Hurting
I went for my walk today, and it hurt. I'm still on heating pads with the pain. It was my hips. I don't know what's triggering all this pain (knee, stomach and now hips) but I want it to go away. I have to go grocery shopping tomorrow and I don't want to. But it's the only day we get the truck, so I have to go. I don't want to have to take the groceries on the bus, considering I don't know when I'm going to be feeling better. My hips were hurting last night, too, but I don't know why. It's my lower back. I know it's not my spine, though, because I don't get the numbness down my legs like I did when I had a herniated disc. Plus, the pain is more out to my sides. It's not quite my hips, but near there. Geo is supposed to see our psych tomorrow. I'm glad we have the car so I don't have to walk to the clinic. I feel like I should, though, to get some exercise in. I haven't been exercising as much as I should with all this pain.
I wonder if the pain has anything to do with my taper. I'm off the Risperdal now, and I took my last dose of Congentin today. I lowered my Neurontin, and so far I haven't had any mood swings. That's good news. I'm not really hallucinating today, either, and I'm fully off my antipsychotic. I did hallucinate yesterday, so I'm glad that I'm not again today. I can talk to my doctor tomorrow when Geo goes to see him. I'm glad I didn't go today because all I would have to report is that I was hallucinating. Now I'm not. We will see how I do tomorrow. I know that my friend Andrea was on klonopin for pain and when she stopped taking it the pain returned, so that's why I'm wondering if this pain has anything to do with my taper. I also slept like crap last night. I fell asleep around 11pm, woke up at 2am. I couldn't fall back asleep until about 5am. After that, I slept till about 2pm. I had to take Benadryl to knock myself out since I'm trying not to use klonopin. I'm trying to stay off all meds if I can. I let myself take a pain pill tonight, though, because I won't sleep without one. I'm in too much pain to sleep without one.
I'm going to keep this short since I'm in pain and want to lie down. Food today was good... I was in my calorie range. It's because I went to Taco Bell. I had a fiber bar at about 4am, some peanut butter for lunch, and then Taco Bell for dinner. I ate a lot at Taco Bell since I hadn't eaten pretty much anything all day. I'm kinda hungry again, but I'm not going to eat any more. I'm going to wait until I'm hungry and then eat something. Mood today was good despite the pain, and sleep was bad. I wasn't stressed today. No psych symptoms, and taper is going well.
I wonder if the pain has anything to do with my taper. I'm off the Risperdal now, and I took my last dose of Congentin today. I lowered my Neurontin, and so far I haven't had any mood swings. That's good news. I'm not really hallucinating today, either, and I'm fully off my antipsychotic. I did hallucinate yesterday, so I'm glad that I'm not again today. I can talk to my doctor tomorrow when Geo goes to see him. I'm glad I didn't go today because all I would have to report is that I was hallucinating. Now I'm not. We will see how I do tomorrow. I know that my friend Andrea was on klonopin for pain and when she stopped taking it the pain returned, so that's why I'm wondering if this pain has anything to do with my taper. I also slept like crap last night. I fell asleep around 11pm, woke up at 2am. I couldn't fall back asleep until about 5am. After that, I slept till about 2pm. I had to take Benadryl to knock myself out since I'm trying not to use klonopin. I'm trying to stay off all meds if I can. I let myself take a pain pill tonight, though, because I won't sleep without one. I'm in too much pain to sleep without one.
I'm going to keep this short since I'm in pain and want to lie down. Food today was good... I was in my calorie range. It's because I went to Taco Bell. I had a fiber bar at about 4am, some peanut butter for lunch, and then Taco Bell for dinner. I ate a lot at Taco Bell since I hadn't eaten pretty much anything all day. I'm kinda hungry again, but I'm not going to eat any more. I'm going to wait until I'm hungry and then eat something. Mood today was good despite the pain, and sleep was bad. I wasn't stressed today. No psych symptoms, and taper is going well.
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I had the same thoughts about the taper and pain. Good idea to talk to the Dr.
this is interesting,i didnt know that klopion had anything to do with pain, i take it and my body still aches and my knee can keep me waking up. however, maybe it would be worse without it. i would definetly mention this to the dr. , this amount of pain has to be addressed. good thing you have the truck today, give your body time to heal. keep an eye on the hallucinations, but otherwise you are doing great on the taper. hope today is better for you. hugsss
I\'m sorry you\'re in such pain and yes definitely ask the doctor tomorrow if it could be from withdrawal. I can\'t believe how awesome you are doing with going off all those drugs . I would be so scared.
Good job for fulfilling your cal request and it\'s awesome that despite everything you are in a good mood.