was forced to take pain med.. will this set me back?

[mlajl]

I accidently glutened myself.. ate a LARGE amount. Did this at breakfast this morning on food that wasn't labeled clearly.. after Googling, it was a stay away food for celiac folks. The pain was bad.. like labor pains.. I tired to ride it out.. since 8 am.. it's now after 3pm..i just took it..the pain is still there but manageable..not dropping me to my knees..i took only one cut in half 5mg vicoden pill.. to afraid to take the wholething.. and did the same with a  50 MG tramadol pill.. cutting it in half.. . .. I just couldn't handle the massive pain anymore. I am camped out in the bathroom unfortunately for who knows how long.. I've glutened my self before. With accidental ingestion.. but not in such large quantities as I did this morning..caused me to vomit... Holy cow batman is the pain bad.. I don't want to be set back to square one ... I just couldn't handle the pain anymore.. I know some of u guys live with some constant pain for injuries and still manage..and I'm feeling like a wimp.. being on Prozac I can not take tramadol  due to serotonin toxicity. Not supposed to be took together. Doctor warned me of this yesterday.told me not to take the two together. . Which I was to afraid to take tramadol  any way... Had a doctor prescribe me meds years ago and accidentally caused serotonin toxity, I ended up in the emergency room..did that once and do not want a repeat of that!! Plese tell me I haven't un did everything I dug my heals in for to be undone by food!!?!??! Can't wear any pants.. I'm swollen bad..  the pain. Oh man.. I just couldn't handle anymore. Please tell me I don't have to start back to square one.. day one.. that was bad.. but I will do it again..

[Krissy_123]

Ya that celiac is a real *****. It seems in the last 5-6 years everyone and there dog has been diagnosid with it because they just finally found out why so many ppl were sick for so many years. If it's causing you this much pain to eat the gluten I'd deff try to start spending more time reading everything on the box/carton/package before you put it in your mouth. It's just like your addiction to pills,you want to find out all the info now before you put a new pill in your body. I'm sorry you're going through this and I hope you feel better soon!! xox

[spider6]

Omg..just reading this now!  So so sorry for your pain......I am more than empathetic! I have no words....sending prayers! Poor dear girl.  

[mlajl]

Thanks guys, I'm feeling better today.. still have the hot throbbing in my gut.. but is much much better.. it's extremely frustrating when to feel ok,  u have to battle with food. Just gonna stick with my same old same old foods for now.. not interested in a accidental glutening again anytime soon.. my 5 year old has celiac as well, so I'm glad he was not here and ate it too.. just thankful out of all 4 of my kids only one has it.. on day 4 of prozac.. it seems to be helping.. my mood is much better today.. hard to tell, when I gluten my self it makes me moody ... but the Prozac seems to be helping..

[chig1130]

I agree with Brane and Bears,

I have a friend with Celiacs, so I know what your talking about somewhat from listening to her, its a horrible disease. You just stay strong, a body has to do what a body has to do, in times of crisis.

xoxoxo

Your gonna make it thru this, you didn't mess up, you were just fighting for your life, the other day, I understand it,

[BearsFan1966]

Well said Brane!
I so agree with life happens! Our bodies can only take so much before it breaks ! I learned this the hard way a few months ago. I was sick and thought it was the flu. The pain was so bad and could not keep any thing down....ended up being rushed to the hospital via ambulance and almost died! I had 3 kidney stones but waited so long that my body was shutting down! Scariest thing ever. 1 week in hospital just to get my body back to function! I remember in the ER the dr telling my family,"she is sick, very,very sick!"
Listen to your body and do what you need to do to get better! Take it one minute, one hour, and one day at a time! You are NOT relapsing....

[BraneGame]

My heart is breaking for you. I wish I knew what to say. When the pain gets unbearable what do you do? Oh one hand you feel like No, I will not take the medication! But at some point your body goes into fight or flight. The choice becomes clear. My brain is not tricking me. I am in trouble here. You did what you had to do. You sound like you stayed in controle and did not abuse the pain medication. That makes you strong. You fought the addict in you and stayed in control. After my surgery I did not sleep either. My body was racing and my ears were ringing. I even got campy. That only lasted through the night and for the next day. I too was afraid I was starting over with withdrawal. But It didn't happen. I was at a stand still in terms of my depression and energy, for a few days after that, but then continued to move forward. You need sleep, and the pain meds will leave your body, and you will keep moving forward. You are so strong. You are in control. Don't feel guilty for doing what needs to be done. There is a difference between taking pain medication as an addict to feel normal, and taking pain medication because you have a medical emergency. Rest now and get your strength back. This is not a set back. This is life happening while we recover from our addiction. There is a difference.  

[mlajl]

I have had no sleep yet.. was up all night with my stomach .. so I might be all over the place here. But I'll try to explain as best I can.. did manage to ride out the rest of the day and night with 800mg ibuprofen and heating pad, lots and lots of gas x.. etc.. I was put on prozac monday.. doctor had just prescribed me tramadol after I asked for no opiats. For this very stomach pain..Prozac is a anti depressant amd tramadol has pain and anti depressant in it.. I can take tramadol but not much. Because of serotonin toxicity. I had tried ibuprofen etc 1st before I decided to try half a tramadol 1st to get the pain to ease up.. I was afraid to take more then that.. when the pain didn't ease up, I then tried half of a 5mg vicoden .. which are actually mine and prescribed for me.. but I had hubby lock up for me.. so between pain and fear.. I tried to take as least as possible of both.. I had a doctor prescribe me meds that was not supposed to mixed before years and years ago.. it caused serotonin toxity and landed me in the ER.. scared the crap out of me.. made all my muscles jump.. my ears rang loud, heart punded and I spoke really really fast.. the muscles jumping was truly awful.. was scary .. had to weight out the meds before it would stop.. I have been going to the doctor since I was 16 for the stomach pain.. just got my drivers license and was picking up friends to go cruise and ended up having  to go home, then to ER..  I was bone thin as a kid. I realize  now it was from un diagnosed celiac disease. I went to the doctor for 20 years before they figured out what was wrong with me.. my hair was falling out, my nails ripped like paper.. in the center.. not on the tips.. I had excema every where.. had to where a do rag constantly because  not only was my hair thinning bad,  I had blisters and lots of itching and gross flakes.. I have dark hair..it showed bad... then the weight gain started as I got older.. and a huge stomach swelling.. I could barley eat anything.. I hurt all the time and had no energy..  basically I wasn't absorbing any thing when I ate because it passed through so fast.. my stomach was so inflamed .. I was diagnosed with IBS, even anorexia because of my fear of eating and would eat only when I had to.. so they assumed I meant I was afraid of being fat.. they checked my gal bladder .. etc.. I lost 6 babies to celiac because my body was attacking itself.. now when I read up on celiac disease after being diagnosed, I still can't understand why they never tested me for it tell I asked them to.. I had figured it out on my own.. it was the child birth labor pains that other celiac suffers decribed that rung very true for me.. so I demanded to be tested.. and it is like labor.. only between labor pains u have a time where there no pain and feel fine.. with this pain.. the only difference is there is no rest time. It's constant pain with waves of extreme pain ..  so that's what I dealt with all day before I just couldn't hang.. the pain did ease up enough where I could cope with non opiats and heat.. I cant have any gluten.. little amounts set me off.. I get a massive headache when I get glutened as well... I use to live with daily migraines and direah 12 times or more a day. Was unable to go anywhere because I did have accidents.. I kept a change if clothes with me because of it.. I have been trapped in public bathrooms on more then one occasion for hours on end... which is awful .. there is no way to be quiet when u gluten ur self and u are stuck in the bathroom.. it hurts.. it hurts to go... it's loud.. so for years I stayed home.. gluten free diet gave me my life back.. with my husband's nervous breakdown amd our friends stroke. Our business, 4 kids.. house.. etc I've been on my own.. was tired and stressed out, depressed.... our Insurance shot up so high mine had to be canceled to make sure husband and kids kept theirs... so like a great big dummy, I started taking vicoden last year for the first time in 15 years without pain.. when ur not in pain, the stuff gives u energy and makes u feel good. Happy.. so that's why I took it.. I knew the risk of being addicted or withdrawals. Big deal right? Addicts are weak, I'm no addict, I decided I would do what I had to do to get through . I took no more the 5mg of vicoden 4 times a day.. for a year. When the meds stopped helping   I knew I needed more and refused.. and stopped .. despite what I thought, withdrawals ARE a big deal, and I now learned the hard way, addicts, by all means are NOT WEAK!!!!  They have to be strong.. I didn't take as much as alot of people on here. And I always think holy cow, as bad as my withdrawals where/are I can't imagine theirs.. as far as my celiac diet.. it is a  work in progress.. it's hard to remember everything and while yes, wheat is always labeled clearly, in about 50 million different words.. so it gets confusing.. and i  accidently glutened self.. big time..   Just trace amounts makes me sick.. and I ate a large amount.. this is the first time In many many months, my stomach hurt this bad.. so this isn't a all the time occurrence anylonger.. thank god too... hopefully I can get some sleep today, my stomach seems to have finally calmed down enough and the potty runs have eased up..  I was not justifing taking it.. I wanted to make sure it wouldn't set me back.. I hate vicoden with a passion and I'm very afraid to take it. It's not something I want to climb back into. Learned my lesson the hard way.. u don't control opiets.. they will control u! It's why I went to the doctor to get help with my stress and depression. That is why I choose to abuse opiets. .. that is why I decided to get real help from a doctor and deal with the very thing that got me in my mess.. I thank u guys for thinking of me and making me have someone to answer to..  I really appreciate all of u.. even when u are calling my butt on the rug! Please, keep it up!  It's why I got on here and explained everything.. I chose to be held accountable. Thats why I'm here.. sorry if I'm babbling, I really need to sleep.. some people on here was afraid I was offended. I was not in the least..  u guys keep it up, and I'll keep being honest.. I came here for help and understanding and it's all I have received here and I'm thankful beyond words.. as far as taking both tramadol and vicoden. It was simply I tried  the tramadol first to try to ease up the pain.. I was afraid to take more then that, afraid I'd add to much anti depressant so I took half a vicoden. It didn't stop the pain, but did help make it more barable.. .. I'm still cramping and hurting.. but ibuprofen is keeping pain managable now. Hope I made any sense lol I'm going to bed!!!  

[Amandag78]

Hi, are you only finding out recently that you cannot have gluten ?
The best thing for Celiac sufferers, is to either only buy in the health food aisle where it is clearly labeled gf on all packaging, or, looking at the ingredients on the back. If it sais, oats, wheat, barley or rye, that is all gluten. But, if it has wheat written, but along side wheat it sais glucose syrup, it is gluten free. It is mandatory these days for packaging to clearly label gluten free or contains gluten.
Because you have contaminated yourself with toxins from gluten, you should be better after 24 hours or so.
The pain you feel is so real, as my 7 year old girl is Celiac as well. Nobody can know what it feels like till they experience a gluten shutdown.
I will leave the med answers for others, as im not familiar with your history.
I hope you feel better soon :)

[BraneGame]

Back at around day 12 for me I had to have surgery to remove two kidney stones. I was given quite a bit of Dilaudid which is one of the strongest pain medications there is. It did not set me back into withdrawal, it really kind of kept me at a stand still for a few days but not set backwards. Try to keep the mind set of "keep moving forward" don't allow a small set back set you back. Tomorrow is a new day and hopefully you will feel better. We have to dig our heals in deep and start each new day with a clean slate. Try and get some sleep and feel better tomorrow.

[spider6]

Hey there....I am confused about the Tramadol and Prozac thing too. Why take two diff pain meds at all?  

[luvdolphins58]

Please don't beat yourself up for this. When taking meds for legit pain is different than taking for addiction.  Sending prayers for quick recovery. I totally understand the gluten free life. Fornaturly I am only gluten sensitive and hassle just from that. So get better.

[dominosarah]

So if the doctor said not to take tramadol with the prozac why did you?

[mlajl]

My husband just had hip surgery. And they are locked up away from me.. I had to finally break down and call him to come help me..  I tried ibuprofen first.. 800mg..  heating pads etc.. not to be gross lol but suppositories also to help me go faster hoping to get through the pain..gas x etc..  I have alot of stomach damage from a life long unknown struggle with celiac disease. 20 years of going to the doctor to find out what was wrong.. I could never discribe the stomach pain till a went into labor with my first child.. they get bad.. small amounts of accidental gluten I can manage with ibuprofen and heat. I ingested alot.. hadn't had that much in almost two years. . After 7 hours I just could cope anymore..amd scared the little ones..I couldn't get up....  I did try everything else first..  it's why I cut the pulls in half and waited. I still have pain right now. But I can cope with it and actually move around and  I'm not on the floor..

[Krissy_123]

Why do you have these pain meds on hand still? Starting w/d's over again is the least of your problems. You need to be working a program where you don't run to the opiates for any new pain. Getting clean is easy,staying clean is the hard part!

[BearsFan1966]

Don't be so hard on yourself! You should be just fine. You have enough going on do not work yourself up over this. Get over the pain first. Some times things happen and we have to take them again. I had to for almost a year due to an accident. What you took should not throw you back into with drawl you should be fine. Just concentrate on getting over this reaction you are having! You are doing fine prayers being sent your way! xoxo