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Tony (Tony)
Username: Tony
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.161.253.183
| | Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 01:01 pm: | |
Anyone heard this on Dab? It's actually pretty good you know. The voice of the monster is just right, and sad and frightening. |
Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch)
Username: Mark_lynch
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 88.109.186.147
| | Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 07:32 pm: | |
I missed it, annoyingly, but did rather fancy a listen. It's not a new version, is it, Tony?
I also missed the return of HEROES. Had a very sleepy day yesterday,a fter trying out some new pain killing things that are anti-depressants. Jaisus. Takes away the pain by putting you to sleep the rest of your life . . . |
Griff (Griff)
Username: Griff
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 195.93.21.100
| | Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 08:05 pm: | |
Morphine is your friend in pain relief matters.
When I had kidney stones they gave me 10ml.
Wooosh! No pain!
Several hours went by as I contemplated the diamond pattern on the curtains surrounding me.
I was kept in A&E for 6 hours because there were no beds available.
Didn't feel high though, which is what I expected. |
Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch)
Username: Mark_lynch
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 88.109.186.147
| | Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 08:18 pm: | |
>>I was kept in A&E for 6 hours because there were no beds available.
Lucky you, Griff. Up in Huddersfield you're not even guaranteed a corridor. |
Allybird (Allybird)
Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 79.70.51.73
| | Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 09:14 pm: | |
Manchester 10/12 hours - if you are lucky. |
Tony (Tony)
Username: Tony
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.161.253.183
| | Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 10:06 pm: | |
Be nice if you could go away and come back, take one of those sort of tickets you get for the meat counter at the supermarket. |
Tony (Tony)
Username: Tony
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.161.253.183
| | Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 10:34 pm: | |
Frankenstein was actually pretty upsetting tonight; the monster implementing that woman in a murder and having her hanged was appalling. He's not that sympathetic, is he?
Not read the book, btw. |
Huw (Huw)
Username: Huw
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 218.168.183.32
| | Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 10:41 pm: | |
Griff, diamorphine (heroin) is even better. I was on it for a few days when I had my back surgery back in the nineties. I've been on one opiate or another ever since, for chronic pain. I don't get high (just slightly light-headed and "spacy" sometimes) from the ones I take now, which is good, as it means I don't feel I want to take more and more of them all the time. What I do get is an average of 70-80% pain relief, and the ability to lead a reasonably active life, most of the time. Thank heavens for the humble poppy!
Mark, was it gabapentin or pregabalin, by any chance? My sister has ME and is (or was, at least) taking the former. I was put on various anti-depressants for neuropathic pain when I first injured myself - amitriptyline, imipramine, doxepine, etc., but I found the side effects (dry mouth, shaking hands, blurry vision, and general zombie-like state) unpleasant, so didn't stick with them. I find the pure pain killers most effective (i.e., those not mixed with liver-unfriendly paracetamol or stomach-unfriendly Nsaids), and some of the muscle relaxants and anti-convulsants (clonazepam at the moment). |
Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch)
Username: Mark_lynch
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 88.109.28.91
| | Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 11:21 pm: | |
It's low dosage amitriptyline, Huw. I only bit the bullet and went back for more of it because the pain's been so restricting of late. I reacted badly to antidepressants the last time I was on them, same symptoms as your own. Normally I just carry on through the pain, but I'd heard of some new stuff that was supposed to help, a supplement, but it's only available on the NHS in Scotland. Rest of the UK it's £30 for a two week supply. But the doc figured trying amitriptyline might be worth a shot.
Best wishes to your sister. I don't know to what degree she's ill, but of the things to be struck with, there are worse ones. It's worth remembering now and again. |
Huw (Huw)
Username: Huw
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 218.168.183.32
| | Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 11:51 pm: | |
Thanks, Mark. She had a rough time of it during childhood with various things like shingles, glandular fever, pneumonia, and was diagnosed with ME just after she graduated from university. It's really frustrating as she is too sick to do anything much of the time. Just last month she had another attack of shingles, on her optic nerve. It was pretty scary for a while.
You're right though, it could be a lot worse. I tell myself that too, on a regular basis, whenever self-pity begins to rear its ugly head. ;-)
I hope you find something that works for you. Have you asked your doctor about Temgesic (buprenorphine)? It's a potent analgesic related to morphine, but with fewer side effects and a much wider safety margin in terms of dosage, long-term use, and so on. I've been taking it for a long time and it's been a life-saver. It also has reputed anti-depressant effects, though it isn't prescribed for that, as far as I know. Have you tried Tramadol? That has anti-depressant effects (similar to the SSRI type) as well as being a medium strength pain killer - might be worth a try (assuming you haven't already). |
Huw (Huw)
Username: Huw
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 218.168.188.248
| | Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 12:36 am: | |
Sorry, Tony! We seem to have taken over your Radio Frankenstein thread and transformed it into a drugs/healthcare thread. |
Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch)
Username: Mark_lynch
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 79.71.137.176
| | Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 08:19 pm: | |
Yup. Sorry, Tony.
And yeah, I've tried most pain thingies, Huw. Don't recall all the names, but some of the above sound vaguely familiar. |
Tony (Tony)
Username: Tony
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.161.253.183
| | Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 02:14 am: | |
Um... I've been moved to buy Frankenstein today, cos of this radio version.
Dee dum, dee dum...
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