Re: I had the living crap scared out of me today...

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so what do they do with that?? been lurking for quite some time. on 10mgs

prednisone since i have been taken off mtx. still functioning quite well,

working part time and still following the band chicago!! 40th anniversary tour.

i

am attending 6-30 7-23 7-24 7-25!! i am so excited!! i can still remember 4-5

yrs ago were not very much fun for me. so sorry i haven't posted. please know

i think about you all often!

kathy inil

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> away, when suddenly my foot started burning. I took off my sandel and

> looked at it. My vein

> on the top of my foot was BULGING and it looked like it was going to burst.

> I freaked out. I>>>

>

You know, I have had this on my hands. And a painful one on my elbow. I have

VERY thin, white skin and can't stand to look at them! They are HUGE ugly

veins!

But 4 days ago, I had an incident. The night before, I had taken one half of

an Anbiem (newly prescribed) to help sleep instead of the usual clonazepam

(one 2 mg at night) . Woke up with a bad tongue bite...

The next morning, I started being all up tight.....sweating, heart beating,

like I had taken 20 caffeine pills! HYPER.....almost like withdrawal! My hands

and feed went numb until I had a beer at 5 PM.

Could a person go through withdrawal after not taking a 2 mg pill once a day?

Anyone that can describe withdrawal?

The pharmacist didn't think so....I could not sleep most of the night on the

Ambien.....

Probably will never know what went on! Switched back to clon.

Also, does anyone have any reactions to caffeine? I don't drink coffee. I got

the brilliant idea to start drinking colas and Mtn Dew for energy, and

suddenly I started getting SO jittery, and a horrible migraine....

Thanks in advance for any theories! I never want to go through that numbness

thing again...

Pris

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I

> away, when suddenly my foot started burning. I took off my sandel and

> looked at it. My vein

> on the top of my foot was BULGING and it looked like it was going to burst.

> I freaked out. I>>>>>>

>

I see that prednisone is used to treat blood clots after doing

research......it seems to make my veins stand out, but that is different than a

clot......but still very scary!

Pris

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OMG, I'm scared for you!!!! I have never heard of such a thing, or

Prednisone causing a clot. You can't go to the ER. If you feel your

getting worse, please go to the ER. I'm praying for you, Tawny

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((((((Missie)))))))))))) hugs for you - - HOW FRIGHTENING!

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I would give your rheumatologist another call tomorrow so he can weigh in on

this. Sorry. I can understand why you were frightened.

Not an MD

[ ] I had the living crap scared out of me today...

>I was having a great day today. I had tons of energy, so I took full

>advantage of it. I'm taking

> my MTX tonight, so I know tomorrow will suck.

> Anyway, I am doing a thorough cleaning of one room. We just piled old baby

> toys on our

> guest bed, and I was bringing them into the garage. I was just putting her

> activity center

> away, when suddenly my foot started burning. I took off my sandel and

> looked at it. My vein

> on the top of my foot was BULGING and it looked like it was going to

> burst. I freaked out. I

> thought it was a blood clot and that I was going to die at any second. I

> hobbled upstairs and

> called my Rheumy. They were no help, as he wasn't there. They told me to

> call my PCP. They

> were closing in 30m, but told me to come in. The whole way to the Dr. I

> was freaking out. My

> job ended on Friday, and my company didn't receive my COBRA letter that I

> sent them 2 days

> ago...so no insurance today!

> My Dr. told me that it was most likely a clot, but not the kind that can

> come loose and kill

> me, like I thought. Apparently this is quite common w/ Prednisone. Nice!

[Guest guest]

Wow, I have taken prednisone for awhile and never had an experience like that.

So what are you supposed to do now? Does it still burn?

Hope it gets back to normal soon.

Joy

missiep78 <missiep78@...> wrote:

I was having a great day today. I had tons of energy, so I took full

advantage of it. I'm taking

my MTX tonight, so I know tomorrow will suck.

Anyway, I am doing a thorough cleaning of one room. We just piled old baby toys

on our

guest bed, and I was bringing them into the garage. I was just putting her

activity center

away, when suddenly my foot started burning. I took off my sandel and looked at

it. My vein

on the top of my foot was BULGING and it looked like it was going to burst. I

freaked out. I

thought it was a blood clot and that I was going to die at any second. I hobbled

upstairs and

called my Rheumy. They were no help, as he wasn't there. They told me to call my

PCP. They

were closing in 30m, but told me to come in. The whole way to the Dr. I was

freaking out. My

job ended on Friday, and my company didn't receive my COBRA letter that I sent

them 2 days

ago...so no insurance today!

My Dr. told me that it was most likely a clot, but not the kind that can come

loose and kill

me, like I thought. Apparently this is quite common w/ Prednisone. Nice!

[Guest guest]

missiep78 wrote:

>

> >The whole way to the Dr. I was freaking out. My

> job ended on Friday, and my company didn't receive my COBRA letter

> that I sent them 2 days

> ago...so no insurance today!

>

I learned a long time ago to always send COBRA stuff, including payments

by certified mail, return receipt requested. They will try to get out

of it any way they can.

I got a letter today from COBRA saying they did not receive the $180.01

payment for the rest of May (they raised the rates on May 1, but didn't

notify me until the 25th). They said they got the copy of the letter I

sent with it, but no check and I must have the check in by June 18. I

know it was in there with the letter because I paid the bills sitting on

my bed that day and nothing was left over. She admitted they probably

lost it. So I have to go tomorrow to overnight another check to them

and then pay to stop payment on the first payment. They will do

ANYTHING to cancel COBRA insurance.

>

> >My Dr. told me that it was most likely a clot, but not the kind that

> can come loose and kill

> me, like I thought. Apparently this is quite common w/ Prednisone. Nice!

>

Wow, I never heard of that before! With prednisone, it's always

something new, isn't it? I hope you're okay now.

Nina

>

>

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wow, i'll bet that was scary!!

kathy in il

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[Guest guest]

Thanks, I'm better today, but still waiting for my vein/blood vessel to burst.

Yeah, that

sounds like fun!

>

> OMG, I'm scared for you!!!! I have never heard of such a thing, or

> Prednisone causing a clot. You can't go to the ER. If you feel your

> getting worse, please go to the ER. I'm praying for you, Tawny

>

[Guest guest]

Apparently nothing. Just wait for it to burst and go away. She said that it can

be a side

effect from the Prednisone.

>

> so what do they do with that?? been lurking for quite some time. on 10mgs

> prednisone since i have been taken off mtx. still functioning quite well,

> working part time and still following the band chicago!! 40th anniversary

tour. i

> am attending 6-30 7-23 7-24 7-25!! i am so excited!! i can still remember 4-5

> yrs ago were not very much fun for me. so sorry i haven't posted. please know

> i think about you all often!

>

>

> kathy inil

>

>

>

> ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> But 4 days ago, I had an incident. The night before, I had taken one half of

> an Anbiem (newly prescribed) to help sleep instead of the usual clonazepam

> (one 2 mg at night) . Woke up with a bad tongue bite...

2mg clonazepam is too much for most people to aburptly stop. You have

a serious risk of seziures as well as feeling horriable in general

from discontinuation symptoms.

> The next morning, I started being all up tight.....sweating, heart beating,

> like I had taken 20 caffeine pills! HYPER.....almost like withdrawal! My hands

> and feed went numb until I had a beer at 5 PM.

> Could a person go through withdrawal after not taking a 2 mg pill once a day?

Yes. Deffinatly.

> Anyone that can describe withdrawal?

sweating,rapid heart beat, anxiety, depression, high blood pressure,

insomina, etc..

> The pharmacist didn't think so....I could not sleep most of the night on the

> Ambien.....

The pharmacist is a idiot.

Ambien is going to be something like 1/32 as potent as the dose of

clonazepam you were on.

> Probably will never know what went on! Switched back to clon.

> Also, does anyone have any reactions to caffeine? I don't drink coffee. I got

> the brilliant idea to start drinking colas and Mtn Dew for energy, and

> suddenly I started getting SO jittery, and a horrible migraine....

This happens, espically with people that already have anxiety problems.

> Thanks in advance for any theories! I never want to go through that numbness

> thing again...

jamie

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It sounds horrible, sorry:( Tawny