Now that the pain is all back after the benzo wore off and then I took the AP which is released pretty quickly into the bloodstream (I just took more klonopin.) I have decided that I'm going to fill the cogentin script tomorrow if I can find the pharmacy (I'm dogsitting out of town, of course) because this really is uncomfortable. I can't believe the difference with the benzo but I'm not allowed enough PRN klonopin to keep the pain away until Monday and the valium that I have would work better but even a little makes me sleepy. I'm about to take a small dose of it too though since it is night anyway and all I have to do tomorrow is get up and let the chickens out around sun-up (I guess I'm small farm sitting really) and go back to sleep. And if I can't stumble to the chicken coop with valium in my system they'll survive until I am awake.

I both can't believe how sore I am and that I let this go for weeks. Except I can, this is why my family dr and I have had to discuss my inability to report pain well and the need for him to grill me about it. stupid PTSD. At least now I have learned to eventually get around to it and to tell the drs when I hurt; I had to learn that the hard way too. It just never occurred to me that I should ask my pdoc why I was in pain all the time.

Now I'm worried I won't be able to tolerate this med and it is helping, even on a very low dose. But if I need cogentin already I don't know if I'll be able to handle higher doses. Guess that's why I have a pdoc.