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Hello, Some of you may remember that I recently stopped going to pain management? I was switched from Tramadol to Vicodin to Percocet to Dilaudid to Percocet in the span of about three years. I fought it for all of those three years not to abuse my prescription, but I started taking more than I was supposed to, running out early, blahblahblah. I saw myself going down a road of addiction that I didn't want to repeat (was briefly on the illegal types- not that it's a whole lot better- when I was younger) & told my new pain doctor to F---orget it. I don't want to do it anymore & she was a jerk to me anyways. So, I ran out of my last script of Percocet & turned to an old script of Tramadol that I still had in my medicine cabinet. Instead of tapering that down, I ran out/went cold turkey. That happened yesterday. Last night was absolute hell. I've never had withdrawals from anything like that EVER. Didn't sleep, had to call in sick to my new job this morning. I've been researching different things I can do to ease withdrawal symptoms. I happen to have some kratom. I've been taking that all day today. I thought it was making me feel better until I went to the grocery store just now. The kratom all of a sudden made me feel loopy & I'm back to feeling RLS-like, nauseated, etc. How the heck am I going to survive going back to work tomorrow? How the heck am I going to even drive there? I have a highly involved job that is fairly fast-paced & requires me to be functional. Please help. Any advice is greatly appreciated...
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88FIn 1969 we decided to get married without a big wedding. Most of our friends and family liked large over the top for the time kind of weddings and I did not. First, I didn't see why spending so much money for one day when we have the rest of our lives to live. I have never regretted not having a big formal wedding. Another issue is not liking all the attention. Also, we have gone to big...
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We're all troubled.WSo, to remind ourselves we're not at rock bottom (this is a reverse optimism thing I learned as a kid):We are not living on the island of Krakatoa when the volcano goes boom!Yeah, okay, that sucks.***Toay in 1942, Pierre Laval announced that the way to free France was for Germany to win WW2. Pierre did not win a lot of friends. When the war ended, quite quickly he was tried...
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Please keep us informed on how you are doing.
I think you need to find a way to cut down on the pain meds. There are some good ways to do it - I find cutting a quarter of the dose down every 2 weeks has taken me off some pretty strong meds.
I hope you get some help so you can get back to work.
So, I ended up going to Urgent Care where they were actually very understanding. They insisted that I needed to go to the emergency room due to my vitals being very high. I was lucky enough to be seen very quickly at the ER, but was there for quite a long time because the nurse kept forgetting things... They gave me Clonidine, Ativan, & Zofran. I felt a little better, but was hopeful that I felt tired.
Once I got home, I fell asleep right away. I got a few hours of rest before my alarm went off & I instantly knew there was no way I was going to be able to go to work. I contacted my manager who was very understanding. I got only about an hour more of sleep & was still quite nauseous. I'm just glad the creepy crawly feelings are still at bay (I think that was the Clonidine). And, of course, my back is absolutely killing me... My bro-in-law came home from work & took me to get my prescription filled for 4 tablets of Clonidine & 6 tablets of Zofran (just enough to get me through Withdrawal Week), but it was going to be an hour and a half wait. :-( My phone just dinged that it's ready now. My amazingly wonderful sister just came home & offered to drive me cuz I still feel nauseous.
Thank you, everybody, again. You all mean a whole lot to me.