Allodynia/dysesthesia enjoyable for anyone else?

[jjplantgeek]

I have started to get some of the Allodynia/dysesthesia sides from my Reta, mostly feelings of dysesthesia. Does anyone else sorta enjoy it? I don't know if it gives me feelings that the medication is working or what it is, but like I said-I kinda like it.

 

[Meritocrat]

Soooo... by any chance, did you happen to read 50 shades of grey before entering the grey space?

 

[pnewb]

When it first happened and was minor, kinda yeah. It also seemed to increase instances of frisson, especially when listening to music. For a week or two though it was getting to be too much, and persistent.

Luckily it seems to have backed off to just a little bit the day after pinning. So it’s back into good feelz land.

 

[FartfulCodger]

Can't say as I enjoyed the feeling--it made sleeping harder. This side effect, coupled with poor appetite suppression is what drove me away from Reta and back into the arms of Tirz. But I take a small dose of Reta every so often now just to stay in the game. I hope to return to Reta at some point as I understand that the allodynia will abate on its own after a while. If and when the allodynia becomes bothersome to you, people have suggested Magnesium, Guaifenesin, and electrolytes as possible mitigation measures. I can't vouch for them on my own though. Enjoy it for as long as you can!

 

[BNLFL]

Allodynia/dysesthesia
I have no idea what these are, and don't feel like looking it up.

 

[keangkong]

allodynia: pain resulting from a stimulus (such as a light touch of the skin) which would not normally provoke pain.

dysesthesia:

1. any impairment of the senses, especially of the sense of touch.

2. a condition in which light physical contact of the skin causes pain.