I am definitely having problems with pain meds, they work for awhile then turn "speedy" on me so that I can't sleep, get tense all over and generally feel awful.
For my two hip resurfacings I used Vicodin, but now I can't use it due to speediness.
Told my knee doc this, so he gave me Darvocet for first TKR, it worked fine except at the very end when it turned "speedy" on me.
I told doc about Darvocet and Vicodin, so got Ultram and Oxycodone for this surgery (I'm now day 4 from surgery). They are working fine so far, but with my track record they may turn "speedy" on me later.
During my hospital stay, they gave me some Lyrica and that immediately turned me speedy and very uncomfotable. They gave me tons of Ativan and other things to offset it, their antidotes worked but I was supposed to be released the next day and doc made me stay another day since I was slurring my words and very unsteady from the "antidotes".
I don't ever get nauseous, but I do have those patches behind the ear to prevent nausea...It's called TRANSDERM SCŌP or SCOPOLAMINE patch.
Hollie