Hey guys I'm in an awful flare and have been for three weeks +. It's 3:15 am and I can't sleep b/c of the pain.
I'm supposed to take one 15 mg Morphine at night (that's what was prescribed).
I took one around 10 pm and by midnight could not feel a difference. SO I took another one.
Still no relief so around 2:30am I woke up my hubby and asked him what to do (he's an RN). He told me to take my Percocet and he rolled back over (ha ha).
So I did.
Still no relief!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And what I don't understand is that the pain is even worse when I lay down. Sitting or standing is more tolerable than lying down. Problem is, I can't fall asleep sitting straight up. Does anyone else notice this?
I'm even using my heating pad on full blast and I can still feel my bladder and it's telling me I have to pee constantly.
Usually I get at least 5 min of relief after peeing but I am getting no relief whatsoever!
I'm miserable.
The weird thing (or I guess not so weird since I do have IC) is that I feel like I have a lot in there but when I go it just dribbles out and I'm straining pretty hard to even get that dribble out. For some reason I seem to be retaining urine. What gives??? I hardly ever have this urinary retention thing.
I just increased my neurontin dose from 100mg 3x/day to 300mg 3x/day. Could this be it? I don't see urinary retention listed as a side effect though.
Any suggestions for this particular problem?

I'm supposed to take one 15 mg Morphine at night (that's what was prescribed).
I took one around 10 pm and by midnight could not feel a difference. SO I took another one.
Still no relief so around 2:30am I woke up my hubby and asked him what to do (he's an RN). He told me to take my Percocet and he rolled back over (ha ha).
So I did.
Still no relief!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And what I don't understand is that the pain is even worse when I lay down. Sitting or standing is more tolerable than lying down. Problem is, I can't fall asleep sitting straight up. Does anyone else notice this?
I'm even using my heating pad on full blast and I can still feel my bladder and it's telling me I have to pee constantly.
Usually I get at least 5 min of relief after peeing but I am getting no relief whatsoever!

The weird thing (or I guess not so weird since I do have IC) is that I feel like I have a lot in there but when I go it just dribbles out and I'm straining pretty hard to even get that dribble out. For some reason I seem to be retaining urine. What gives??? I hardly ever have this urinary retention thing.
I just increased my neurontin dose from 100mg 3x/day to 300mg 3x/day. Could this be it? I don't see urinary retention listed as a side effect though.
Any suggestions for this particular problem?
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