Fatigue and stress make me really careless sometimes.
Before I took Billy for karate, I took what I thought was Motrin for my joint pain.
When I got home, I took my blood pressure med ... cardizem LA. As the pill was going down, I suddenly had a flash of me taking a pill from that bottle earlier. Is this for real? Or am I just imagining it? I kind of had a picture in my head of taking cardizem instead of the Motrin. The pill bottles sit side by side.
I felt uneasy and mentioned it to TB. I slept pretty well through the night. This morning, though, I had a headache and felt lightheaded. I decided to call poison control (as was recommended at a site I looked up for information about the medication). The lady there felt I should go to the emergency room.
That scared me. My symptoms aren't that bad I assured her. She said that my reaction was only beginning and that it might get worse. When she realized that TB was here and would be here all day she was mollified a bit and said if I felt worse I should go to the emergency room.
I am still holding out. I feel more anxious now than anything else. I don't like the idea of going to the emergency room by ambulance because how would we get home? TB can't drive.
I'm feeling better ... I think. The medication has been in my system now for 12 hours (first pill) and 10 hours (second one). I'm praying my symptoms don't get worse.
Now off to relax more.
Posted by Cassie at October 30, 2003 08:04 AM