Well hi to susan from ky!
glad you posted. you are girl after my own heart, enjoying grandchildren and hobbies. i like to focus on the good stuff too despite the rsd. what hobbies do you do?
and truthone,
we are both legs so that is something we have in common. mine began post op from my third hip replacement. it was just the left leg and foot but now is in my right foot as well. i have twice had problems with urination, one while using trazadone for a year or so, where i could not tell when i needed to go and so almost didn't make it a few times, and once with over urinating which was from the cymbalta. both problems stopped when i stopped the meds.
and hi to mark,
we do talk about some yucky stuff,eh?
and in general to all,
as an icu nurse, i know that sometimes problems start right away from meds, and sometimes they come on after a build up of the medication in the system, sometimes over years. one has to be careful not to just assume it is a new problem and then add a new medication, thus possible adding another problem. i was taught, and i like to think, of all meds as poisons, because they are not natural to our bodies, and although we may need them, we need to be aware that our bodies can react to these foreign substances in a bad way. i used to have patients come into the hospital and they were on so many meds, and many of their problems were side effects from meds, and we spend weeks weaning them off this and that until they became 'normal' again and then saw what that patient really needed and addressed it. i believe meds have their place for sure, i take some, but i research all side effects, and i have more problems with meds, because my liver does not process many of them, and so i get a build up of the medcations effects which can be deadly. i found this out, not through a doctor and not by reading, but by talking to my pharmacist about why i was 'allergic' to so many medications that did not seem to have anything in common, and it was that i am not allergic at all, but my liver will not process them .... why? no one knows. so as i always say be your own best advocate and do not just take a med because a doctor says so, research it, and be aware of how you are reacting to it, keep a diary if you need to and talk to pharmacists and doctors.
joan