A & E and morphine

Hiya all.

I was in a and e again after my back gave out again. I was put on oramorph and can barely walk today, I have an appointment with my GP at 10:20.
I have a 2 year old and was wondering how much id be affected if I was on it until pain management on the 26th?
I felt useless, my sons dad kicked off when I said I had to get him to have my son until I could at least walk. It seems from me being ill last night this has all become about everyone else and less about the fact that I'm in agony! Just seems unfair and seems I have no time to be ill anymore :( or it inconveniences to many people!
Feeling very defeated today. A n e doc recommended I go on morphine and amitriptyline until pain management!

I am not sure what you mean how will it affect you so I cannot answer that question. If you have started taking the medication you should be able to tell if its something you can handle or not. I will tell you that most people find the Amitriptiline makes them sedated. You probably could not take it during the day time & take care of the 2 yr old at the same time. I would only take it at bedtime only if the little one sleeps through the night.

Hopefully your dr can give you something that is not so sedating. Take care.

If you have not tried the Morphine perhaps after putting your son to bed for the night would be a good time to see how you tolerate it. Everyone reacts to medication differently so there is no way of telling what you will do.

Morphine affects different people differently. The only way to know how it will affect you is to try a dose. As long as you take it only as prescribed, there likely shouldn't be any change from day to day as to how it impacts you compared to Day 1. Make sure to take it with food and plenty of water, and don't take it unless you are in pain. Morphine is meant to treat pain, not to prevent it. You should still be in some pain even after taking a dose. If you find that it eliminates all your pain or makes you feel loopy, consult with the druggist or the doc from a&e who prescribed it.

Pain meds typically do interfere some with thinking, but then again, so does severe pain. When my pain climbs so high that I'm nauseous and feel like the room is spinning, I tend to make more errors than when I'm on pain meds.

THE most important advice I can share with you, though, is to be careful not to forget that pain meds don't heal anything, they just mask the pain. Plenty of us have gotten ourselves into plenty of trouble by over-doing while on pain meds. Usually my doc restricts me to lifting only things less than half a stone while on pain meds to prevent serious injury. That's nearly impossible to manage with small children around -- no cribs, no high chairs, no loading them into car safety seats, etc. I've done it maybe a handful of times with the children for whom I nanny, but it's very difficult to manage & at least I had a 5 and 8 year old to help out a bit. That said, typically moving around a bit does tend to help (after a day or two of rest), and little guys are great at motivating their caregivers to get out of bed! ;)