Posted by Molitor on November 21, 2007, at 23:34:30
In reply to Re: How can I recognize a hypertesive crisis? » medweirdo, posted by tecknohed on November 21, 2007, at 20:17:49
> I've had 2, both on Nardil. First was when I ate Lamb's liver. It started with tingles on the scalp & spine but quickly turned into a POUNDING headache like my head would pop! Also an excruciating burning pain in my stomache like I had swollowed molten lava! No vomiting though, just burning. I had nothing to take for it. I rang for an ambulance which promptly arrived & took me to hospital. I cant remember what my blood pressure was but they gave me NOTHING for it! I kept moaning & yelling in agony until eventually it all faded away & I simply discharged myself, just like that!
>It's curious you mentioned the Molten Lava, I had the exact same reaction.
I had a reaction to Parnate plus Provigil -- although I've never had a reaction to Parnate/Nardil/Cylert/Adderall/Ritalin/anything over the years (not all at the same time of course). My first symptom was indigestion which rapidly turned to Molten Lava in the Stomach. Usually I have stomach of iron, so this unusual. My heart was beating hard, although nothing too bad, but I had this overwhelming feeling "something's wrong". At this point, I didn't have a headache, but I took my blood pressure with an inflatable wrist thing, and it couldn't inflate high enough and I kept getting an error. I tried with another manual inflatable one, and it was giving me erratic readings over 200 systolic.
I decided I should go the emergency room, and got someone to drive me, because I was having trouble thinking. In the car, I was cradling my burning stomach (but not bent over or anything), and started getting a bad headache. The headache was bad, but it wasn't anything outside the realm of a really bad "normal" headache. However, I felt absolutely horrible all over, like I had some megaflu.
I got to the hospital, tried to explain what was going on, and couldn't remember my birthdate, phone number, etc. I felt pretty incoherent at that point, and had the person with me explain things while I sat down and waited.
They gave me a bed and an IV, but no medication. And I just sat there in bed for a couple hours while they monitored my blood pressure, heart rate, and took urine samples (I guess a HC can damage the kindeys). Eventually, my blood pressure went down by itself, promptly giving me a migraine... They offered me some painkillers, but I just took some $10 hospital Advil. They gave me a pill to keep my blood pressure stable for a couple days (don't remember what it was, I was pretty out of) and discharged. With the migraine, I couldn't see to sign the discharge papers, I had to have help positioning my hand. Then I went home and felt like I had the flu, a hangover, been beaten by the Russian Mafia, then stuffed into a tumble dryer full of painful things. This lasted for the better part of an entire month.
Truly one of the most unpleasant things I've ever experienced, and the after affects lasted far longer than I would have imagined.
So I guess there may be variations in how a HC manifests itselfs, but the way it feels, you just KNOW something is going wrong in your body.
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