Something I've been thinking about this morning... Last night I had to go the ER for a painkiller shot for a migraine (still feeling the pk a little, so I hope I'm making sense) and they didn't have the painkiller that works well for me, so I had to use Demorol. About 20 minutes after it kicked in, I started feeling awful and guilty about hundreds of tiny little things that never even mattered. Mainly I was feeling guilty for being a tiny bit rude at the hospital, and I also felt like coming on here and profusely appologizing to anyone who I may have offended, cause I couldn't think if I had offended anyone or not. The weird thing is that without the painkillers I can see these tiny things for what they are (no big deal, and probably already forgotten by those people) but while on them, I feel like the most evil person in the world. Also without the pk's my Christian faith is very strong and gets me through everything thrown my way, but last night I was even too scared to go to sleep. (finally it knocked me out on it's own, but it was very scary) I was actually questioning whether I was a good enough person to go to Heaven if I died from the pk's (there was no danger though). Anyway, this goes against EVERYTHING I stand for (Faith without fear, not being obsessed with being a perfect Christian, etc...). So... my question is: What is guilt? From your own religious (any) points of view, is it bad or good? I know it makes you stronger if you can get through it, but that's true for many evil things that happen to you. I'm really starting to get into figuring out the relationship between our body and our soul and how they effect each other. So I'm genuienly interested. Thanks!
Guilt for me starts when other people are hurt, physically or emotionally. I like to argue, and can get carried away, but not to the point of making someone feel really bad. If I do that, I feel guilty and try to correct it.
Looks like that painkiller is messing with your brain.You should seek a real medical advice instead of asking philosophical questions here. I'm serious.
Guilt is when you take the last cookie in the cookie jar and feel bad about it. Happiness is when you take the last cookie in the cookie jar and what were you saying?
If you get a migraine again, do not take painkillers. Drink 2 tall glasses of water. If you still have them afterward PM me. Guilt with me happens when I either let someone down in a tough situation, hurt someone unintentionally or find myself not caring for others before myself. Guilt can also come about when you've been relieved a particular pain and you think that you did wrong things while you were in that state of pain or "trials".
I only feel guilt when my mind puts things together and goes "You shouldn't have done X" X being whatever it was that I did. Otherwise I don't feel any personal guilt for anything I do unless it meet the above. Lets start with an easy example: I see a 20 on the ground. I pick it up. Obviously if I ask people "did you lose this 20" they will all say yes to get it (happened before, learned a lesson) - instead I wait and see if someone comes looking. If no one does, well then, I have no guilt in using it toward something I want to use it on. Usually though, I stick lost money in those donation bins for Autism research. Now, had I done that and not waited, then someone came around looking for their cash... then I would feel guilty until I told them what had happened and what I did with it. The only way to relieve guilt is to solve what error you created. However because this massive guilt you felt was induced by a medication I believe it may not have been so much that you really felt guilty but rather that guilty thoughts driven by a mild mental disturbance suddenly manifested itself and continued to get stronger as more of the drug interacted with your nervous system. Fear, panic, guilt, and depression are side effects as these drugs are meant to dull pain by blocking signals - and obviously it wouldn't just block the pain signals... Do what he said, drink water, when I get a torrid migraine I sometimes get ocular migraines (it disrupts usually one eye, and makes you think you are going blind because you lose vision in it - but not all of it) followed by the headache - although sometimes I don't get the headache (other times it feels like a drill going into my head from several angles). Water works at times, but caffeine also helps me (they say it will hurt you to do it... but so far it kicks it faster for me) along with turning off all the lights and sitting in near pitch-darkness. In fact if I fall asleep for just about 15-30 minutes the thing goes away very quickly (as in I wake up and it is gone). A sleep cycle can disrupt the migraine and cause it to go away near-instantly. Too bad rebooting my computer wont fix it.
Wow. I am amazed every day at the high level of intelligence and compassion from the people on this forum. Some of these posts are very moving, and some are very helpful for my migraine problem... you know who you are, and none are degrading. Had I asked this at a bar (which I don't go to), I'm sure I would have gotten made fun of or told it was a stupid question. Thanks ALL of you, and this is already helping my research! p.s. I do get the aura too, it's pretty annoying, and sometimes I just get anxiety, but I'm starting to think that the anxiety is more of a mild, painless migraine. Again, I am always amazed by the kindness on the internet. For all the bad things on the internet, there are a million good things!
Perhaps this drug doesn't agree with you. This effect is not surprising, it can even cause hallucinations. Effects of demerol: Nervous System. Euphoria, dysphoria, weakness, headache, agitation, tremor, uncoordinated muscle movements, severe convulsions, transient hallucinations and disorientation, visual disturbances. Inadvertent injection about a nerve trunk may result in sensory-motor paralysis which is usually, though not always, transitory. source
Thanks Rebecca. I'm sure now that's what it was (now that it's worn off). It was pretty weird, I was trying to talk to someone in person on it and I kept going in and out of sleep and they told me I was kind of sleep talking lol. Everyone definitely should be careful with this stuff. It's way too powerful for us humans to control.
Hi ... wonder why you got Demerol for a migraine. Did you see an intern (3-4 year student) or resident? Heed what Rebecca wrote, and you'll understand a mistake was made. The moron heard acute onset pain, not migraine. Ugh! Hope you're feeling better.
good link. if it's persistent try trigger point therapy. if you don't have the cash or docs in the area, get a trigger point book manual that shows the points, you may be able to find them on the net. they're all along the neck and shoulders. go to curezone.com for a wealth of knowledge
Well, I kind of demanded it, so it's not their fault, but people really need to be educated on this because you just assume it's safe because it's from a doctor, plus they only have to watch you for about 15 minutes then they send you home, but any bad side effects don't start for about twice that long (intramuscular).
That sounds very interesting and like it could be a very good part of a holistic solution. I'm going to study all this stuff in the morning. Much appreciated.
no prob, never trust MD's. i've been down that road... it's a dark one and they'll lead you into believing they have it all under control. the only thing they do is cover up symptoms and subject your body to more unhealthy torture. things like migraine and depression are usually from lack of water, aim for 8-10 glasses a day. "You're not sick, you're thirsty!" is a great book about water and how important it is by Dr. Batmangelidgh (sp?) Also look into getting Celtic or Himalayin sea salt, it's essential for life. table salts kill, this doesn't. http://www.curezone.com/foods/saltcure.asp however, if you try this and it doesn't work, don't be discouraged. trigger points are responsible for some said 90% of the pain people have in pain clinics. what do they do for those ppl? shove chemicals down their throat lol not helping too much..