Sammywalker2009 Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 So lying in hosp bed after op pumped full of morphine and well hppd seems a little worse nothing major do feel put of it though very dr dizzy and just spaced out guessing that's normal for anyone after an op is that right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey_magic Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 Yeah mate. Big time. Hope the op went well, youl be up n about in no time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammywalker2009 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 Thanks buddy yeah hopefully I'll be sorted soon and be back down that gym lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VisualDude Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Hey, what happened? Why the surgery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammywalker2009 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Had surgery on my stomach for reflux and a hiatus hernia recovering now feeling very spaced out and with lots of visual snow and dr not sure if it's coz I can't eat food properly so only been having liquid but the medication tramadol isn't helping makes me really knocked out and weird headed hopefully it will ware off and get better after i recover I been feeling out of it since the morphine on Tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VisualDude Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Well, on account of your stomach, we'll try not to post too many jokes and make you laugh. Interesting that it makes snow and DR worse. I don't have snow ... or my vision is too sluggish so each 'flake' is gone before I can see it, lol. Guess it is a choice between pain and la-la-land. How much tramadol are you taking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammywalker2009 Posted January 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Well I was taking two 50mg pills before sleeping went on to codeine instead as it doesn't affect me as bad and take the odd tab of tramadol I think it's a mixture of the drugs lack of exercise and liquid diet that is making me so dizzy and spaced out I don't feel far off from when I first got hppd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaolinbomber Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 This is strange. The majority of people with DP/DR say that opiates help make them feel normal again, including myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisa Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 There are also a bunch of different drugs they use for anesthesia and it takes a while for them to wear off. Hope you feel better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivienne Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 I'm late in the game but for those who may experience similar at some point: Often when one goes into surgery something call a scopolamine patch (transdermal) is applied to the skin behind the ear. I had it for a surgery and though it was general anesthesia that made my HPPD way, way worse. It wasn't. I discovered this little patch a day and a half later ( I slept for nearly a day afterward). As soon as I found this little thing and removed it I got better. They're supposed to remove it I think. It prevents nausea from the anesthesia. If you touch it and touch your eyes, it will dilate your pupils. I had no idea what was going on and was really anxious. My pupils were dilated and it seemed to get worse. I didn't understand it. It is derived from an alkaloid of belladonna, scopolamine works by depressing the action of the nerve fibers near the ear and the vomiting center of the brain and central nervous system (CNS). The patch itself is designed with special layered materials that slowly release a small dose of the drug transdermally (through the skin) over a period of several days.Read more here http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/Pa-St/Scopolamine-Patch.html#ixzz2VbqFAXqp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onedayillsailagain Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 uknowme: What.... They gave you scopolamine? Hell I'd rather have the worst nausea ever, than to put that in my body. Aren't you able to deny these things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivienne Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 I had no idea about the patch until I found it on myself. They never said. My surgery was also emergency gallbladder surgery so there really wasn't a lot of discussion prior. It all goes away though. I'll definitely request to never have that little patch again but I'll also never willingly undergo any surgery again. The drugs-opiates, zofran, phenergen, etc.. they all wear off. That's the good news. I've had HPPD baseline increases from far lesser things so I was concerned when it happened to me. In a perfect world doctors or surgeons would tell you everything, but in my experience anyway, they seem to go over what they see as the most relavent. I never knew to even ask about a patch, never knew it existed. But apparently it is pretty standard and that's why I decided to share! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onedayillsailagain Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Hmm I guess you can forgive them seeing as it was an emergency!But it doesn't surprise me that Scopolamine would worsen symptoms, being an anticholinergic and all...Perhaps it is possible to have your doctor alter your medical record to state that you don't want this in the future.Thanks for sharing though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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