Okay so I've intorduced myself about a dozen times but my name is Ashley I am 20 years old (21 on April 3rd) and I had a spine fusion surgery T10-L1. I have been on a ton of medications and the last year and a half I have been on Dilaudid 8mg every 6 hours, and Flexeril 10mg 3 times a day. Plus Zofran (my anti-nausea med) 3 times a day. Now my doctor decided that she didnt want to up the dilaudid anymore, so she put me on methadone 10mg twice a day with the dilaudid for break through pain. SO my questions are:

1. Has anyone had any problems with the methadone? Any side-effects I should be worried about? I am allergic to codeine (I have hallucinations) and they said to watch for that with the methadone. Has anyone had any side-effects?

2. My doctor didnt really describe the whole break through pain med thing. How does that work? If I normally take dilaudid every 6 hours? If I take the methadone at 6pm when can I take a dose of dilaudid?

I'm just a little confused when and how often I take the dilaudid. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance for the help...

Ashley :wave:

Amy: What exactly did you mean by you lost Amy? Does that mean when you were on the meds you were a different person? I'm confused...

Thanks for the help everyone else. Last night I took my first dose of methadone, and throughout the night I had a hard time sleeping, I felt nausous, and this morning I felt like I couldn't even sit up. The doctor said I would know if the 10mg was too much, and if it was too much I could cut it in half. I ended up not bein able to go to PT today because I felt like I couldn't get up, and I called in sick to work cause I was nauseous. Will the side-effects go away? I'm on Zofran (the anti-nausea med used for chemotherapy patients) but it hasnt helped AT ALL! Thanks for the help guys.

Ashley :(

Hi all!
Well I'm doing okay...I guess! I know the point of the methadone is to consistantly take it so it gets in your system, but the side-effects suck so much. SO I've been only taking 5mg at night. But I still get so nauseous, and I get horrible migraines when I wake up. EVen taking the Zofran the nausea is realy bad. My doctor said they give Zofran to chemotherapy patients, so I guess I figured it would be pretty strong, but it isnt. (Or it doesn't seem to be!) But other than that I'm doing okay. I was very good and didnt drink a drop on or since my 21st birthday. (I'm going to Vegas tomorrow for the whole weekend with my twin sister and my parents, and I will probably be the only sober person over 21 in the whole city but at least I will be safe, right) Well thanks for all the advice and help guys, talk to you soon.

Ashley :wave: