Lidoderm

USED LIDOCAIN 5% PATCHES FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS. MY FIRST TIME USING THEM. I THOUGHT THEY WERE A MIRACLE AS MY LOWER BACK PAIN WENT AWAY TOTALLY. I WOULD APPLY THEM LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN I COULD NO LONGER TOLERATE THE PAIN AND THEN REMOVE THEM AROUND 10AM THE NEXT MORNING. I DID NOT READ ENOUGH ABOUT THE 12 HOUR LIMIT TO WEAR WARNING. LAST NIGHT AFTER APPLYING THE PATCH I HAD TO ATTEND A MEETING THAT I HAD TO CHAIR. ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH THE MEETING WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AFTER I HAD APPLIED THE FULL PATCH TO MY LOWER BACK, I BEGAN HAVING WHAT I CALL "BRAIN FARTS". I WOULD START A SENTENCE AND THEN FULLY FORGET WHAT THE WORD WAS I WAS TRYING TO USE. A COUPLE TIMES I JUST STOPPED TALKING AND STARED. IT KIND OF SCARED ME AT THE TIME BUT I SHRUGGED IT OFF AS THE PROVERBIAL "GETTING OLDER" SYMPTOMS.
I WENT TO BED AT 12.30AM LAST NIGHT. I HAD THE MOST HORRIBLE NIGHT I HAVE HAD IN ABOUT 10 YEARS. MY MIND WAS RACING AND I SEEMED TO BECOME MORE ANXIOUS AS THE EVENING WENT ON. I MUST HAVE FINALLY FALLEN ASLEEP AS THE LAST TIME I LOOKED AT THE CLOCK IT WAS 2AM AND WOKE WITH A START AT 6AM. THIS MORNING I WOKE UP WITH A "CLOUD LIKE" FEELING HANGING OVER MY HEAD, AND MY STOMACK WAS VERY QUEASY. I DIDN'T EVEN FEEL LIKE HAVING MY PRECIOUS COFFEE THAT I HAVE BEEN HOOKED ON FOR YEARS. I REMOVED THE PATCH AS MOST OF IT WAS FALLING OFF AT AROUND 11AM THIS MORNING. I CONTINUED TO FEEL NAUSOUS AND SLIGHTLY "DEPRESSED". I SEARCHED MY FIND TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS BUGGING ME AND COULD NOT COME UP WITH ANY LOGICAL REASONING. ANOTHER THING I REMEMBER SINCE STARTING THE PATCH THREE DAYS AGO WAS WHEN I DID ANY FAST MOVEMENT AFTER SITTING DOWN, LIKE GETTING DRESSED QUICKLY OR TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE MY HEART BEGAN TO BEAT LOUDY AND MUCH FASTER THAN I HAD EVER HEARD OR FELT BEFORE IN MY LIFE.
SO I DECIDED TO COME ON LINE AND RESEARCH THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE PATCHES. NEEDLESS TO SAY I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER NOW THAT I HAVE READ ALOT OF THE SITES THAT NAMED MY ABOVE SIDE EFFECTS THAT I WAS EXPERIENCING. LAST NIGHT WILL BE THE END OF MY USING THESE PATCHES.
IT IS A SHAME TO AS THEY DID WONDERS FOR MY LOWER BACK PAIN THAT HURTS SO BAD I FEEL LIKE I AM GONNA BREAK IN TWO AT TIMES. GUESS I WILL HAVE TO STICK TO MY 800MGS OF IBUPROFEN EVERY 8 HOURS.

new user- no problems at this time. Will see how things progress over night?

new user- no problems at this time. Will see how things progress over night?

I kept feeling.. Drunk. it's the best way I could describe it. I was wobbly when I stood up. I couldn't focus on anything. I also got very emotional If I wasn't screaming I was crying. If it gets worse I may have to take it off. but it's helping so much.