An Interesting Experiment, But...

[poliphilo]

It was like I'd stripped an old canvas of its varnish and over-paint and the original picture turned out to be a wreck.

I was looking for the real me under the layers of medication and I found it and it hurt like buggery- especially on my left hand side from the hip downwards. I slept for about an hour last night- in fits and starts- so I've given in and I'm taking codeine again, as prescribed.

Phew......

Comments

[dadi.livejournal.com]

Do try to maybe slowly diminuish the codeine and substitute it with ibuprofen. Not all of it, just parts. So you can judge better if something changes!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Perhaps. But I think I need to return to an even keel before I try any more experiments. :)

I did try taking ibuprofen yesterday. It didn't have any effect.

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

If you are taking it for arthritis, under medical supervision, you take much higher doses of ibuprofen - but you must take them after a meal, milky drink or chunk of cheese.

It might be worth exploring this later, or taking a codeine holiday once in a while. The good thing about NSAIDs like ibuprofen is that you don't build up a tolerance to them.

Have you tried tramadol? I mainly suffer at night because of the comparative immobilty - I am alright when I am pottering about - and if I am having a bad night tramadol knock me out and make all droopy and happy and stoned. I also take them at tiresome social events, as they render me able to suffer fools comparatively gladly, but don't tell anyone that.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't believe I've done tramadol, but it sounds like I could use it once in a while.

Yes, ibufrofen messes with the stomach lining, I believe.

[splodgenoodles.livejournal.com]

Whatever gets you through the night and hooray for modern pain relief, I say. Healthier than drinking yourself silly and dying young, like they did in the olden days.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes, but the drinking may have been more fun- while it lasted.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

If you need it you need it.

I can't even think of the results if I ever had to come off HRT!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes.

I hate being dependent on anything, but there it is.

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Would some form of Ibuprofen be better for you?

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Okay should have read the other comments first, so HRT might be an option.

[basefinder.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm sorry the experiment didn't work out. It was worth a try, I guess.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes, I learned something.