So, I sprained my ankle pretty bad at practice yesterday. The doctor at the hospital gave me Vicodin. Whoo, this stuff is weird. It’s kinda ineffective as a painkiller, though. Hmm, I thought it was better than that.
Oh well. Any spelling errors in my posts are being blamed on the pills. I think I should go to bed now.
I’ve had similar experiences with several prescription painkillers, the last one for an absessed tooth. I think it might have been vicodin. They send you into loopy land, but they don’t really take the pain away. You’re just too out of it to say “ouch” convincingly.
I remember getting Darvon when I was younger for cramps (back before ibupfrofin/Motrin was on the market!) and it had the same effect. I not only was still in pain, but I was spacey, nauseated and sleepy, but couldn’t actually sleep. Next time, tell 'em percocet. I remember having that in the hospital after my first child was born and that’s about all I remember!
Hope you feel better, and I would highly recommend some advil or motrin, which are good pain relievers and will also help keep the swelling down. But I AM NOT A DOCTOR~!
Had some serious oral surgery last year.
Wrecked my bike and smashed my two front teeth on the handlebars at the gumline plus one eyetooth (ouchouchouch!)
Doc had to cut out what was left of my teeth and replace them with fake ones.
Thank God for Vicodin.
That makes my mouth hurt just thinking about it, you poor guy.
Glad the vicodin worked for you. Ouch.
I distinctly remember lieing in the hideabed in the livingroom after my hand surgery, snuggled up with the covers to my neck in the most pleasant sunshiney haze from Vicodin.
I had several left when I returned to the Doctor. I asked what I should do with 'em. He said:
“Hide them somewhere other than the medicine cabinet, they’ll disappear if you have guests over. USe 'em if you sprainyour ankle or something, but don’t just go and party with 'em.”
:eek:
Vicodin works well for me. It’s not that the pain goes away. It’s just that I no longer give a damn whether the pain goes away or not.
Do be careful though. YaknowhutImean?
What is up with Dopers and sprained ankles?!?! You’re like, #3 in the past month!
We’re naturally clumsy. Plus, we enjoy prescription drugs.
Heh. Make me #4.
My one experience with Vicodin was when I had some problems with an ovarian cyst. I liked it too much. I liked that feeling of just not caring if I still hurt. So, of course, no more Vic for me, kids.
I HATE Vicodin. Oh, it works fine, but it makes my head buzz in the most unpleasant way. That being said, since it DOES work for me, I’d take it if I really had to. I disliked the feeling so much (took it for a few days post-surgery a few years ago) I tried just Tylenol a day or so too soon and spent a few hours in P-A-I-N while realizing I really did need the Vicodin.
But it works for me.
Warning - Vicodin ES contains 750mg of liver rotting Acetaminophen and can cause damage quickly. Norco, on the other hand, has only 325mg of Acetaminophen and, therefore, should cause less liver damage or take longer to do so.
Plus, Norco is yellow and yellow pills always work better than white. 
Vicodin works great for me as a pain reliever in very small doses (like 1/2 of a Vicodiin ES), and has saved my LIFE this past year after a really nasty foot surgery with lingering pain. Even my doctor isn’t worried that I take a grand total of one pill a day (in two halves), and it’s stayed effective for me in smaller and smaller doses the whole time. Call me weird.
Ooohh, yeah! I felt as if my bed was engulfing me completely. I had some unconfortable discomfort that required a late night ER visit. Popping one of the prescribed Vicodins at around 4am on a Tuesday morning made it very difficult to get up and go to work that day.
I did the exactly the same last year (only one tooth though) and was given the big V.
I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATED* this drug.
Why? I took one and my house mate asked me what it was like the next day. I told him I had no idea, as I had no memory of the previous evening at all.
No amount of pain is worth that (at least none that I’ve ever had).
Morphine is the one narcotic that’s given me that “It still hurts like hell, but I no longer give a shit” feeling. It’s also one of only two painkillers I’ve ever had that made me think “wow. I can see how folks could get hooked on this” (the other is IV dilauded, which my doc won’t even write because it’s so addictive). When I get kidney stone attacks at home, my best bet is a combo of one Hydrocodone and one Naproxen Sodium. If I don’t take the Naproxen with the Hydrocodone, I need 2 Hydrocodone (at least for the initial dose), and I’m way too stoned to do anything. Not that I feel like doing anything, anyway, while in the grips of a kidney stone attack. But when I have to take 2 Hydrocodone at a time, it stones me out so bad that it frightens my children!
Can any Dopers tell me a good way to sprain my ankle in the next couuple of days?
Tripping and falling down stairs worked for me a few years ago, but it hurt like hell. Can’t recommend it.
-Lil
After my surgery to get my jaw wired they gave me liquid Vicodin. I thought it would be much stronger than it was. My experiences were that it did kill the pain and it made me a little loopy and sleepy, but not too much. When I first took the medication I thought that I’d be fast asleep a half-hour later. In reality, about 45 minutes later I realized I was just more comfortable and I was a little drowsy and fogged in the brain. The next several times I took it I had the same experiences. After that I realized the medication wasn’t going to be as strong as I thought. As I said, it took the pain away but didn’t knock me off my feet.
To sprain an ankle:
Fall down stairs.
Jump up and have someone put their foot down where you are due to land. If you hit it right, you will roll your ankle and sprain it. If you don’t have a friend to help, try to land on a basketball/soccer ball/softball/etc.
Without warming up, go out and run as fast as you can. Then try to stop by planting on the outside edge of your foot.
Maybe that can get you started…
Well, if you really want some Vicodin, get bitten on the joint by a small dog with filthy teeth. The wound will abcess, and when they drain and explore it, they’ll not only give you Vicodin, you’ll also get Dilaudid and Fentanyl. However, I REALLY don’t suggest this plan.
Vicodin cuts the pain down from a shriek to a mutter, but I still hurt. It makes me feel a little spacy, which I don’t care for at all. It does not, however, make me feel so spacy that I don’t care about hurting. I still care about that quite a lot.
It’s not as abysmally shitty as Percocet was, though. They gave me that several years ago for an ear infection, and I took two of them before tossing them and using ibuprofen instead. It didn’t touch the pain at all, and it made me feel all weird in the head. I still hurt, and I still cared that I hurt. Besides, the feeling was a lot like I feel before I have a seizure, and that feeling really stresses me out.
I always liked Percodan better than Percocet. Never had Vicodin; that must be a new one since the last time I had excruciating pain. Same effect with the Percodan, though. I often wondered if it was really a pain-killer or just a real good sleepy pill.