Bojangles69
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I have my suspicions, but I also have reasons not to believe them.
The side effect feels like cold chills. But it seems like its almost mixed in with something else, some odd nervy type of sensation. Similar to goosebumps but it feels different, it doesn't feel like typical opiate cold flashes/goosebumps.
I wish I could explain it better, but you know how cold flashes come in intervals? Well this doesn't. Once it starts its like a light perpetual chill up and down my back, and I get these odd tingling sensations along with them like I said.
Right now I'm on tramadol, soma and cozar.
The coozar was for stage 2 hypertension. On the cozaar alone with pods, my blood pressure finally came back down to normal. Its been like 180/120 for 2-3 years now, so off the coozar my blood pressure will usually sky rocket. On the coozar I can maintain about 120/80 which is normal. I never got these sensations on coozar, or pods. The hot/cold flashes with pods were similar, but felt way more natural and just still very different. And I notice now I don't seem to get hot flashes at all, its all cold flashes.
Also, my limbs have been getting ice cold. Like my finger toes, feet at times get freezing to the touch and I have to rub them together. I noticed this is a side effect of coozar. But I don't think its causing the cold flashes (I use cold flashes to describe it but likely theres a more proper name for it thats medically different from actual cold flashes).
Now why I don't think its tramadol (which most would likely suspect first). I was having the constant frigid sensations this morning. Took 4 tram, they didn't stop. Assumed I didn't take enough, took 3 more. Seems like my internal body temperature went up, but oddly the cold flashes were still there. Thats more than my daily dose of tram, so if I was experiencing opiate wds shouldn't it have went away with the tram?
When I take the soma, I notice I get a weird tingling sensation when it kicks in. The feeling is almost similar to those akward "nervy" sensations I get all day long, but it feels good because its the soma kicking in. I don't know what the tingling is. But it only seems to moderate on the soma, not go away completely. Because it does actually change, I'm considering this cold feeling is from the soma? I notice soma also seems to make me warm like the tram at first, but tram doesn't give me that weird tingling sensation. Since its similar to what I seem to be going through all day, I'm assuming its soma. Like the soma makes me a bit warm, relaxed, but akwardly tingling. It feels good at that point. But it actually seems when the soma kicks in (completely) it goes right back to the cold tingling sensation, the annoying ones (almost like some type of reaction idk - and I realize this post sounds confusing as fuck mainly because I'm confused as fuck).
But heres another issue. Today I go above my avg soma dose. If its any type of wds then it should go away completely right? It doesn't. It does moderate like I said, but wtf is this? Is it like an allergic reaction or something? I also notice with the soma sometimes my esophagus tightens up and hurts, so I'm suspecting the soma more than anything. This is a mess of a post and confusing I know. But I'm thinking maybe its not soma wds, but that this is actually some type of reaction I'm getting to the soma? Which is why it lasts all day, and the soma dosing seems to offset it a bit untill it kicks right back in.
What bugs me is no amount of anything seems to get rid of it. I'll be off the soma completely soon enough (like 4 days) so I guess I'll find out. But anyone had this feeling on soma? It feels oddly similar to opiate cold flashes, but it IS still different.
I'm going to get my blood pressure checked tommorow because coozar is very powerful at dropping my BP, and along with the soma I'm taking I'm thinking maybe its dangerous? Could these weird sensations be my body telling me its too low?
I guess what I'm really asking is for anyone who's taken soma long term, do you get a weird consistent type of cold tingling sensation most of the day? It never seems to go away which is what pisses me off. When opiates cause cold flashes, I take more, cold flashes go away. But this seems so constant and I don't know which med is the culprit.
Asking a doctor is out of the question. So I guess I could really just use advice from anyone whos been addicted to soma. My addiction is minimal, and like I said I'm stopping in 4 days and no more soma. But its just how unnatural it feels thats getting to me. Opiate wds although they suck, they don't seem to produce this feeling. Like I said best way to describe it really is "tingling". Although its ice cold, and feels similar to cold flashes... I just don't think it is.
I could really use some advice from some soma experts here. Would really appreciate it. Thanks!
ps- I'm also taking fairly high doses, like 8 a day, so not sure if that can be causing it. It just never seems to go away 100% which is weird, and I have to get rid of this shit. I just don't feel right.
The side effect feels like cold chills. But it seems like its almost mixed in with something else, some odd nervy type of sensation. Similar to goosebumps but it feels different, it doesn't feel like typical opiate cold flashes/goosebumps.
I wish I could explain it better, but you know how cold flashes come in intervals? Well this doesn't. Once it starts its like a light perpetual chill up and down my back, and I get these odd tingling sensations along with them like I said.
Right now I'm on tramadol, soma and cozar.
The coozar was for stage 2 hypertension. On the cozaar alone with pods, my blood pressure finally came back down to normal. Its been like 180/120 for 2-3 years now, so off the coozar my blood pressure will usually sky rocket. On the coozar I can maintain about 120/80 which is normal. I never got these sensations on coozar, or pods. The hot/cold flashes with pods were similar, but felt way more natural and just still very different. And I notice now I don't seem to get hot flashes at all, its all cold flashes.
Also, my limbs have been getting ice cold. Like my finger toes, feet at times get freezing to the touch and I have to rub them together. I noticed this is a side effect of coozar. But I don't think its causing the cold flashes (I use cold flashes to describe it but likely theres a more proper name for it thats medically different from actual cold flashes).
Now why I don't think its tramadol (which most would likely suspect first). I was having the constant frigid sensations this morning. Took 4 tram, they didn't stop. Assumed I didn't take enough, took 3 more. Seems like my internal body temperature went up, but oddly the cold flashes were still there. Thats more than my daily dose of tram, so if I was experiencing opiate wds shouldn't it have went away with the tram?
When I take the soma, I notice I get a weird tingling sensation when it kicks in. The feeling is almost similar to those akward "nervy" sensations I get all day long, but it feels good because its the soma kicking in. I don't know what the tingling is. But it only seems to moderate on the soma, not go away completely. Because it does actually change, I'm considering this cold feeling is from the soma? I notice soma also seems to make me warm like the tram at first, but tram doesn't give me that weird tingling sensation. Since its similar to what I seem to be going through all day, I'm assuming its soma. Like the soma makes me a bit warm, relaxed, but akwardly tingling. It feels good at that point. But it actually seems when the soma kicks in (completely) it goes right back to the cold tingling sensation, the annoying ones (almost like some type of reaction idk - and I realize this post sounds confusing as fuck mainly because I'm confused as fuck).
But heres another issue. Today I go above my avg soma dose. If its any type of wds then it should go away completely right? It doesn't. It does moderate like I said, but wtf is this? Is it like an allergic reaction or something? I also notice with the soma sometimes my esophagus tightens up and hurts, so I'm suspecting the soma more than anything. This is a mess of a post and confusing I know. But I'm thinking maybe its not soma wds, but that this is actually some type of reaction I'm getting to the soma? Which is why it lasts all day, and the soma dosing seems to offset it a bit untill it kicks right back in.
What bugs me is no amount of anything seems to get rid of it. I'll be off the soma completely soon enough (like 4 days) so I guess I'll find out. But anyone had this feeling on soma? It feels oddly similar to opiate cold flashes, but it IS still different.
I'm going to get my blood pressure checked tommorow because coozar is very powerful at dropping my BP, and along with the soma I'm taking I'm thinking maybe its dangerous? Could these weird sensations be my body telling me its too low?
I guess what I'm really asking is for anyone who's taken soma long term, do you get a weird consistent type of cold tingling sensation most of the day? It never seems to go away which is what pisses me off. When opiates cause cold flashes, I take more, cold flashes go away. But this seems so constant and I don't know which med is the culprit.
Asking a doctor is out of the question. So I guess I could really just use advice from anyone whos been addicted to soma. My addiction is minimal, and like I said I'm stopping in 4 days and no more soma. But its just how unnatural it feels thats getting to me. Opiate wds although they suck, they don't seem to produce this feeling. Like I said best way to describe it really is "tingling". Although its ice cold, and feels similar to cold flashes... I just don't think it is.
I could really use some advice from some soma experts here. Would really appreciate it. Thanks!
ps- I'm also taking fairly high doses, like 8 a day, so not sure if that can be causing it. It just never seems to go away 100% which is weird, and I have to get rid of this shit. I just don't feel right.
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