Hi all!,
Ok ... so this is going to sound weird, and honestly, until a couple of days ago I was pretty sure I was going bonkers. Really, all this AF business has been very anxiety inducing on the whole but in the past few months I feel as if my relationship with sanity has become a little more ... distant. I have been using Retogesic ointment for around four months now. I started off on the full dosage (three times a day), but the headaches became so intolerable, I reduced that to twice a day (morning and night). I have tried diltiazem, but came up in a rash. During the past couple of months I have started to experience some involuntary facial twitches. First - my upper lip on the left hand side, then around my left ear (which made it sound as if my ears were popping all the time) and then underneath my right eye.
I consulted my doctor, but he just shrugged and then seemed to find it all a little amusing.
A couple of days ago I was unable to use the Rectogesic at all due firstly (at night) to headache and due secondly (in the morning) to needing to go to the bathroom immediately upon waking (I'd normally apply it before a BM). The result ... very little facial twitching the first day and on repeating the routine for a second day, no facial twitching at all!
Has anyone else had this side effect after long term use of Rectogesic?
It does kinda raise a little bit of a problem, because I could probably stop the night time dose without any ill effects, but the pre-bowel movement morning dose does help a lot! A break of just a couple of days has it feeling a little sore down there. Previously, I had been managing it reasonably well.
Eager to hear if any of you have experienced the same!