Fentanyl patch

I saw my doctor last week and suggested that he write me a scrip so I could try it.  Since I told him the truth, that I had been daydreaming about death, I guess he was willing to write me a scrip for a narcotic.
 
I put the first one on late Sunday and when I woke up I was itching all over, and I could see that the patch didn't agree with my sensitive skin.  But no migraine!  No migraine!  Awesome.  I'll take some side effects, fair trade.
 
Three days without a migraine.  It's almost like something is missing, like my evil child left home and it's suddenly quiet and calm.  The itching has subsided too.
 
My plan was that when the patch came off I would go without for a day or two, to help prevent addiction and just plain to see what happened.  Today I took the first patch off and several hours later I had a nasty head-splitting migraine.  An imitrex and then an hour later a new patch.
 
I've found a new way of life and I'm going to go down this road and see where it goes.  It can't be worse than where I've been.