Adult AD and I am in pain & old enough to be your mother

[theloner]

I am 60 yrs.

1 mo ago I started getting severe aches in legs below the knee down to ankle and right above the knee, high BP 180/100 go to ER, nothing done all test ok, BP goes down

Go to MD given blood lab test for thyroid

Went to E/R again, they suggest periph neuropathy give me percoset for pain, follow up with MD. no doubt from lab results for ER, I get a call next day from MD to increase Synthroid 25 mg, take a 50 mg + 25 =the 75.

Next day I took sister up to get her bloodwork, so I still had my bloodwork form from doc for thyroid, I had the blood drawn again, next day I call MD again, they say now thyroid is ok, I ask in one day? I feel ok for one week

Back to ER again, severe pain this time, get the Dilada, Predisone and something else in IV, given rx for Predisone

Back to MD again, wants me to see Neurolgist, she thinks its my psych meds, can't get appt with Neuro till end of Aug with one guy or Jan with another, I am about ready to scream and says decrease the synthroid back to 50 mcg

Go to Psych doc today, tell him about all of this, they say its not my psych meds.

Meds are: Ritalin 10 mg 3x, Lamicatal 150 mg 2x, Klonopin .5 as needed, BP Lisinopril 2.3 mg 2x sometimes less, I drop at times, Naproxen 500 mg for arthritus & Synthroid 50 mcg

After leaving the Psych, I am so upset because of this wait to see a neurolgist, I took my 10 mg of Ritalin, 250 of Naproxen and 1/2 of ?

I am driving home and start to get calm, dry mouth, too calm and a bit drowsy. Ok I wonder what is going on, I'm thinking I was so upset I took 1/2 of a Lithium CR, they are same color of Lamictal I have, I haven't took Lithium for years but I know it calms me down so I keep it in my purse for just in case. I think the LIthium CR dose is 325 mg.

I was calm with no pain for 4 hours, now the pain is coming back. I took 250 of the Naproxen, 10 mg of Ritalin and my 1/2 of BP pill, I know D well my BP is going to go up with this pain.

I look up Lithum and read it has something to do with nerve centers in brain, so I wonder did that take the pain and anxiety away? You're going to have anxiety with pain.

Now I know nobody can give advice on what to do or what to take but I have to get this off my mind.

I am thinking I should take 1/2 of the Lithium but worried about it mixing with the Lamictal, the calming down and pain leaving earlier could not have been from Lamictal or Ritalin being it never helped anyway, all I've been doing past 3 days is taking my BP Klonopin and a Percoset and go to bed, I've decreased my dose of Ritalin because it makes no sense to take with the percoset & Klonopin and BP med.I'm not one to keep going to bed. Naturally the MD is not going to give me any pain med's the Psych doc won't either, its like one don't want to step on anothers toes and in the meantime I am in pain, I'm not going to ER again.

I had to have taken 1/2 of a Lithium, I would never had got so calm and the pain went away.

I need suggestion, ok to take 1/2 Lithium, I am ready too, can't take this pain

[Joker_Girl]

I of course do not know the answer for you, i am not a doctor but i am an RN.

I do not know all that much about Lamictal and Lithium, but i had a friend who used to take Lithium for her bipolar and had many side effects and problems with it. However that is just one person.

Percocet contains Oxycodone, it is quite strong and Dilaudid is even stronger.

Is it possible it is a nerve pain? If so Lyrica has good results for helping nerve pain and is non narcotic. My mother in law has fibromyalgia and takes Lyrica and Cymbalta for her nerve pain, and it works wonders for her. She has to take Vicodin once in a while, but that is more because she had a knee replacement than for the fibromyalgia. She has had REALLY good luck with the Lyrica and Cymbalta though! It has made her quality of life much better. She is in her 70s.

I dont know the answer i just wanted to say i am sorry you are in so much pain!

(((((((hugs))))))))

[theloner]

Originally Posted by Joker_Girl

I of course do not know the answer for you, i am not a doctor but i am an RN.

I do not know all that much about Lamictal and Lithium, but i had a friend who used to take Lithium for her bipolar and had many side effects and problems with it. However that is just one person.

Percocet contains Oxycodone, it is quite strong and Dilaudid is even stronger.

Is it possible it is a nerve pain? If so Lyrica has good results for helping nerve pain and is non narcotic. My mother in law has fibromyalgia and takes Lyrica and Cymbalta for her nerve pain, and it works wonders for her. She has to take Vicodin once in a while, but that is more because she had a knee replacement than for the fibromyalgia. She has had REALLY good luck with the Lyrica and Cymbalta though! It has made her quality of life much better. She is in her 70s.

I dont know the answer i just wanted to say i am sorry you are in so much pain!

(((((((hugs))))))))

Thanks for reply, it most likely is something neuro being my MD wants me to see one and I have 2 appts lined up, Aug and Jan what a wait, whoever has a cancellation first. I took Cymbalta years ago for depression and that didn't help much, took that for a long long time. My MD or Psych are not going to prescribe any pain med's, its like they think I'm some kind of druggie, don't they realize I already have the drugs to be that way. geez at my age, I hate taking these ADHD drugs but there's no choice there, the percoset makes my head horrible its a terrible feeling anyone who says they like that feeling is nuts, of course its good for pain but who wants to take that every day.

[CheekyMonkey]

My husband is bipolar and on lithium. His pdoc had him try lamictal but he got a burning rash from it and had to stop. Interestingly, he is also on lyrica for some strange undiagnosable nerve pain issue. It was the only medication to stop the pain for him.

If lithium helps you, I would be really surprised that you weren't bipolar.

[theloner]

Originally Posted by CheekyMonkey

My husband is bipolar and on lithium. His pdoc had him try lamictal but he got a burning rash from it and had to stop. Interestingly, he is also on lyrica for some strange undiagnosable nerve pain issue. It was the only medication to stop the pain for him.

If lithium helps you, I would be really surprised that you weren't bipolar.

thanks for reply, no not bi polar, the doc gave me Lithium years ago assuming I was when it was ritalin I needed, Lithium made me feel numb with no personality, but today if I took that by mistake it sure helped my pain in my legs. This getting old is a B