From an iatrogenic condition.

I had a headache all week last week. On Friday I felt dizzy so I pushed the little button they gave me to call 911. The ambulance came and took me to the ER.

They took some test and told me I was potassium deficient. Odd since I eat a banana every day. Then the man came in and asked me if I still had a headache. I did so he inserted Benadryl into the IV that was already in my arm. Almost immediately I started feeling funny. My throat became constricted and my mouth so dry that my lips were sticking together. I started shaking and it felt like my whole body was just shutting down. I tried to tell him but he wouldn’t take it out. When he left the room, I tried to take it out myself. He rushed back in and I insisted that he take it out. He took one of the tubes out but left one in telling me it was fluid to flush the Benadryl out of my body. I still felt faint like I would pass out. I’ve never passed out before. Some other men came in and they all tried to get me to relax and lay back. But I fought against losing consciousness as if my life depended on it.

The man had excellent bedside manners. But when he told me I would go on a trip, I got really scared. The men told me they were waiting for my heart to slow down. I felt like I was in a concentration camp surrounded by people who were waiting for me to die.

He finally told me I could go home my neighbor had come to pick me up at 1:30 in the a.m. I felt bad for giving the man a hard time when he w as trying to help me. But this morning I googled Benadryl. It’s an allergy medication for itchy skin. I couldn’t find anything about using it for migraines. Well, the headache is gone, but I still have these moments where I feel like a miasma is coursing through my body threatening to lose consciousness.

yikes !!

I hope you feel better...

That's pretty scary. I hope you get the help you need.

I hope you feel better.

Just for shits and giggles, I Googled it. Apparently, antihistamines can help migraines for some people. Maybe you have an allergy to Benadryl. My mother can only take the dye-free kind.

Thanks. I went to the store this morning and bought a bunch of foods high in potassium. i had bought some potassium supplements but when I removed the cap, the tamper proof seal was wide open, so I decided I'd better stick to foods.

A glass of orange juice has a lot of potassium, as well. Be careful not to overdo your potassium intake, though.

(July 10, 2017 at 1:38 pm)Fireball Wrote: A glass of orange juice has a lot of potassium, as well. Be careful not to overdo your potassium intake, though.

Too much of a good thing, huh. The RDA is somewhere over 4000 mg. I just ate an orange at lunch. store bought orange juice has so much sugar. I'm not diabetic but it runs in my family, so I have to be careful.

Jeez glad you're ok!

Glad you're okay.

Don't feel guilty about giving the staff a hard time. That's their job and they're trained for it.