I remember you marklboff....it has been a while...yes we are still here...there have been some who left on their own and others who got banned...but for the most part everyone here is here to be heard about their pain and help others with those people's pains....your welcomed back and hang around get to know some of us again huh? Hugs bill

Where are you living at these days Mark? Last we heard from you your family was not being supportive of you and your medical issues and you'd moved out of your home. Did you find a Dr. to help you out with your medical issues? Florida is not the most Pain Management friendly place in the world to get treatment, due to all the drug abuse by Dr.'s and patients....but hopefully you've found one of the few good docs left out there...

well hello to both of you, it's good to be remembered. I'm back checking out what's up ?. It's been a tough few years 6 to be accurate. Yes I did move out and had a really tough time but eventually got my shit together. Yes Florida really sucks when it comes to health care in general.I Realized one day that living on pain meds was no way to live. So with a very strict diet and very small amounts of exercise, and small doses of xanax and aspirin helped me the most. But things are tough again!! more to come im tired.

My former psychitrist calls xanax a martini in pill form! He will not write script for it teaches new psych docs not to write it either!

Goes to show you Doctors are fucked up, Xanax has saved me from a opioid living nightmare, Been there done that !!

Pdocs are wary of putting people on Xanx long term because its a very addicting drug and very easy to abuse. People can get to the point of the minute life gets a lil bit hard they pop a Xanax....and unfortunately that's not the way it's supposed to be. Life is hard and we're supposed to develop ways to deal with it, coping skills, etc. not just pop pills. No Pdocs try to RX lighter anti anxiety meds like klonopin or valium, you still have to be careful of them, but they don't quite pack the punch of Xanax.

Its also become one of the big party drugs amongst teens who like to take out of their parents medicine cabinets...and when the mix it with alcohol, well nothing good comes of it.

Most of the good Pdocs are teaching patients how to survive in healthy ways, not just be shoving more and more pills down their throat when times are hard.