And the moral of the story is........

Boy, was I ill tonight! I mean horribly, hot, sweaty, shaky sick in the gut.. sick sick sick! After taking this super pill along with my first dose of antibiotic to knock this abcess on its ass, I felt as high as a kite. I think it's the codeine. I've had codeine before and remembered this feeling but this was really, really over the top.  I had to get my oldest son to pick up the kids from school as I was feeling too spacy to drive my car. 

After a lay on the couch I felt a little better, so much so that I actually went for a half hour power walk. Still felt ok, so sorted the kids lunches for tomorrow, cooked dinner for them and did the half a dozen or more jobs that come with the territory of it being that time of the night. 

Then seven pm hit. Wow, did I go downhill. I felt so blech, I had to go lay back down and for the next hour or so suffered a bad stomach ache and shakes so bad that I couldn't even concentrate on the television. My husband rang late tonight, (my poor babes does 12 hour days or more, 7 days a week, for weeks on end, not fun) and as I was telling him about the shitty day I've had, he said to me, "Well, did you ask for a lower dose than they would normally give for this kind of thing?" It was then the "ping" went off in my head. Of course!!!!

 Since I've been on Optifast, which is essentially a liver blaster, the drugs I took would be working superbly, probably even better than they would normally. It hadn't occured to me to mention this to the dentist earlier because I was laying there screaming in my mind... "FFS, just give me the drugs... !!!!."

Well, apparantely 'the stronger the better' is probably not the best idea for those of us doing this program. They worked too well!! So, now I know. Pains all gone from my tooth, but boy did I pay a price. I'm cutting my dose down as of this evening. Just the one tab will do just fine. At least now I know optifast is working if nothing else. How was that for a bit of research with a difference. Pah! 

Cara