Posted by Ritch on December 4, 2002, at 13:27:43
In reply to Benedryl » Ritch, posted by BeardedLady on December 4, 2002, at 9:25:57
> When this happened more than four years ago, I took benedryl on the advice of my pharmacist. I took it at nine. At 11:00, I was in the emergency room--flying. They pumped me full of valium and sent me home. I fell asleep from midnight to five. And then I was wired again and hysterical.
>
> Thanks for the thoughts. I'd rather just have a smoke, frankly, than do any of this. I really do believe that smoking cessation caused this.
>
> I can say that because it caused dermititis, which went away when I started back up again; reflux, which went away a year later when I started back up again; TMJ--with the worst headaches known to man, which went away as soon as I started smoking again.
>
> I'm reasonably sure that the stress of childbirth and multiple deaths of beloved family members was simply too much to take without a cigarette. That will be the topic of today's therapy session.
>
> To smoke or not to smoke,
> that is the question.
> Whether 'tis rational in the mind to suffer
> the panic and anxiety of incurable insomnia
> or to take Marlboros against the sea of troubles
> and by smoking end them. To smoke, to sleep--
> no more--and by smoking say we end
> the headaches and the billion stress illnesses
> that cessation is heir to.
>
> beardyCool poem! Interesting (and scary) paradoxical reaction to the Benadryl.... I was actually interested in what your pdoc would say or what your experiences were with it previously (just a suggestion). Many people who are and have been heavy smokers tend to have dopamine dysfunction of some kind. I used to smoke 3 to 3 1/2 packs a day for many years. Perhaps if you drank coffee or tried a stimulant at bedtime you would sleep (given your paradoxical reaction to a sedative/antihistamine).?---Mitch
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