Attn: All percocet takers

PumpkinLuv · 11-07-2009, 01:35 AM

Doc said he only gives percocet but.....

I had taken percocet for the first and only time a few years ago for my wisdom teeth and it made me mental! Only on them for 2 and a half days too. I cried for no reason, I would get caught between stages of sleep where I could hear everything going on around me (like the tv on) and be awake in my mind (thinking I hated what was on tv and needed to change the channel) but could not wake up. Sounds when I was falling asleep, like the fan I sleep with on, sounded like an air force jet taking off in my room - everything was so loud! And for about 2 weeks after I stopped taking them I felt like I was stuck in my body.... I didnt feel like myself as if I couldnt connect with my physical body - zombie like... Weird!

Told my doctor this and he said I could take the percocet or tylenol.

What to do what to do

Island_Girl · 11-07-2009, 02:09 AM

I react the same with pain killers. I was told by my plastic surgeon to take 1/2 the tab instead of the whole and see how that works, and actually it worked great for me.

cowgirl08 · 11-07-2009, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PumpkinLuv

Doc said he only gives percocet but.....

I had taken percocet for the first and only time a few years ago for my wisdom teeth and it made me mental! Only on them for 2 and a half days too. I cried for no reason, I would get caught between stages of sleep where I could hear everything going on around me (like the tv on) and be awake in my mind (thinking I hated what was on tv and needed to change the channel) but could not wake up. Sounds when I was falling asleep, like the fan I sleep with on, sounded like an air force jet taking off in my room - everything was so loud! And for about 2 weeks after I stopped taking them I felt like I was stuck in my body.... I didnt feel like myself as if I couldnt connect with my physical body - zombie like... Weird!

Told my doctor this and he said I could take the percocet or tylenol.

What to do what to do

He told you, you can take it anyway? Is he your plastic surgeon? Did you have work done by him yet? If not find another plastic surgeon. If so...talk to one of the plastic surgeon here and asked them what they suggest for you to do.

tranner · 11-07-2009, 09:41 AM

I'm hypersensitive to narcotics too, never would have been a good junkie!!
Imagine not having pain and taking percs...this is the reason that they are one of the most sought after for stoners, yuck!

Catscratch · 11-07-2009, 09:47 AM

They made me extremely sick, I couldn't keep down any food. I stopped them the day after my surgery and just took Extra Strength Tylenol. It managed my pain level just fine.

tacomagirl · 11-07-2009, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PumpkinLuv

Doc said he only gives percocet but.....

I had taken percocet for the first and only time a few years ago for my wisdom teeth and it made me mental! Only on them for 2 and a half days too. I cried for no reason, I would get caught between stages of sleep where I could hear everything going on around me (like the tv on) and be awake in my mind (thinking I hated what was on tv and needed to change the channel) but could not wake up. Sounds when I was falling asleep, like the fan I sleep with on, sounded like an air force jet taking off in my room - everything was so loud! And for about 2 weeks after I stopped taking them I felt like I was stuck in my body.... I didnt feel like myself as if I couldnt connect with my physical body - zombie like... Weird!

Told my doctor this and he said I could take the percocet or tylenol.

What to do what to do

I was prescribed percocet too. They make me super nauseous. I chose to take the percocet for the first 36 hours (with anti-nausea suppositories) but then I switched to extra strength tylenol. I have been doing fine on my pain. A little sore, but nothing bad. I am on post-op day 3 now. I don't blame you for wanting to stay away from the percocet, especially if you had a bad experience with them in the past. But, you also don't want to be in pain, or your body cannot heal!

ladydraggin5302 · 11-07-2009, 11:30 AM

I have had zero problems with the perkocet randomly I got sick twice but it was times I hadn't eaten and I was trying to do too much activity. Im 9 days out and don't hurt my incisions are hurting some and I have been taking one at night still too sleep because my muscles etc... are so sore after working a 13 hour day I sleep all night with no wake up's to interrupt my sleep for the next day. I would try to take half and eat... my first day back at work with the perck. I felt stupid

sweetm · 11-07-2009, 12:17 PM

I took ONE percocet on the night of Day 1 and it really screwed me up - I was dizzy, nauseous, bloated... it really sucked. After that experience, I didnt take any pain killers at all... The pain is much more bearable than the sick feeling the percs give you. Start with the Extra Strength tylenol, and move to percs if you really really need to.

mai52takn · 11-07-2009, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PumpkinLuv

Doc said he only gives percocet but.....

I had taken percocet for the first and only time a few years ago for my wisdom teeth and it made me mental! Only on them for 2 and a half days too. I cried for no reason, I would get caught between stages of sleep where I could hear everything going on around me (like the tv on) and be awake in my mind (thinking I hated what was on tv and needed to change the channel) but could not wake up. Sounds when I was falling asleep, like the fan I sleep with on, sounded like an air force jet taking off in my room - everything was so loud! And for about 2 weeks after I stopped taking them I felt like I was stuck in my body.... I didnt feel like myself as if I couldnt connect with my physical body - zombie like... Weird!

Told my doctor this and he said I could take the percocet or tylenol.

What to do what to do

I was prescribed vicodin and as the other poster said with any painkiller, you can usually cut them in half which can help if its too strong, or you get weird side effects.

Another note, I never needed my vicodin after my BA, extra strength rapid release tylenol was plenty for me! So there is a chance you may not even need them. Have the tylenol on hand in case.

Good luck hun!

PumpkinLuv · 11-07-2009, 06:18 PM

When I spoke to plastic surgeon he did seem alarmed. Maybe I'll go for 1/2 and see what it does. Ughhh! I don't want to be in pain but I also dont to feel like a looney toon!

Slinky · 11-07-2009, 07:04 PM

I don't understand why your plastic surgeon won't prescribe a different pain med for you. Percs are NOT the only choice out there. I can't take percocet either. It makes me violently nauseous. I prefer pain to that...... Anyway, I told my plastic surgeon and she prescribed Vicodin instead. Plus Valium as a muscle relaxant, since a lot of the pain is cause by your muscles being so tight over the implant. That combo seemed to work really well for me. Maybe it would work for you? Either way, hopefully you won't need the meds for long and will be ok with Tylenol. I switched to that on my 2nd day post-op and it was enough.

Slinky

Demitra · 11-07-2009, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PumpkinLuv

When I spoke to plastic surgeon he did seem alarmed. Maybe I'll go for 1/2 and see what it does. Ughhh! I don't want to be in pain but I also dont to feel like a looney toon!

I was consulted with by the anesthesiologist, regarding my medication during surgery, and was told that my surgeon would prescribe what I needed post op. However they all asked me if I had any problems with any drugs. I discussed the options at length.
I was told by everyone that they didnt generally prescribe percecet because was a stronger narcotic than what would be needed..
They tend to go with tramecet.. Which I have taken without issue.

There should be discussion involved. Percecet is a strong narcotic. Tramecet is a good alternative for some people. Perhaps bring up This option to your prescriber. Everyone is different and there should never be one rule for everyone.
Good luck.

bandit310 · 11-07-2009, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catscratch

They made me extremely sick, I couldn't keep down any food. I stopped them the day after my surgery and just took Extra Strength Tylenol. It managed my pain level just fine.

They also make me very sick. I could not keep anything down and the plastic surgeon had to call in a suppository for nausia. YUCK!! I then started taking 4 advil every 6 hours and it worked great!!

manda · 11-12-2009, 06:38 AM

This happened to me too. I felt like i was asleep but could see everything but couldnt move or talk or wake up. terrifying feeling.

Iris · 11-12-2009, 11:09 AM

I guess I am the odd one out here. I loved the percocet. It relieved my pain and left me in my opinion much more clear headed than vicodin ever did. I was in so much pain that I actually got a second perscription, which I ended up not taking. I can't believe other women were able to take extra strength tylenol and have enough pain relief...that never would have worked for me!
I tooke Emend before surgery and was able to eat so nausea was not an issue for me.

babyfromheaven · 11-12-2009, 11:30 AM

I had percs for my BA and now for my kidney stone. I have to take them with food, usually yogurt, so I don't get sick. They make me very sleepy.

I really hope your plastic surgeon will work with you and give you a different pain medicine. Your experience sounds very scary. Does he give a muscle relaxer in addition to pain meds? If that is they case the relaxer and tylonol may be enough for you.

tequila · 11-12-2009, 07:14 PM

my plastic surgeon had me on oxycodone. Talk about jumpy, Id be falling asleep and someone would make a noise and go flyin. verything seemed so loud to, and i felt like an air head. Dont see how people take that stuff just to get high

yuck

I know a few like that and its horible

Violettraine · 11-14-2009, 10:30 AM

its my 4th day post op and am still on percocet. from day 1 after BA i was taking 2 percocets every 5hrs and 2 Robaxin which is a muscle relaxer...i also felt nausciouse and a lil sick after taking it but drank alot of Vernors and that made the nauseua go away. i went through almost 4 liters of vernors those first 3days.... i just started taking one of each pill on my 4th day and feel fine..........

MDteetee · 11-15-2009, 10:40 AM

Ask for Lortab. Its just as good, and they have generics that work just as well (i.e. Hydrocodone). any pain killer is going to make you a little loopy though. Most people do have trouble getting into a regular sleeping pattern. And mood swings are normal.

There are lots of other things he can prescribe you. If he's telling only one or the other, I'd think twice about what I was having done with him. He should be concerned about your welfare after surgery, not what he prefers to give people.

11-07-2009, 01:35 AM	#1
PumpkinLuv Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NEW JERSEY Posts: 31 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 11 Posts	Attn: All percocet takers Doc said he only gives percocet but..... I had taken percocet for the first and only time a few years ago for my wisdom teeth and it made me mental! Only on them for 2 and a half days too. I cried for no reason, I would get caught between stages of sleep where I could hear everything going on around me (like the tv on) and be awake in my mind (thinking I hated what was on tv and needed to change the channel) but could not wake up. Sounds when I was falling asleep, like the fan I sleep with on, sounded like an air force jet taking off in my room - everything was so loud! And for about 2 weeks after I stopped taking them I felt like I was stuck in my body.... I didnt feel like myself as if I couldnt connect with my physical body - zombie like... Weird! Told my doctor this and he said I could take the percocet or tylenol. What to do what to do __________________ "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that... remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in."

11-07-2009, 02:09 AM	#2
Island_Girl Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Aurora, Colorado Posts: 753 Thanks: 109 Thanked 260 Times in 234 Posts	I react the same with pain killers. I was told by my plastic surgeon to take 1/2 the tab instead of the whole and see how that works, and actually it worked great for me. __________________ Pre BA-36A Post BA-36 D Smooth, silicone gel, unders, crease incision, 425cc 5' 2" 120-125 lbs. Mommy to 3 breasfed babies, I'm 45. www.justbreastimplants.com/Wolfe/

11-07-2009, 09:41 AM	#4
tranner Look to THIS day...for it IS life! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Oakville Ontario Posts: 350 Thanks: 154 Thanked 258 Times in 174 Posts	I'm hypersensitive to narcotics too, never would have been a good junkie!! Imagine not having pain and taking percs...this is the reason that they are one of the most sought after for stoners, yuck! __________________ 47 years young 5'4", 120 lbs 20 years of amazing love from my Hubby Mom to two breastfed kids Surgery Date: July 22, 2009 Pre BA 34A - Post BA 34 C/Small D 360 gm Natrelle shaped Gels "Overs" "Why didn't I do this sooner?"

11-07-2009, 09:47 AM	#5
Catscratch Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Columbus Ohio Posts: 210 Thanks: 25 Thanked 95 Times in 80 Posts	They made me extremely sick, I couldn't keep down any food. I stopped them the day after my surgery and just took Extra Strength Tylenol. It managed my pain level just fine. __________________ Pre BA 34A Post 34DD 500 Silicone HP smooth round unders Surgery date 3/17/09

11-07-2009, 11:30 AM	#7
ladydraggin5302 WELCOME TO YOUR NEW ADDICTION :-) Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Spring Posts: 55 Thanks: 0 Thanked 23 Times in 22 Posts	I have had zero problems with the perkocet randomly I got sick twice but it was times I hadn't eaten and I was trying to do too much activity. Im 9 days out and don't hurt my incisions are hurting some and I have been taking one at night still too sleep because my muscles etc... are so sore after working a 13 hour day I sleep all night with no wake up's to interrupt my sleep for the next day. I would try to take half and eat... my first day back at work with the perck. I felt stupid __________________ Pre BA = 32AA Post BA = so far 34 C (boo-hoo where are my D's) 425cc HP Silicone (allergan) MOMMA GOT BEWBIES BABY!!!

11-07-2009, 12:17 PM	#8
sweetm Two weeks out and boobs are shrinking! Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 304 Thanks: 118 Thanked 149 Times in 125 Posts	I took ONE percocet on the night of Day 1 and it really screwed me up - I was dizzy, nauseous, bloated... it really sucked. After that experience, I didnt take any pain killers at all... The pain is much more bearable than the sick feeling the percs give you. Start with the Extra Strength tylenol, and move to percs if you really really need to. __________________ 5'6" 125 pounds Pre BA: 34 A/small B Post BA: Hoping for a full C. 330cc mod profile, round, textured, under the muscle, crease incision BA on November 3, 2009!

11-07-2009, 06:18 PM	#10
PumpkinLuv Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NEW JERSEY Posts: 31 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 11 Posts	When I spoke to plastic surgeon he did seem alarmed. Maybe I'll go for 1/2 and see what it does. Ughhh! I don't want to be in pain but I also dont to feel like a looney toon! __________________ "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that... remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in."

11-07-2009, 07:04 PM	#11
Slinky Forum Mod - Lovin' my push-up bra! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: US of A Posts: 5,074 Thanks: 786 Thanked 2,783 Times in 2,214 Posts	I don't understand why your plastic surgeon won't prescribe a different pain med for you. Percs are NOT the only choice out there. I can't take percocet either. It makes me violently nauseous. I prefer pain to that...... Anyway, I told my plastic surgeon and she prescribed Vicodin instead. Plus Valium as a muscle relaxant, since a lot of the pain is cause by your muscles being so tight over the implant. That combo seemed to work really well for me. Maybe it would work for you? Either way, hopefully you won't need the meds for long and will be ok with Tylenol. I switched to that on my 2nd day post-op and it was enough. Slinky __________________

11-12-2009, 06:38 AM	#14
manda Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Posts: 52 Thanks: 59 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts	This happened to me too. I felt like i was asleep but could see everything but couldnt move or talk or wake up. terrifying feeling. __________________ 22 years old 5'4 130 Lbs pre BA small B cup (left) A cup (right) Post BA 455cc (left) 505cc (right) High Profile//Unders//Crease Saline//Smooth//Round

11-12-2009, 11:09 AM	#15
Iris Fifty is Fine when You look 29! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New York Posts: 723 Thanks: 400 Thanked 377 Times in 302 Posts	I guess I am the odd one out here. I loved the percocet. It relieved my pain and left me in my opinion much more clear headed than vicodin ever did. I was in so much pain that I actually got a second perscription, which I ended up not taking. I can't believe other women were able to take extra strength tylenol and have enough pain relief...that never would have worked for me! I tooke Emend before surgery and was able to eat so nausea was not an issue for me. __________________ 5'6" 132lbs PreBA: 34A/smallB PostBA: 34D 285cc~Saline~Natrelle~Mods~Unders ~Periareolar Lift~ If you send a FR please send a message so I get to know you. Also have some posts and pics Thanks

11-12-2009, 11:30 AM	#16
babyfromheaven I love my 7 month old boobs! They're Perfectly unperfect! Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Idaho Posts: 713 Thanks: 86 Thanked 391 Times in 328 Posts	I had percs for my BA and now for my kidney stone. I have to take them with food, usually yogurt, so I don't get sick. They make me very sleepy. I really hope your plastic surgeon will work with you and give you a different pain medicine. Your experience sounds very scary. Does he give a muscle relaxer in addition to pain meds? If that is they case the relaxer and tylonol may be enough for you. __________________ 25 years old 5'1.5" 105 lbs 397 cc mod + Allergen Style 15, unders, crease BA date: March 25 2009 Pre 30AA/A Post 30F/DDD Sexy Comments & Profile Graphics

11-12-2009, 07:14 PM	#17
tequila Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Scio, Oregon Posts: 118 Thanks: 67 Thanked 44 Times in 40 Posts	my plastic surgeon had me on oxycodone. Talk about jumpy, Id be falling asleep and someone would make a noise and go flyin. verything seemed so loud to, and i felt like an air head. Dont see how people take that stuff just to get high yuck I know a few like that and its horible __________________ For privacy reasons, I will only accept friend requests if you have posts and pics

11-14-2009, 10:30 AM	#18
Violettraine Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Royal oak, Michigan Posts: 30 Thanks: 23 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	its my 4th day post op and am still on percocet. from day 1 after BA i was taking 2 percocets every 5hrs and 2 Robaxin which is a muscle relaxer...i also felt nausciouse and a lil sick after taking it but drank alot of Vernors and that made the nauseua go away. i went through almost 4 liters of vernors those first 3days.... i just started taking one of each pill on my 4th day and feel fine..........

11-15-2009, 10:40 AM	#19
MDteetee Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bel Air, Maryland Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Ask for Lortab. Its just as good, and they have generics that work just as well (i.e. Hydrocodone). any pain killer is going to make you a little loopy though. Most people do have trouble getting into a regular sleeping pattern. And mood swings are normal. There are lots of other things he can prescribe you. If he's telling only one or the other, I'd think twice about what I was having done with him. He should be concerned about your welfare after surgery, not what he prefers to give people.

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