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Has anyone had one testicle hurt?

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If you also have lower right back/hip pain it could very well be a small kidney stone. They are known to give the strange referred pain to the ball on the same side. Drink lots of water if you think that is it.

 

It could be a small stone working it's way down the ureter. If it gets caught, you will really know it as that pain is unbearable.

 

I often have this "T' pain if I get dehydrated (which can cause calcium buildup in wrong places) and sometimes if my lower back bulged discs get flared up. It is sort of common for pain in those areas to refer to a "T". Drink the purest water you can get (lots of it) and see if that helps. It's good for you anyway. Forget sports drinks, caffeinated drinks. Just water. We need to drink lots of water anyway to flush out metabolites as we taper. If you can stand saunas this is a great way along with drinking much water to flush out toxins.

 

Hope that helps.

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Sorry Dad,

I responded too fast to your question before seeing your poly-drug history.

 

I am no Dr so this is based on my experiences, but may be unique to kidney stone history and/or my multi-fused back with 4 bulged lumbar discs they are looking at because of nerve impingement.

 

This is one of the devilish parts of benzos (and lots of psych drugs). They can cause a myriad of symptoms that can't be qualified by "normal" blood tests/xrays. As you know by now they can even make one feel as if they are at death's doorway by way of rapid intrusive thoughts that seem to always be negative. One can try to ignore/pray through these episodes, yet not everything is caused by medication discontinuation. This puts one between a rock and a hard place. Some Drs. realize this but the majority just don't like benzo disasters and will try to get you to take more as tapering can result in seizure or worse if CT or too rapid. My theory is these Drs just don't want to  admit they have been pushing poison where the original complaint was better than how benzos can leave one in.

 

I am not going to comment on switching over to valium/librium because I have never tried it and read varying success with that method. It seems true that instead of tapering short acting benzos directly that switching over to a longer acting form should be easier although I have known some fols that reacted poorly to valium/librium even though they are supposed to be weaker and more long lasting. Everyone is different.

 

One observation in your sig is that you are being pushed, or have chosen, to taper quite fast. While this works for a minority of people, most that have had their brains treated with many harsh chemicals find that VERY gradual reduction works best whether a switchover was done or not. This isn't a race even though one wants to rid them asap (typical benzo feeling, but usually not wise).

 

I hope I didn't startle you when I thought of MY kidney stone/back pain referring to said area. I am also concerned at the rate you have listed you are reducing.

 

I suggest you print out an Ashton manual first to show your Doc (if he/she is reasonable)just to open new dialogue.

 

I also encourage you to check out the long hold cut section of this group (find in menu under support groups). Many people report that extremely long holds on cuts are easier/possible for them. The idea is that your brain, receptors, etc have the time to start healing AS you reduce so you don't quickly taper and the get hit with horrid protracted withdrawal symtom. It take an understanding/knowledgeable DR to go this route as they seem to think it is like an allergic reaction and get off them asap (even though they say don't stop abruptly). I don't know if they are inexperienced (but everyone should know about benzos since the song "Mother's little helpers" back in the '60's as there was a huge epidemic in UK and USA in '60s-'70's. That's when they came out with the mega benzos but seem to only have trested them for 14 day trials, I think.

 

Sorry again for advice as everyone is different. I think I can safely say slower is better and drinking lots of water is good.

 

When I had chemo, I had to drink a minimum of a gallon per day which is hard but I had less sxs from those harsh meds by doing so. It is hard but can flush out bad toxins/metabolites.

 

I wish you well and think you should ask group about their opinion of how fast you are reducing.

 

I hope this helped in some way. There are many ways to do it but CT or too fast are known problem makers in this tough process. Good luck and God Bless.