Posted by LUKA62 on March 4, 2003, at 16:34:34
In reply to Nardil: please be careful *hypertensive crises*, posted by Anonne on March 3, 2003, at 0:17:49
Anonne: Thank you for your post!! It's really made me think. Over 16yrs, varied dosages, and one really Major hypertensive crisis I'd been wondering if the Nardil would suddenly start effecting me differently. I know how extremely sensitive I am, where just one more pill, or one less would make a noticeable difference. I think I've really taken things for granted for a long time, figuring I've always been able to eat just about anything I wanted; and in the case of country ham, I'd enjoy a little in trade for a Big headache, or some chest pain.
After reading your post, I was jolted back to several years ago; I was in my neurologist's office, and he seemed very concerned,and told me to walk directly across the lot to be admitted for tests. Protein in the cerebrospinal fluid abnormal,and he was concerned about a bleed (he was right, and it too resolved.) But LISTEN to this!!
-------I was to have an arteriogram (a very painful diagnostic test--they run a catheter up, around the heart and up into the carotid arteries,,then they cut off oxygen supply to the brain, for 4 seconds, and 6 seconds , etc. (Excruciating.)I was not given Valium before the procedure, because night before, I was complaining of the worst headache in my life, and that was saying a lot, because I've had severe migraines for a very long time. I was in so much pain I couldn't think. My chart was clearly flagged for Nardil. The resident docs gave me Demerol that night, and I went into cardiac arrest! These docs just were not properly trained.
I thought if demerol never bothered me before...
And as far as ER's go, I too have had terrible experiences with doctors who didn't understand the reactions of Nardil, with food, OTC meds, as well as prescription meds. It's only been the last couple of months I seem to be havng some problems. (I also take Ultram daily for chronic pain, and I wonder if is part of the problem. I think I may have posted about this once before, but several weeks ago after taking 100mg of Ultram, I got a real heavy feeling in my chest, and couldn't breathe well, and it felt like my throat was closing up on me. It was bad enough to scare me into calling paramedics, but they said "if you were having an allergic reaction, ...." I told them this wasn't an Allergic reaction, but a drug Interaction. But I felt like an idiot, and didn't go to ER. I don't want to be a dead idiot, but going through that kind of treatment is terrible.
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