I took a couple of days to see a friend
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63731)
United States
November 24, 2024 10:12pm CST
My friend lives about 2 hours away but at this point she and I are kind of a last of a group.
So, I take oral medication for pain. And not just pills, some of them in pill form have corn starch in them, so I take them in liquid form. (I'm sure some of you are tired of hearing about corn... but there we are.) And these are supposed to be medications that help. Probably would help more if I haven't been on them so long.
Anyway... I spent 2 nights at my friend's place. She had a small room that had probably been expected to be either a baby's room or a small office - I suspect the latter since it is as far away as a bedroom can get on the first floor. In October of last year I bought a cheap bed and mattress and now I have a bed in there.
So, I take this medicine 3 times a day. To try and get this to maintain I have alarms set for every 8 hours. The one I really had to decide on, was staying up to midnight and taking the morning medicine at 8 a.m. or taking the night medicine at 10 and 6 a.m. for the next dose. I chose the latter.
While at my friend's, this time, I decided to just take the morning med to bed with me, not IN bed, but reachable. And, this morning, my 6 a.m. alarm goes off and I'm groping for the little bottle and it isn't there. I finally woke up enough to turn the flashlight on my phone and... no medicine. I found it in bed with me. I had taken this stuff in my sleep! I had been known to walk in my sleep, taking medicine... that's a whole new level of... crazy.
And how was your weekend?
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@thislittlepennyearns (63311)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
25 Nov
You should talk to your doctor about other options, better meds to deal with your pain. I have pain all the time and we have had to tweak treatment plans over the years.
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@thislittlepennyearns (63311)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
26 Nov
@ElicBxn They do over hydrocodone in a pill form with just the hydro. No filler. They also do the same with oxycodone. I have been a chronic pain sufferer for years.
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@ElicBxn (63731)
• United States
27 Nov
@thislittlepennyearns ahh... they have to put something in it to make it be a pill and that is starch, corn starch is the cheapest and is what they normally use.
@BarBaraPrz (48249)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Nov
I hope that didn't screw up your schedule for the next dose.
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@ElicBxn (63731)
• United States
25 Nov
No, I just took it at 2 like I normally do. I have been known to be late for meds because I didn't think I would be out as long as I did. On Saturday the 16th I was out until almost 3 then forgot to take it until 5. I did push the night med back a bit, but unless I go to bed really early, I don't want to go to bed before I take it. I have done it, but I try not to.
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@kaylachan (73996)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Nov
That's a strange one, but I know people do stranger. Well, hopefully you actually took it and it just didn't wind up in bed.
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@ElicBxn (63731)
• United States
27 Nov
@kaylachan I am normally a pretty light sleeper, but I have heard that the state you are in when you are sleep walking, or sleep taking medicine it seems, is part of REM sleep and that is when you sleep the deepest.
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@ElicBxn (63731)
• United States
25 Nov
No, I took it. I kind of remember taking it. But I've dreamed alarms going off before. I had to put my alarm across the room in college because I was turning it off in my sleep. In fact, one morning the alarm woke me up and I was already halfway across the room.
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@kaylachan (73996)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Nov
@ElicBxn That's one way to make sure you don't oversleep. Alamrms never worked for me especially since I had odd sleep patterns.
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@wolfgirl569 (110395)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Nov
Sounds like your body is getting addicted to it. Time to talk to your doctor
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@ElicBxn (63731)
• United States
25 Nov
People worry too much about sleep walkers. They seldom have their eyes closed, it is a sort of disconnect between the brain and body. In fact, my friend's brother will wake up and discover he's gotten some food and there it is in bed with him. Or he's changed clothes or things.
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@arunima25 (88359)
• Bangalore, India
25 Nov
Oh! I was worried that it was not there and you had to skip your dose. Glad that you found it.
My weekend was good. I am having this new weekend on Friday and Saturday since June. Sunday is working for me, but this is relaxed as I work from home on Sunday and the hours are less with enough break in between to enjoy time with my family.
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@ElicBxn (63731)
• United States
25 Nov
I've skipped doses before. In fact, this round of medication I did end up not having the hydrocodone for a day because of running out and the pharmacy not getting it. They don't keep the liquid on hand. I have had to go to a different pharmacy to get both of them at some point, thankfully not at the same time.
