EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW THIS!

[cacilluf 27]

I was thinking alot about my upcoming surgery and remembered an incident that happened a few years ago when I had my gallbladder removed. I was fine after surgery until about 8 hours after surgery. I started feeling like I was going crazy and was counting tiles and believed that I had to keep quiet and not let anyone know I was hiding in my room (totally crazy!!!!!). I would even stop breathing when I heard footsteps in the hallway because I didn't want them to find me! My body started tensing up and I was having muscle spasms so much that I was sweating and couldn't talk and would pass out from exhaustion. In the morning when my mom came, she instantly knew that something was wrong. The dr wasn't supposed to be in till the afternoon but one of the nurses gave me a muscle relaxer, which did nothing. It was agony, being trapped in my own body and unable to control it. When the surgeon. came in he recognized it as a reaction to Reglan, Compazine and Dilaudid which causes Tardive Dystonia. Nobody knew at the hospital. I was in pain and agony for around 20 hours, and it turns out Benedryl is the cure. After getting some Benedryl my symptoms cleared almost instantly.

Please, everyone take note, you don't know if it will happen to you and they use Reglan, Compazine and Dilaudid for almost every surgery! I tell everyone I know that might be going into surgery or is a Dr.

Here's an interesting article on it:http://scalpelorsword.blogspot.com/2007/06/dystonic-reaction.html

[feedyoureye 3,087]

Thanks for the heads up! Glad you are doing better at last!