Dysautonomia

1/7/2014

Yesterday I went to the pain doctor. Basically, they are keeping me on the same meds. I told him about the fall I had 5 days ago. I leaned back in the chair and fell on my head and back. Can someone say “6th concussion?” It took me about 15 minutes to fully get up. I made it to the Lazyboy and slept for a few hours. Not very smart, I know, but I was really tired. My dysautonomia has been in overdrive ever since. Dizzy, headache, burning face and ears, My doctor checked me out and said I was OK.

It’s 6AM...I’ve been awake close to 3 hours. Most days/nights are like this. I go to bed by 11:30PM and wake up 3-4 hours later.

I also asked my doctor about 2 other things I wondered about. I told him that my sleep meds keep me up. Even a 5-Hour Energy drink will knock me out...so does Provigil. I told him that caffeine relaxes me. He said it is rare but he has seen others react the opposite to meds. He even said that if I was on higher doses of pain meds than I am on now (higher doses than Morphine twice a day and Lortab 10 four times a day?) the meds could do the opposite and cause more pain.

I also asked him about sweating on one side of my body while being bone-dry on the other side, straight down the middle of my body. He said it was classic dysautonomia.