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This is what I do at 2:00 in the morning...
For the past couple months, I've been enduring frequest sweats and sudden bouts of sleepiness that have made driving unsafe. At first, I figured it was just something I'd learn to deal with, but it's bcoming a real problem.
While talking with my therapist about this yesterday, he asked when this started and how long it had been since my Fentanyl had been changed from every 3 days to every 2. Well...it seems to coincide with the increase in these particular symptoms/side effects.
My next doc appt. is the 15th and I'm going to mention this to her. I know her suggestion will be to decrease something. Though when I told her I asn't sleeping enough to bother putting pajamas on, she casually told me it was my age! I find it hard to believe that getting only 2-3 hours of sleep every night is simply my age.
I would like nothing more than to decrease these nasty meds, but the idea scares the hell out of me...they aren't managing my pain very well as it is! If I didn't have to work, maybe I could deal with it, but I can't afford to take chances when my only income is whatever amount clients I can manage in a week.
Has anyone had these side effects from Fentanyl or Oxycodone? Which one might be the culprit? Or could it be my Neurontin though that's a low dose? How do you deal with decreasing pain meds?
I have too much time during the night to worry....
Hugs and clucks...
For the past couple months, I've been enduring frequest sweats and sudden bouts of sleepiness that have made driving unsafe. At first, I figured it was just something I'd learn to deal with, but it's bcoming a real problem.
While talking with my therapist about this yesterday, he asked when this started and how long it had been since my Fentanyl had been changed from every 3 days to every 2. Well...it seems to coincide with the increase in these particular symptoms/side effects.
My next doc appt. is the 15th and I'm going to mention this to her. I know her suggestion will be to decrease something. Though when I told her I asn't sleeping enough to bother putting pajamas on, she casually told me it was my age! I find it hard to believe that getting only 2-3 hours of sleep every night is simply my age.
I would like nothing more than to decrease these nasty meds, but the idea scares the hell out of me...they aren't managing my pain very well as it is! If I didn't have to work, maybe I could deal with it, but I can't afford to take chances when my only income is whatever amount clients I can manage in a week.
Has anyone had these side effects from Fentanyl or Oxycodone? Which one might be the culprit? Or could it be my Neurontin though that's a low dose? How do you deal with decreasing pain meds?
I have too much time during the night to worry....
Hugs and clucks...
heatherhurts
I"m afraid to speak up, in case the doc pulls the meds (that are hardly working but at least it is something that I understand and can work with in my daily life), but when I speak up it is brushed off as age or hormones and there is nothing that can be done, so I don't speak up at all and nothing changes. But like you, we have to keep control of the issues for the income.
I take codeine almost daily and percocet the odd time and I notice that the quantity does coincide to effect my sleep pattern for sure. (and Imitrex for migraine almost everyday) Then when I"ve had enough nights of tossing and turning, I take a muscle relaxer, cyclopbeben (sp?) and Ativan which usually helps me sleep through the night.
I don't want to get addicted to the Ativan and muscle relaxant so they don't work any more, so I will only take it a few nights a week, but I figure if I get a few night of good sleep, then I can survive.
It's a balancing act for sure. If' I've been taking too many codeine in a row, I will take the hit go without until I just can't stand it any more. Suffer today, for tomorrow. But, that is my current situation and my fear that they will say "no more codeine".
I do believe that I should have a talk with my new neurologist and tell him more, and include my fears, but I'm building up my courage to do so.
You are justified in thinking 2 - 3 hours is not normal for your age, especially for a working person.
Have you tried warm milk? (kidding)
HOpe you find releif soon.
Angela