I think I fractured my intestines? Ouchie. CT w/c day 18. Help? Tips?

[EmilyPost]

Hoping someone  knows what to do now .....

You know how fevers come on and then they break?

Is withdrawal like that?

Days 1-4 I could barely move.

5-7 I gradually stood up and could walk but ran into things, symptoms mostly in my head.

8-10 I finally felt pretty good.

11-18 The STOMACH and INTESTINE! OMGawshity! I think they might fall out. So much pain all I can do is kinda lay here with a hot pad on. I'm considering never ever eating again since that seems to make it worse.

I got the Imodium AD tablets and have taken them, they give temporary relief.

Any tips as to what to do when you feel like the guy in the original ALIENS who has been infected and an actual ALIEN is about to burst outta yer stomach?

The pain is bad. Tips? anyone?

Help?

Is this like a fever breaking again? It has left my head and now is in the middle of my body?

Am I even making sense?

Love and healing (and limitless supplies of Imodium?)
Emily

[worried878]

So i take it u are having the runs?  at day 18 i may would get checked as this is usually a symtom at the beginning of detox...not at day 18...it should have passed by now unless u were on an extremely high dose which i dont recall u saying that u were on a  high dose at all...anyway, whatever the dose, tummy issues should be resolved or resolving at this point and not worsening ...mental fatigue, anxiety and depression are the orm that bothers most at this point after detox...not the physical so much anymore...but everyone is different...i would still get it checked if it does not reolve soon....btw...u have done so well but u dont want to mistake a real physical issue that may need attention with witdrawals

[joann1975]

I would have to agree that at your dose on day 18 it may be something other than your tramadol wds. You may need to get checked for something else? Everyone is different but the stomach pain seems pretty bad from your description.

Good luck...hope you feel better soon!

[NautyOne]

fractured an intestine.....lol.  sorry, but that made me laugh.  I would DEfinIteLy...See a doc.  That is not right.  Especially with the terminology u are using to describe it..

please see your doctor.

Nauty..........

[EmilyPost]

Nope, I'm not having the runs at all. That's long gone.

I just started to use Immodium today. I'm saying my stomach is cramping. My intestines. Like it feels like someone kicked me. Hard. Tramadol has kicked me hard in the intestines

Hmmmmm now I am pretty sure it's too much Vitamin C. I've been trying to drink enough water and each has emergen-C in it. I bet that's it. OK. I'll drink straight up water.

And yeah, I was joking with ya there NautyOne ... obviously I can't fracture an intestine!

I shouldn't see my Doctor cause I might beat him for putting me on tramadol without telling me about the risks and the serious withdrawal and then I'll be in jail for assualt!!! I'm kidding. But, yeah, no way. Obviously I can't "take" my Doctor right now. I'll have to wait and get my strength back.

Thanks youse guys.

I think it's the Vitamin C.

The suppliments have to be liquid.

[Mikeinthesouth]

You ran a fever from withdrawing?? I have not as of yet heard of that happening to anyone. Maybe you have the flu? Diahrea lasts awhile...

[Mikeinthesouth]

I asked a doctor once what if any would happen if taking to much vitamin c as we were discussing dosage due to my taking it in tons to keep the flu and colds away he said the body will just pass them and if I did take to much it is all it will do no hamful side effects from to much vitamin c...

[EmilyPost]

I actually do get stomach pain from too much vitamin c if it isn't buffered. And I have been pouring Emerg-C into all my very small water bottles/

No I didn't run a fever, I was comapring w/d to getting a cold, then a fever, then a fever breaking ....

:)

UR a sweetheart to try and help Mike I appreciate it :)

[fedup4now]

Sounds nasty - but I am impressed you are going the distance.
I know when I was coming off oxy - I ran into a few snags - things I thought were withdrawal - but were actually pre existing conditions that the oxy had masked.
So be careful, do not ignore what your body is telling you now that you are tramadol free.
If you do not want to go to your Dr, maybe a clinic somewhere?  It also sounds like you might want to look around for a new Dr. if you are going to remain angry at the one you have.
Hang in there - be ready for the depression - you can do this!!!

[broknbck]

if you are not eating much then it is like fasting? you have probably put your body into detox mode which is not fun at all. when your body is finally not busy digesting foods all day it has time to work on other things like eliminating toxins that have built up in your body over years. not only perscriptions but all the pesticides and food additives and you know all the bad stuff in just about everything we eat, drink or breathe. hah if you go long enough you will even see mercury in your urine. it will be orange.

this is good for your body in the long run but as everything is getting all stirred up and eliminating it is making you quite sick.

you could help your stomache out by adding probiotics. they are the good bacteria that is suppose to be in our digestive system but has been killed by perscriptions and toxic stuff on our food.

you may even get some nasty hive like rashes where the toxins try to escape out of your skin. that is usually the metals.

if you could get some food in you that would slow down the detoxing and make you feel better. hope you are soon. and congrats on going this far! you sound like a real trooper!

[wannabefree330]

some vitamins can be toxic in higher than recommended doses but vit c the body just gets rid of the unused amts.  you may have an ulcer?  Try some OTC prevacid or pepcid see if it helps.  If not, get to your doctor.  You're not having diarrhea so prob not the intestines, but you do have a fever w/it.  If a fever is assoc with abd pain, you should be checked.  could be your gall bladder, dead gut (which is life threatening), or dehydration.  Try the OTC stuff and if no improvement in 24 hours get in to the doctor.  And, tell him you are an addict! that way, you're covered.

[wannabefree330]

And stop the immodium!  it will make your intestines STOP working which could be the source of the pain as well

[EmilyPost]

Hi All!

My intestines feel ok now. I think it was the Vit C, and possibly like brokenback said, I haven't been eating very much in the last 19 days. Appetite has vanished. But frankly, that also might just be a symptom of tramadol withdrarwal.  I did go awfully fast off alot of different meds. A cocktail of meds. 18 days isn't very long considering that for ....several years there has always been something in my system to deal with the back injury. That by the way; caused me NO PAIN yesterday at all, not one single ice pack needed.

Hoping I do not get a horrible rash from metal toxons leaving my body but I guess you know, I have turtlenecks and tights in case that happens!  You know, whatever it takes.

Sorry I scared all of you! Didn't mean  to! Just felt really bad for two days in the stomach.

Oh no Wannabe, I assure you, in my individual case, if I take ubuffered vitamin