I'm having a pain-free day! I forgot what this was like it has been so long. It is well deserved for sure after my limb and body jerking reaction that I had from a new drug, Beclafen, that I was prescribed. I took one dose, 10 mg, on Monday evening and within 30 minutes starting have uncontrollable tremors. I didn't have any trouble breathing so I didn't go to the ER right away. I called the doctor's office in the morning and they said to wait it out, but when the tremors were still there later in the afternoon, I called back and they said to go to the ER for observation. So they took some blood work, it was all ok. I was there for about two hours and the doctor came back in and told me that I would have to wait it out and that it might take a few days for the symptoms to go away. I went home and took my regular bedtime meds including Skelaxin, which is the muscle relaxer that I normally take. It calmed down my tremors. I took it 3 times yesterday (prescribed dose) and the tremors have ceased. Now that I'm typing this I'm realizing that I am pain free from everything (fibromyalgia, trigeminal neuralgia, and occipital neuralgia) most likely because of all the muscle relaxers I've taken over the past few days. Hmmm. Maybe I need to take the muscle relaxers more regularly. I used to just take them when I was in too much pain at night because they make me feel weak and tired. Now that I've had a pain free day, I'd much rather be weak and tired than in pain. Plus now that I'm not working, it's ok to be lacking in stamina. When I was working, that would not be an option.
Speaking of not working, I'm still waiting on the decision from social security. We'll see. I have an attorney lined up if I get denied. I hear that most everyone is denied the first time they file.
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