Two days ago my pain doctor told me to drop my dosage of Oxy from 30 mg a day to 20. He does not believe w/d will be a problem.
Wrong . I felt panic, heat and cold flashes nonstop for the last two days. I’ve also been very dizzy because the clonidine dropping my blood pressure to 70/50. I dropped the clonidine by 25% and feel so much better.
My meds for this are zofran, clonidine, bentyl for stomach spasms, and I have .5 mg Ativan, 1mg Ativan, and 2mg Valium. I am extremely shaky because I haven’t been able to eat much. I had a banana yesterday for potassium and half of a health shake. My stomach has a knot in it all the time. The .5mg Ativan helped a lot with the panic but did not make me sleepy. It seems that every comfort med has a 50% chance of working.
So day 1 went like this:
10mg Oxy 2 x day
.05 clonidine half pill 3 x day
zofran 3 x day
bentyl 2 x a day
.5 mg Ativan
Day 2: the same but trying to avoid the benzo. I told myself I could use it every other day but only if I needed it.
i was able to sleep about five hours over three naps. The rest of the time I simply walked back-and-forth in the house trying to think of positive things and to tire myself out. I am not having any negative or fearful thoughts . I suspect hunger is my biggest problem right now but the clonidine makes my mouth so dry that I choke on food my mouth . I’m starting the morning with Carnation Instant Breakfast.
Right now at this very moment everything is peaceful. I had burning feet last night. I called my friend who I know went off many medications cold turkey and told her about it she told me to put my feet on ice so I guess we’ll see .
Wrong . I felt panic, heat and cold flashes nonstop for the last two days. I’ve also been very dizzy because the clonidine dropping my blood pressure to 70/50. I dropped the clonidine by 25% and feel so much better.
My meds for this are zofran, clonidine, bentyl for stomach spasms, and I have .5 mg Ativan, 1mg Ativan, and 2mg Valium. I am extremely shaky because I haven’t been able to eat much. I had a banana yesterday for potassium and half of a health shake. My stomach has a knot in it all the time. The .5mg Ativan helped a lot with the panic but did not make me sleepy. It seems that every comfort med has a 50% chance of working.
So day 1 went like this:
10mg Oxy 2 x day
.05 clonidine half pill 3 x day
zofran 3 x day
bentyl 2 x a day
.5 mg Ativan
Day 2: the same but trying to avoid the benzo. I told myself I could use it every other day but only if I needed it.
i was able to sleep about five hours over three naps. The rest of the time I simply walked back-and-forth in the house trying to think of positive things and to tire myself out. I am not having any negative or fearful thoughts . I suspect hunger is my biggest problem right now but the clonidine makes my mouth so dry that I choke on food my mouth . I’m starting the morning with Carnation Instant Breakfast.
Right now at this very moment everything is peaceful. I had burning feet last night. I called my friend who I know went off many medications cold turkey and told her about it she told me to put my feet on ice so I guess we’ll see .