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13 years ago
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Not so much as a bad thing, but more of a 'Keeping people in the Know' sorta thing - as it's 3am and I have little else to do right now than make this journal, then get back to reading a book.
As some of you might now, I suffer from Chronic Stones Disease, meaning I produce Kidney Stones at a stupidly elevated rate. So many so, that I have genuinely lost count of how many I have had in the past 5 years.
The doctors have tried all sorts but unfortunately, none of that seems to work, and my pain has increased over the past few months.
Originally, I had been told to manage my own pain - which I still have to do, with a delightful cocktail of Co-Codamol, and Tramadol. This stuff, however amusing some of the highs might be, where I have hallucinated so much to the point I spent 2 days thinking I was the Red Power Ranger, then a Week ontop of that thinking I was Batman, it seriously affects my day to day living. I might not suffer the hallucinations any more to the same extent, but I cannot go to University, or sleep at a reasonable time any more due to the effects.
Recently, I have been put on another medication, Amitriptyline, which typically, is used as an anti-depressant, however it does have some pain-killing effects, and 'should' help with the sleep issues. It doesn't seem to help me sleep in the slightest any more, it just makes the waking up extremely difficult, as every part of me feels heavy, and the world seems to be moving in 'slow motion'.
The doctors are really just trying to see what they can get working and such, yet my body has a remarkable rate of tolerance to medication, to which I have to up dosage, or take breaks, and be in pain, just to get the relief another day, to reset the tolerance levels.
I'm not really asking for any help or advice, since I've done research into this on my own, and there's not really a whole lot that can be done.
It's just me, 3am, on my medication, making the world know that I am still well, if not frustrated at my own stupid body for doing silly things, and not being able to sleep and such.
TL;DR
MEDICINE DOESN'T WORK - I AM FINE THOUGH - NOT BATMAN - BUT I AM GOOD. <3
As some of you might now, I suffer from Chronic Stones Disease, meaning I produce Kidney Stones at a stupidly elevated rate. So many so, that I have genuinely lost count of how many I have had in the past 5 years.
The doctors have tried all sorts but unfortunately, none of that seems to work, and my pain has increased over the past few months.
Originally, I had been told to manage my own pain - which I still have to do, with a delightful cocktail of Co-Codamol, and Tramadol. This stuff, however amusing some of the highs might be, where I have hallucinated so much to the point I spent 2 days thinking I was the Red Power Ranger, then a Week ontop of that thinking I was Batman, it seriously affects my day to day living. I might not suffer the hallucinations any more to the same extent, but I cannot go to University, or sleep at a reasonable time any more due to the effects.
Recently, I have been put on another medication, Amitriptyline, which typically, is used as an anti-depressant, however it does have some pain-killing effects, and 'should' help with the sleep issues. It doesn't seem to help me sleep in the slightest any more, it just makes the waking up extremely difficult, as every part of me feels heavy, and the world seems to be moving in 'slow motion'.
The doctors are really just trying to see what they can get working and such, yet my body has a remarkable rate of tolerance to medication, to which I have to up dosage, or take breaks, and be in pain, just to get the relief another day, to reset the tolerance levels.
I'm not really asking for any help or advice, since I've done research into this on my own, and there's not really a whole lot that can be done.
It's just me, 3am, on my medication, making the world know that I am still well, if not frustrated at my own stupid body for doing silly things, and not being able to sleep and such.
TL;DR
MEDICINE DOESN'T WORK - I AM FINE THOUGH - NOT BATMAN - BUT I AM GOOD. <3
