rash from meds?

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Hi reader!
Wow! It's amazing to read what you are going through and have gone through these past weeks in your journey to recovery!! I can't belive, but happily so, that you are almost at 3 days of NO HYDRO and NO SUBOXONE and you are hardly having a WD symptom at all! Well, our bodies are strange and amazing vessels and perhaps you are one of the rare and lucky ones who may not go through WD's....I just hope that if you don't have any severe symptoms that you don't think, "wow, this was so easy I can just go back on and off whenever I feel like it!" I only say that because that's how I'm sure I would feel! Even on the suboxone which I've been on close to 3 months now, 16mg per day, I still have cravings...mainly mental/psychological, not those physical ones where I'm hanging on for dear life....
Well, I hope you will keep us posted and that this remains relatively easy for you. SounRAB like you have an awesome doctor too. That helps so much! Hey, I'm wondering, since I know you take other meRAB for anxiety/depression also, have you or anyone out there, ever gotten a bad rash from any of your meRAB? I came down with a wicked rash yesterday morning and it's covering the whole of my lower back, around to my inner thighs and has now spread to my arms and part of my shoulder. My shrink increased my Effexor from 225mg to 300mg and I took a look at an Effexor site which said the max adult dose is usually 225mg and if you get "a rash or hives" to call your doc immediately. So, I did and he said to back off to 225mg for a few days....I was wondering if just an increase in a med I've taken for 4+ years could cause that. I also take Lamictal (mood stabilizer) which he did say the increase in the Effexor could cause the Lamictal level to rise?? Take Valium as needed, Trazadone as needed (rarely 1x or 2x monthly) and the suboxone which shouldn't cause a rash as I've been on it for 3 months nearly.
It's just strange and definitely seems like hives or some kind of allergic reaction. I have been really stressed about work, recovery, parenting, etc....perhaps it's just from that.
Well, sorry to get off topic. I'm thinking of you, wishing you well and sure hope you continue to sail through this part and get on to the world of being in recovery, not easy but so worth it!!

Take good care,
KEW
 
Oh, reader, I was going to ask, when did you have your gastric bypass surgery? It would be interesting if that were the reason. Funny I've always wondered if I had gastric bypass would I still be able to handle the amount of hydro I'm taking or would my stomach not be able to cope with it? Guess you've answered my question about that!!!
So you have been on one year and started at 10mg? How long did it take you to get up to the 80-100mg dose daily? I usually start at about 20mg thinking oh, this will be great, just 2 pills now and then for recreation. Yeah, that lasts a day then I'm taking 2 twice a day then 2 three times a day then 3 three times then 4, 5, 6, 7 thrice a day...Anyhow, I relapsed 6 months out of inpatient treatment. Had 6 months clean, did exactly what your "warped thinking" described....I was going on vacation, knew where I could find a few percodan, though I much prefer hydro to anything else, grabbed some thinking, I'll just use these during vacation, come home and stop. Well, I came home and instead of stopping I went Dr. shopping!...ooh, made a rhyme there. I went to one doc who just gave me an Rx for 15 vicoden (5/500), yeah that would last me one morning...so I cleverly changed the 1 on the script to a 7. Thought it looked really good and took it to the pharm. Well later that afternoon I went to pick it up and a cop was hanging around the pharmacy counter....I just had a sick feeling and I knew it was for me. I ran out of the store in a panic, not knowing what to do. I ended up going back because I couldn't live in that panic state and just wanted to get it over with, thinking maybe, just maybe he wasn't there about my prescription. I went to get it and the Pharmacist said, "just a minute", and got on the phone saying she was calling my insurance company. Next thing I know, a cop comes up behind me and asks, are you ms. so and so....and that's all she wrote. I plead guilty to attempted misconduct involving a controlled substance and stopped cold after 4 month party. My point, after all that, was that after stopping cold and getting the sh#$ scared out of me, I swore I'd never touch the stuff again and I never did have withdrawls at all. Maybe b/c I was only on for 4 months, I don't know.
Needless to say, 2 years after that, another relapse and another two years and here I am....an addict that still "thinks I can be cured". I'm beginning to think differently now.

Talk to you soon,
KEW
 
Kew, your pharmacy story just gave me chills! And the tale of the vacation episode is such a warning cry. It's just such a temptation. Thank you for sharing that.

To answer your question, it took about 6 months for me to jump from 10mg/day to 30mg/day, then for some stupid reason, I just tripled it and started using 30/mg, 3 times a day. So, for about the last 6 months I was taking 90 mg/day.

I didn't have gastric bypass. I had the duodenal switch, a far superior and more complex procedure. People with the bypass cannot take NSAIRAB. You can PM me for details, if you're interested.
 
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