Can I get some prayers for dd16 please

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Can I get some prayers for dd16 please
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Thu, 07-06-2006 - 12:58pm

We were in the ER last night with dd16. Yesterday afternoon, just as I was getting home from work, she began convulsing and shaking violently. She was recently treated for a severe sinus infection and while taking care of that she was also being weaned off a med for her anxiety/moods and titrated onto another. Bad timing, I know, but the DR assured me it was okay. Anyway, on last Friday she started having a headache and stomach pain and dizziness so all meds were discontinued. Since she had only started the new med, no one thought this would be a problem. Wrong. She seemed fine on Tuesday but late yesterday she said her hands started to tingle and go numb, then her hands were clenched and then she started hyperventilating...all the while she still had the headache and dizziness. BTW, the dizziness and nausea were attributed to vertigo caused by the sinus infection by a walk in clinic DR on Sunday, but clearly he was wrong.

It turns out that dd is suffering withdrawal symptoms from the med she was weaned off of 2 weeks ago. When she started the new med, it was masking the withdrawal symptoms so when that was discontinued, all he!! broke loose in her body. It was so scary to see her put on that gurney and ambulanced to the ER. Not something we've ever had to go through. We would normally take them ourselves to the ER. In fact, as dd was sitting there convulsing, H said we'd drive her! I thought, "Is he insane? She looks like she's having a seizure!" I made him call 911.

Anyway, she was released late last night; they gave her something to ease the panic and settle her so she's okay, just a little dizzy, the headache persists and she's a little loopy. We really do not want to put her back on that other med - we're trying to wash her body of all meds so we can see how she does and hopefully we can see her through this withdrawal period.

So please, if you think of her, keep dd in your thoughts and prayers - she (we) could really use the good vibes. Thanks.

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Thu, 07-06-2006 - 1:22pm

Sounds like a scary experience for all. My thoughts are with you. I hope DD makes a speedy recovery!!


Hugs,


Karen

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Thu, 07-06-2006 - 1:27pm

Definite positive vibes heading her way - how frightening!

I remember when we tried to start ds on Paxil and he had a load of side effects (dizzy, cold shakes; in his case, taking it for any test anxiety -decided it wasn't worth it).

My best to you guys.

Sue

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Thu, 07-06-2006 - 1:37pm
P&PT to your dd, certainly. My goodness, you must have all been terrified. Here's hoping she bounces back and gets well soon.
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Thu, 07-06-2006 - 2:28pm
What a frightening experience for all of you! Sending healing vibes to your DD- hope she is on the mend and that you can successfully keep her medically managed without another serious reaction. We've been through something similar, though to a lesser degree, with DS17 and his asthma meds taken at the same time as the very powerful migraine meds he takes- it wasn't pretty. He was pretty well flying and his heartrate skyrocketed. I thought he's never "come down" from that frantic place. It is terrifying!
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Thu, 07-06-2006 - 3:33pm
Oh, that poor girl! Hope she's feeling well (and has her anxiety well managed) soon!
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Thu, 07-06-2006 - 7:14pm

Hope your DD is feeling better quickly!! How scary for all of you!!!

((HUGS))))

Sue

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Thu, 07-06-2006 - 11:40pm

Thoughts and prayers with you...how frightened you must have been! I truly hope you all find the strength and inspiration to find other treatments with less side effects. Meds can be a godsend to so many people but to the unlucky few they are quite the opposite.

I have witnessed the effects of drug interactions and reactions too and it isn't pretty. In fact my mom had two incidents where her kidneys just stopped functioning, mysteriously, and it was only after doctors put two and two together about two drugs she was taking that they got her back under control.

So stay strong and best wishes to you...

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Fri, 07-07-2006 - 12:03am

Thanks everyone- DD is still not doing very well. We're home, and they gave her the Ativan to help calm her, but exactly every 4 hours she starts convulsing again so I have to watch her constantly. And if she is overwhelmed, it spontaneously begins the hyperventilation and shaking, even with the med. And now the ativan is beginning to cause her to be real weepy. She's just getting all teary and crying. She cried tonight when her BF went home. Poor kid was here all afternoon and dd slept through most of it. He hung out with me for the most part, but I could see he was real worried about her. He bought her dinner, it was real nice. But then when she knew he was going to leave soon, she got herself all worked up so I think if he visits her, we're going to have to limit the time some.

I really appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers. I feel really alone. H is totally not a hands on kind of guy and I guess now that the immediate emergency is over, in his eyes anyway, he's basically not even paying attention at all. He hasn't sat with dd once or even just held her hand or hugged her - it's like he's detached from the whole thing. I don't understand it, because he's usually at least interested in my dd's lives, etc. I have been with dd non-stop since last Friday and my sleep is all messed up, I still haven't even had a moment to process my emotions over last night's episode and he's pulled away. Tonight he called his sister and was on the phone for over an hour. Then he scowls at me like he's annoyed that I'm paying so much attention to dd. It's like he doesn't realize she's on the edge or something. He's always had the mentality like, "You just have to get over it" - you know, like, "press on", be tough, etc. And I hate that. DD needs a mushy person right now and I'm it. Not that I mind, but I'm thinking it might be nice if he gave a little more of himself. I feel I have to say something and when I do, he'll get all defensive and brood, like I'm picking on him. We had to cancel our trip this weekend so I could be home with dd, so I'm sure he's annoyed about that. But too bad. As he would say, "just get over it"....lol. There, I feel better about that at least. Haha.

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Fri, 07-07-2006 - 5:29am

hugs and prayers. i am so sorry and i hope that she will be ok. its very scary to see something like that. of course you are going to be freaking out and watching her all the time. medications can be so scary because you don't know what kind of side effects will happen.

I don't know your DH but it could be that he does 'get it' - and he is just freaking out that he could have/might lose his dd, and so he is choosing to 'detach'. i think that men sometimes do that when they are scared.

hang in there

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Fri, 07-07-2006 - 12:16pm

Yup; I'll vote for the 'detach' reaction too. My dh does that whenever he isn't feeling well; he had serious heart attacks at age 26 (before I knew him; we met when he was 30). Whenever he has an 'event' or just some minor twinges, he doesn't tell me a thing; he just gets nasty, defensive, etc., and I've now come to reply, "Ok, what's hurting?" as otherwise he's not like this at all, nor would he tell me if/when he had such an 'event'. It definitely drove me away many times, which is what he wanted...but now I know better.

My guess is your dh is doing the same thing due to your dd not feeling 'right'. It just may be the only way he can react; he, like my dh, could be scared and just doesn't know how to approach things properly/appropriately. Good luck.

Sue




Edited 7/7/2006 12:19 pm ET by suzyk2118

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