GoingNorth
Crazy Cat Lady
Hey all. I'm in a situation that has raised a question in my mind:
Yesterday, I threw my back out. My doctor put me on Vicodin, and Robaxin, which is muscle relaxer.
Here's the question: I find the "stoned" feeling from the medications to be very unpleasant and disorienting. I also hate not being able to drive, but that is out of the question until my back is better and I can start physical therapy.
I'm wondering if "all" people get the same side effects from the Vicodin and some are "programmed" to enjoy that feeling and hence at risk of addiction, or if, instead, some people get a different effect and enjoy that. It seems to me that both could be genetically predetermined.
I'm leaning towards the "different reactions for different people" line of thinking as I have a BFF who is on pain medications as part of pain management program.
She only gets sleepy from the medications. She doesn't get the dizziness and feeling of disassociation from reality that I get.
Neither of us have any desire to take more of the medication than prescribed or to mix non-prescribed medications with them.
I thought my dislike of pain medications was due to the nausea and vomiting I get from them. I was prescribed Zofran to deal with that and for the first time became really aware of the "high".
I suppose it's good that I don't have to worry about becoming addicted to pain medications, but the whole experience just made me curious. I thought that this was a good place to post this as so many of you have direct experience with addicted family members and what goes into their treatment.
If I posted this in the wrong place, mods please move it to an appropriate location.
I wonder also if within the sub-set of people who experience the sort of reaction I get to pain medications, there isn't a percentage who enjoy the sensation.
With my back, I on occasion have to take pain medications for acute pain, and in all honesty, I wish that they'd invent a pain medication with NO side-effects that was effective. So far, they've got Toradol which is an injectable NSAID. I had a dose of that and LOVED it. Took the pain away with no nausea, no dizziness, and no disorientation. Unfortunately, Toradol can't be used for more than a few days and is very hard on the body.
TIA,
GN
Yesterday, I threw my back out. My doctor put me on Vicodin, and Robaxin, which is muscle relaxer.
Here's the question: I find the "stoned" feeling from the medications to be very unpleasant and disorienting. I also hate not being able to drive, but that is out of the question until my back is better and I can start physical therapy.
I'm wondering if "all" people get the same side effects from the Vicodin and some are "programmed" to enjoy that feeling and hence at risk of addiction, or if, instead, some people get a different effect and enjoy that. It seems to me that both could be genetically predetermined.
I'm leaning towards the "different reactions for different people" line of thinking as I have a BFF who is on pain medications as part of pain management program.
She only gets sleepy from the medications. She doesn't get the dizziness and feeling of disassociation from reality that I get.
Neither of us have any desire to take more of the medication than prescribed or to mix non-prescribed medications with them.
I thought my dislike of pain medications was due to the nausea and vomiting I get from them. I was prescribed Zofran to deal with that and for the first time became really aware of the "high".
I suppose it's good that I don't have to worry about becoming addicted to pain medications, but the whole experience just made me curious. I thought that this was a good place to post this as so many of you have direct experience with addicted family members and what goes into their treatment.
If I posted this in the wrong place, mods please move it to an appropriate location.
I wonder also if within the sub-set of people who experience the sort of reaction I get to pain medications, there isn't a percentage who enjoy the sensation.
With my back, I on occasion have to take pain medications for acute pain, and in all honesty, I wish that they'd invent a pain medication with NO side-effects that was effective. So far, they've got Toradol which is an injectable NSAID. I had a dose of that and LOVED it. Took the pain away with no nausea, no dizziness, and no disorientation. Unfortunately, Toradol can't be used for more than a few days and is very hard on the body.
TIA,
GN