So, as some of you know, I'm sitting in a hospital right now and have been here since last week Monday. Anyhoo- last night I had a horrible headache and I think that low CSF was the cause (I know what it feels like when it's low or high, or in between). They even had to call the house doctor to come and look at me- apparently I didn't look too hot lol. My neurologist just made his rounds, so I just saw him. He said that he was going to put me on a caffeine drip or something? idk exactly what he said, all I heard was caffeine and drip lol. I know that sometimes caffeine helps with my headache pain (I do not drink or consume any caffeine on a daily basis- hate coffee, hate soda) so I know that these headaches are not caffeine withdrawal headaches.
So my question is this... Isn't a caffeine drip going to make me feel very energized or even hyper? I mean, a little relief from this pain would be nice but I don't want to be literally running around the unit taking my IV pole on walks lol. Has anyone else had a caffeine drip type thing? I'm also kinda confused, because the benadryl that they are giving me (100 mg- apparently that's the max dose they can give to anyone so I must be in pain) for my headaches makes me super loopy and tired, but then if I have this caffeine drip, won't they kinda make my body confused? Because one medication is telling my body to sleep and don't get up you'll fall over, and the other one will be saying RUN!!!!!!!! AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!
I did question my doctor this morning and he said that there shouldn't be that much of an interaction with the two drugs. Plus I'm in a one-of-a kind place that treats headaches and the docs here only really specialize in treating headache pain, so I totally trust what they recommend. It has worked so far, so I have no reason not to trust him.
So my question is this... Isn't a caffeine drip going to make me feel very energized or even hyper? I mean, a little relief from this pain would be nice but I don't want to be literally running around the unit taking my IV pole on walks lol. Has anyone else had a caffeine drip type thing? I'm also kinda confused, because the benadryl that they are giving me (100 mg- apparently that's the max dose they can give to anyone so I must be in pain) for my headaches makes me super loopy and tired, but then if I have this caffeine drip, won't they kinda make my body confused? Because one medication is telling my body to sleep and don't get up you'll fall over, and the other one will be saying RUN!!!!!!!! AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!
I did question my doctor this morning and he said that there shouldn't be that much of an interaction with the two drugs. Plus I'm in a one-of-a kind place that treats headaches and the docs here only really specialize in treating headache pain, so I totally trust what they recommend. It has worked so far, so I have no reason not to trust him.