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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 285573" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I was put on it 20 years ago, for pain management. I thought I was taking 5 mg, I do remember breaking the tablets in half, and then into quarters. But despite taking them down as small as Icould, I was still boombed out of my skull. </p><p>At the time we were in the city organising our passports to travel overseas with mother in law & father in law, I was so bombed out that husband had to push me in a wheelchair and I was a zombie. mother in law said to father in law & husband, "If she's this bad, we won't be able to talke her with us. This is appalling!"</p><p>I went back to my doctor and told him that despite taking the least amount possible, I was getting more zombified each day; maybe I should stop taking it? Besides, it wasn't doing anything for my pain.</p><p>"You would need to scale up to ten times the dose you're on now, for pain," the doctor said. "Then you'd need to be taking it for at least 6 weeks before you could get benefit. Looks like no way could you tolerate it."</p><p></p><p>The weird thing is - easy child 2/difficult child 2 has been put on it to deal with her over-reactive stomach, she feels nauseous after eating as if she's eaten too much, even when she hasn't. It's been marvellous for her, it hasn't fixed the problem but it has eased it enough for her to actually gain a bit of weight. It's also calmed her down a bit (thank goodness) and eased some of her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) symptoms. </p><p></p><p>So some people can handle it and some can't.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 285573, member: 1991"] I was put on it 20 years ago, for pain management. I thought I was taking 5 mg, I do remember breaking the tablets in half, and then into quarters. But despite taking them down as small as Icould, I was still boombed out of my skull. At the time we were in the city organising our passports to travel overseas with mother in law & father in law, I was so bombed out that husband had to push me in a wheelchair and I was a zombie. mother in law said to father in law & husband, "If she's this bad, we won't be able to talke her with us. This is appalling!" I went back to my doctor and told him that despite taking the least amount possible, I was getting more zombified each day; maybe I should stop taking it? Besides, it wasn't doing anything for my pain. "You would need to scale up to ten times the dose you're on now, for pain," the doctor said. "Then you'd need to be taking it for at least 6 weeks before you could get benefit. Looks like no way could you tolerate it." The weird thing is - easy child 2/difficult child 2 has been put on it to deal with her over-reactive stomach, she feels nauseous after eating as if she's eaten too much, even when she hasn't. It's been marvellous for her, it hasn't fixed the problem but it has eased it enough for her to actually gain a bit of weight. It's also calmed her down a bit (thank goodness) and eased some of her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) symptoms. So some people can handle it and some can't. Marg [/QUOTE]
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