i've had this off and on pain in the left side of my neck in the past couple of days. it's almost in line with my ear lobe–slightly to the left. Just wondering if anybody has had something similar, or knows how to relieve it. thanks

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I took a half of a 10mg xr ritalin on sunday morning, trying to get my self going. I went to see my pain management doctor today and I had to give a urine sample. Do you think it has had time to flush from my system? I figured they was just seeing if I was taking the meds that i have been prescribed. Anybody have any comments?

Pain management doctors test for everything and while I do not know the half life of this drug, I am guessing it may still have been detectable in your system. If so, you violated the contract you signed when you entered pain management and you may be released from the practice. I know that my PM doc checks for lots of different drugs, including things like Ritalin, to make sure that I am not getting meds from any other doctors that he does not know about. If you have a prescription for it, you may be able to talk to them about it if the drug test comes back positive. If not, then you may be looking for a new PM doctor

pain starts in the lower left side of my abdomen and sometimes it will shoot over to the right, up my side or all through my stomach.

Well you'll need to go see a physician because nobody on Yahoo Answers can tell you what is wrong based on what you said. You need a thorough examination and possible diagnostic tests too. And the doctor will want to know if this is a new symptom or if it has been going on for a while and what makes it feel worse or better.