gaba since 2012 and I can't begin to understand what's going on. Why am I suddenly having such extreme reactions that I've never had before? I couldn't find anything about Depakote or Levo doing this unless your levels are too high. Have I just fried my nervous system out? It's like all the sudden my body is super sensitive, and I can tell it's not just an anxiety attack (I wish). I see my cardiologist today, but I'm afraid the Ambien did something to me and will stay in my system and I wont be able to sleep tonight and I'll have to go to the hospital again. Has anyone else had reverse-tolerance happen? Is that even a thing?
Any feed-back is appreciated. I am so confused.
First of all, I am on a number of medications, Depakote 500 mg, Gabapentin 800 mg x3, Valium 10 mg, Effexor 37.5, Levothyroxine 75.
I take Tramadol sometimes for pain, and Ambien for insomnia.
Last month when I was perscribed Tramadol at first I was on 200mg, but eventually I kept getting respiratory depression, and so I went down to 50 mg, which doesn't seem to make sense in the reverse. It was like it gave me less of a "buzzed" and pain relief feeling and more and more a not being able to breathe problem, but it never happened on 50mg, so I just took that.
For a while a couple months ago I was off Depakote because of some gastrointestinal problems it was causing, which rushed me to the ER. Then I was put back on it this past week. I was also off Levothyroxine for a while just because I was plain forgetting to take it.
Last saturday I went to a wedding, came home, took my Ambien, and then all the sudden I had a racing heart and I had to take an alpha blocker, but once I did the symptoms went away. Tuesday I took an Ambien, and the racing heart came back but no matter how many alpha-blockers I took it didn't go away and I was hooked up to an IV for fluids incase i was dehydrated, but it did nothing and they had to give me propanolol. Once they did, symptoms went away, and they insisted it wasn't the Ambien, even though I've read that can be a somewhat serious side effect. The next day I asked my doctor to put me back on Lunesta, but he said I had to go to a cardiologist first. Fine. So I got desparate for sleep and took one tramadol, which is supposed to only last 6 hours, but 12 hours of bad respiratory depression later I was awake pounding red bulls praying I wouldn't fall asleep and die. The next day was horrible but I got past the hump and then in the evening took my normal dose of Gabapentin. When it hit I got this really weird feeling, like dizzy, almost like an aura when you're about to have a seizure (Im epileptic), my legs went numb and my hands and feet went cold. I desparately searched on the internet for what that even meant since I've been taking it since 2012, couldn't find anything so I called poison control, they told me to eat and drink, try to get a nap, and that did help a little, but then about an hour in m heart started racing again, at about 132 bpm, and my husband drove me to the store to get a fitbit so I could track my heart rate, then we went to the ER, but I had taken a propanolol and by the time they admitted me to a room my heart rate was stable. They checked my Levo and Depakote levels and said they were fine, and insisted it wasn't the medication again. The next night i took a considerably smaller dose of Gaba, got some heart palpitations and chest pain, went to the ER and they said there was nothing wrong. It probably wasn't the smartest idea, but last night I took my Ambien again, and this time no heart palpitations or racing, but I had bad respiratory depression and stayed up the whole night again. I've been taking Ambien since 2010, and Gaba since 2012 and I can't begin to understand what's going on. Why am I suddenly having such extreme reactions that I've never had before? I couldn't find anything about Depakote or Levo doing this unless your levels are too high. Have I just fried my nervous system out? It's like all the sudden my body is super sensitive, and I can tell it's not just an anxiety attack (I wish). I see my cardiologist today, but I'm afraid the Ambien did something to me and will stay in my system and I wont be able to sleep tonight and I'll have to go to the hospital again. Has anyone else had reverse-tolerance happen? Is that even a thing?
Any feed-back is appreciated. I am so confused.