I wanted to give everybody here an update.

Friday, my GP gave the the ok to go ahead with my PM's decision to start me on a low dose of methadone. I took my first pill Saturday afternoon once I knew my husband would be home for the remainder of the weekend, just in case I had any issues. I had no side effects other than a little drowsiness. To make things even better, I felt wonderful all day Sunday with no pain other than a little in my ankle and foot, but even that was reduced by quite a bit. I even felt good enough to help out a little around the house the last couple of days but was careful not to over do it.

Yesterday started off wonderful as well. Then, sometime later in the evening, the burning sensation started in my upper back, shoulders, arms and both legs again. It wasn't the worst it has been but bad enough that my clothes and my hair were causing enough discomfort that I had to put my hair up and put on a soft but loose bathrobe. A little later, I started to get a very bad headache, so I decided to go to bed. I tried my hardest to fall asleep, but I just couldn't. The few times that I did, I ended up having really bad nightmares that would make me jump up out of my bed. Needless to say, I hardly slept last night.

This morning, I had a feeling as if I had a severe hangover and as if I were drunk, severe nausea, bad headache, pinhead sized pupils, and I feel off balance. I still feel that way. I have a call into my doctor already with a description of everything that is going on. I am just waiting for him to call me back. Until I hear from him, I am only going to take 1/2 of the prescribed dose. I would stop completely, but I have heard that stopping methadone can cause withdraw symptoms.

I had such high hopes that this would help, especially when I started off so well with it. I guess it just shows that what might help one person doesn't necessarily help the next.

Alaina