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OT time to pray again, please

sorry to be troublesome, I mentioned that my doctor switched my medications this morning, this also included a change in the time I take it, I was taking my antidepressant at dinner time, but this one was to be taken in the morning, so she said take it when I get home, with food, which I did, currently it's still before the time I would have taken the other one, so I know it's not withdrawal from that, but a problem with the new one, I was warned about the nausea, but along with that I'm sweating, shaking etc. I felt like I had a fever, but when I took my temp it was normal, but checked my heart rate and it's through the roof, 120-150, it was in the 70s when I was at my primary care doctor yesterday. Called the psych doctor's office, but she's gone for the day, not sure if this is ok to wait until tomorrow, or not, so am calling the nurse line we have with our insurance. Anne

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Anne Rogers
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Hi Anne,

I'm glad you are calling the nurse line. If that doesn't work for some reason, you could call your local ER and ask a nurse there.

I don't know if the high heart rate is dangerous in the short term or not, but having had tachycardia myself (due to work-related stress), I know it's really not comfortable.

Keeping you in my thoughts Anne.

Best regards, Michelle in Nevada

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Michelle C.

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Polly Esther

Good move. Best to be on the safe side. Some of these drugs do have a raised heartbeat as a side effect, but they usually wear off after a short while. Keep us informed how you get on, and meanwhile the prayers continue.

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Kate XXXXXX

On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 19:45:03 -0500, Anne Rogers wrote (in article ):

Even if the dr is out of the office, his or her answering service should be able to get ahold of him/her. Reactions to medicine are nothing to mess around with, so I'd be insisting that I talk to Dr.

Maureen

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Maureen Wozniak

Well, it really was time to pray, I called the nurse line, who brushed me off. My husband called the doctor's cell phone who also brushed us of, over which time I was worsening, until at about 6.30 I couldn't move or speak, not quite sure wht my husband didn't call 911 at that point, but eventually a friend came round and saw me and saw sense and called 911. We can never really know for sure if it was a reaction to the medication, but there was something going on, my pupils were dilated and my blood pressure was high and climbing, I think it hit

176/132, when the day before it had been 120/80.

They gave me benadryl and gradually I began to regain some movement, but they eventually decided to admit me so they could do further tests, I had an MRI today, which was fine, right now we are just trying to figure out why the doctor has it in my notes to discharge me tomorrow not this evening, when everything seems to have been done and discussed.

Cheers Anne

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Anne Rogers

24 hours observation once you are back in the safe zone is boring but normal. Take it as a rest day. :)

I had pre-eclamsia. Once all the counts (blood pressure, protein, etc. were all back to 'normal for 8 months pregnant', I had to stay for another two days to make sure it stayed that way.

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Kate XXXXXX

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Joanna

Yikes! I've been wondering about you Anne. So glad you checked in to let us know you are doing okay now. That must have been really scary!

Best regards, Michelle in Nevada

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Michelle C.

I'm glad you're getting some treatment. That must have been scary. I recently had a doctor send me home after three days in the hospital, despite the fact that I could not walk and could barely move. He seemed to think I was faking it or something. He sent me home with a stupid WALKER! After three more days in bed, unable to walk, I was readmitted through the emergency room. Within a couple of days more in the hospital, I went into respiratory arrest. (The doctor seemed to think I was faking my difficulty breathing.)

They finally did some bloodwork while I was in ICU, which showed no potassium in my body ("hypokalemia of unknown origin"). The result: near total paralysis.

I was on a feeding tube and respirator for over two weeks. And the doctor had sent me home with a stupid walker before the source of my paralysis had been identified, apparently thinking I was "faking." I'd be dead if my SO hadn't badgered and insisted and been such a nuisance to every doctor and nurse in hearing distance. It was horrible.

The bottom line for me was that hospitals and doctors are often as distressingly inept as they are absolutely necessary. My SO and I just had to keep plugging away to get decent treatment in that emergency, just as I have to keep plugging away at my recovery in the months since I was discharged from the hospital, swallowing potassium pills and trying to exercise in spite of the pain. Thank heavens for quilting. I think I'd go nuts if I couldn't lose myself in learning this art.

ep

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Edna Pearl

Sheesh! How could the doctor have failed to do a freakin' potassium test in the three days you were in the hospital? It's pretty SOP to do a CBC and few basic chem tests on almost everybody admitted. He must have really had his head up his you know what. So glad you lived through it EP.

(I used to be a med tech in a 100 bed hospital.)

Best regards, Michelle > I'm glad you're getting some treatment. That must have been scary. I

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Michelle C.

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