TINAMARIE
07-09-2006, 02:00 AM
I've posted about my injury before but now that there is a thread specific to nontraumatic SCI I'd like to ask if anyone has ever heard of this happening before.
In August 2003 I became extemely depressed and attempted suicide by overdosing on vicodin, flexeril, klonopin, and xanax. I passed out and was found by neighbors 14 hours later. I was rushed to the hospital and finally came to a few hours later. Once the doctor told me what all had been done to me, stomach pumped, etc., I said "And I'm paralyzed" (I'm not sure exactly how I knew...I hadn't struggled to move or even panicked that I couldn't move) By the look on the doctor's face I realized that he had not known that. They transferred me to another hospital where they did every test they could think of. The MRI showed a SCI at C5-C7. All other tests came back negative.
The only things they could come up with were
a) I had slumped over in an awkward position when I passed out and did have severe back pain while in the ER and that maybe my spinal cord had gotten pinched and had lack of blood flow (ischemic stroke)
b) The overdose caused my blood pressure to drop low enough (the guess is at leat 30 over palpable) to cause an ischemic stroke
My physiatrist and Dr. Young have both said that they didn't belive it was a) and that b) sounded more likely.
None of my doctors has ever heard of anything like this happening. Can you find anything on something like this? I've searched the internet and questioned everyone I can, but can't find anything. Thank you for your help!
In August 2003 I became extemely depressed and attempted suicide by overdosing on vicodin, flexeril, klonopin, and xanax. I passed out and was found by neighbors 14 hours later. I was rushed to the hospital and finally came to a few hours later. Once the doctor told me what all had been done to me, stomach pumped, etc., I said "And I'm paralyzed" (I'm not sure exactly how I knew...I hadn't struggled to move or even panicked that I couldn't move) By the look on the doctor's face I realized that he had not known that. They transferred me to another hospital where they did every test they could think of. The MRI showed a SCI at C5-C7. All other tests came back negative.
The only things they could come up with were
a) I had slumped over in an awkward position when I passed out and did have severe back pain while in the ER and that maybe my spinal cord had gotten pinched and had lack of blood flow (ischemic stroke)
b) The overdose caused my blood pressure to drop low enough (the guess is at leat 30 over palpable) to cause an ischemic stroke
My physiatrist and Dr. Young have both said that they didn't belive it was a) and that b) sounded more likely.
None of my doctors has ever heard of anything like this happening. Can you find anything on something like this? I've searched the internet and questioned everyone I can, but can't find anything. Thank you for your help!