Who knew DEHYDRATION causes our system to shut down; dah! But severe tremors, vertigo as the world spins & imbalance like a patient with Parkinsons, vision impairement, eye & head pain so extrememe you wanna it off your shoulders, any noise & trying to speak is out of wack, the nausea, parethesis of the brain & body then the RSD & Fibromyalgia heightens out of control.

So, the CRPS opiods (meds) causes the dehydration & severe constipation, the autonomic & sympathetic systems shuts down, then the CRPS heightens out of control. Round and round we go. Arent we lucky folks? But there is away to avoid or tame the shru without the ER.

I am such an avid water drinker of at least a gallon a day. I guess the last week, couple of days took me out of my norm. I know better. Hey life happens & we re-adjust to our surroundings. ER to get pints of fluids & an enema...? I love you doc & THANK YOU for telling me its not something I dont want to hear but no thank you.

To avoid these complications, shut downs, merry-go-round symptoms & ER:
1. Drink, drink, drink a gallon of fresh water daily. I add lemons. And remember caffiene dehydrates you as well as alcohol, darn huh you say?
2. Add 1/3 gaterade to a bottle of water just like when you go thru chemo to bring ur electrolytes back up. Pints & Pints immediately.
3. Fleets enema. Ick, you say? ME TOO! But workers comp wont pay for meds. So, lets try a natural way instead of more chemicals. Such a miserable time with constipation on the opiods.

*You will be on the way to recovery in just a few hours.

I deal with constipation so I am working on that now with some things others mentioned here. It seems to be helping.

I driink a gallon or more water a day also. I try to drink it before evening so I'm not up all night.

Meds do cause constipation. Not only the narcotics but others do to. Even stomach meds for GERD. The list goes on and on.

Thanks for the info on the dehydration.

Ada