![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
untonugganBackground: I take Celebrex for pain because so far (besides Lyrica, which really works for nerve pain not joint pain), nothing else works. My doctor said the next thing to try would be a heavier narcotic, and I am not a fan of that class of drugs if I can possibly avoid it.
Recently: So when I was in the hospital they took me off my Celebrex (a pain medication), but didn't give anyone a clear reason why. The nursing staff apparently kind of implied to my father that maybe-sorta it might have been an oversight of not getting put into the computer, but they weren't sure and of course couldn't say because litigation hush hush.
None of my regular doctors wanted to restart the Celebrex without knowing why it was stopped. Meanwhile, I was/am getting into an increasingly bad pain flare. Like, can't really spin at all because I can't stand because my feet hurt too much because my plantar fasciitis is flaring, and a spinning wheel thus wouldn't work either. Frell. (Which is why I'm now playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf as a coping mechanism right now, but that's another post. *squees to self*)
Yesterday: The pain got so bad that I was getting srsly depressed, so my mom suggested I just take the damn Celebrex already. So I did. And then about an hour later I had a seizure. And another. And another and another and another. I think I had about 10-20 in the first hour. We lost count. Meanwhile my partner tried hard not to say, "I told you so," because she'd sent me an email on drug interactions and apparently Celebrex does not play nice with my other drugs, most notably Lithium and Abilify. In extreme cases, it can cause seizures, muscle twitching, and, oh wait for it, intestinal bleeding.
Now: It would be so great if all my problems could be traced to one source, even though I really really really Do Not Want this pain right now. Celebrex has been "great", at least for pain, in that I could do more than lie on the couch and go "ow." So I really hope we can get this under control.
Until then, I guess I'll be playing a lot of New Leaf and other video games. And watching TV. Hey, maybe Celebrex caused my book-reading-halting brain fog, too. Wouldn't that be great/terrible?
ETA: Also, due to med half life, I can look forward to another 2 days of side effects at least. Weeeee!
Recently: So when I was in the hospital they took me off my Celebrex (a pain medication), but didn't give anyone a clear reason why. The nursing staff apparently kind of implied to my father that maybe-sorta it might have been an oversight of not getting put into the computer, but they weren't sure and of course couldn't say because litigation hush hush.
None of my regular doctors wanted to restart the Celebrex without knowing why it was stopped. Meanwhile, I was/am getting into an increasingly bad pain flare. Like, can't really spin at all because I can't stand because my feet hurt too much because my plantar fasciitis is flaring, and a spinning wheel thus wouldn't work either. Frell. (Which is why I'm now playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf as a coping mechanism right now, but that's another post. *squees to self*)
Yesterday: The pain got so bad that I was getting srsly depressed, so my mom suggested I just take the damn Celebrex already. So I did. And then about an hour later I had a seizure. And another. And another and another and another. I think I had about 10-20 in the first hour. We lost count. Meanwhile my partner tried hard not to say, "I told you so," because she'd sent me an email on drug interactions and apparently Celebrex does not play nice with my other drugs, most notably Lithium and Abilify. In extreme cases, it can cause seizures, muscle twitching, and, oh wait for it, intestinal bleeding.
Now: It would be so great if all my problems could be traced to one source, even though I really really really Do Not Want this pain right now. Celebrex has been "great", at least for pain, in that I could do more than lie on the couch and go "ow." So I really hope we can get this under control.
Until then, I guess I'll be playing a lot of New Leaf and other video games. And watching TV. Hey, maybe Celebrex caused my book-reading-halting brain fog, too. Wouldn't that be great/terrible?
ETA: Also, due to med half life, I can look forward to another 2 days of side effects at least. Weeeee!
no subject
Date: 2013-08-07 11:29 am (UTC)I found celebrex made me more drowsy/brainfogged than usual. Ibruprofen, too. I've had a lot of Drs be skepticl at me about this, but recently I found a (multiply peer reviewed) site by a university that said
"Do NSAIDS cross into the
nervous system?
Yes, this is why some people get side effects such as dizziness, headaches and drowsiness."
no subject
Date: 2013-08-07 11:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-08-08 04:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-08-08 04:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-08-09 03:25 am (UTC)IT IS SCIENTIFIC METHOD. I observe my body! It says no! Rather loudly!
no subject
Date: 2013-08-08 02:08 am (UTC)