Posted by Pepperpot on November 16, 2008, at 17:44:17
In reply to Re: Taking Tramadol with Paxil? » Pepperpot, posted by JadeKelly on November 15, 2008, at 21:20:47
Thanks to everyone who answered! And thank you for the welcome. It's great to find a forum like this where we can be ourselves and discuss our meds and disorders.
Thank you bleauberry for telling me about the seritonin storm by combining the two medications. I've looked online and found very little informatin about this, just hints. It has made me so sad that on Oct. 30th, I slit a vein in my foot (was actually looking for an artery) with a razor and was ready to die, except my boyfriend came in, saw me with my foot in a half-full ice-cream bucket of blood and called 911. At the time I was mad as hell at him, but now I'm glad he happened to drop by when he did.
I'm in Canada, so as we receive government funded health care, it's extremely difficult to get to a specialist. It took me 3 years to see an orthopedic surgeon - the one who discovered the tumour on my back - and as I am a "complex case" he has referred me to the one man in the city who can do the surgery required on my back and hips. I won't get in to see him until January.
I was wait-listed for a Chronic Pain Centre (took two years to get in) and all they prescribed was amnitriptaline or gabapentin. Both make me crazy in the head - they make me totally stoned and do nothing for pain. Sucks, ay?
Anyway, you've all given me ideas. Thank you SO much for your support.
Hugs, Nan
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