For Atlas:
by Harold G.Koenig,M.D.
It is important to distinguish addiction from physical dependence because these two terms are frequently confused.Addiction occurs when an individulal seeks out a drug,has negative consequences resulting from the use of this drug,and uses more and more of the drug than originally intended.Its effect to mask feelings,enhance feelings or change feelings is the primary driving force for continued obsession.
Physical dependence occurs when a person has been taking a drug for a long time and his or her body becomes used to the drug
Although addiction is associated with the need to take more and more medication to achieve the desired effect,people in chronic pain who are physically dependent on a medication sometimes need more medication because the pain at the lower dose was under-treated.These are not drug addicts. but simply people with chronic pain who are dependent on the pain medication and need more of it for adequate pain relief."
There is more but I'm tired of typing.LOL
bump for BlueSky
thanks tim. i'm a dental professional whose license are under review due to a treatment facility not acknowledging the difference. i will use some of your language to explain to the board of dental examiners if its okay with you.
Tim that makes sense. I was so affraid to take a painpill even tho I was in tremendous pain because of my prior addiction. I was letting myself suffer with the pain. Only after going to Urgent Care did i take one.
BlueSky-Be my guest.I copied it from a book on addiction.
Slave-That's why it's called pain medication.If used to address pain,a lot of times won't create that buzz we crave.
I am a little concerned you have a 100,well 99 now, in your possession.That's not good.Keep posting and hold yourself accountable because you're in dangerous waters now.
I'm off and leaving but I will say a prayer for you today.
This is how I relapsed Slave in 2003.
Good luck and take care yourself today.lay down and pamper yourself.
Later
Slave-That's why it's called pain medication.If used to address pain,a lot of times won't create that buzz we crave.
I am a little concerned you have a 100,well 99 now, in your possession.That's not good.Keep posting and hold yourself accountable because you're in dangerous waters now.
I'm off and leaving but I will say a prayer for you today.
This is how I relapsed Slave in 2003.
Good luck and take care yourself today.lay down and pamper yourself.
Later
Good pint,
I guess I can say I was addicted to vics, ( loved them and loved the feeling) BUT dependant on meth,( hated them and the feeling, but I did not hurt) Thank goodness my dr, took my off vics when she put me on meth, so no more rx's of those, and I was way to afraid or didn't even think about buying them anywhere else, or I would have gone down the road many of you have..)funny though after being off them for a little over a year, I don't hurt as badly, I have also found the less stress and anxity in my life the much better my back feels.....Something for those to think about that have chronic pain........Take real good hard look at your life and the stress in it, maybe by ridding some of it, you will start to heal yourself...
I did and I am ...
Krazi/Traci
I guess I can say I was addicted to vics, ( loved them and loved the feeling) BUT dependant on meth,( hated them and the feeling, but I did not hurt) Thank goodness my dr, took my off vics when she put me on meth, so no more rx's of those, and I was way to afraid or didn't even think about buying them anywhere else, or I would have gone down the road many of you have..)funny though after being off them for a little over a year, I don't hurt as badly, I have also found the less stress and anxity in my life the much better my back feels.....Something for those to think about that have chronic pain........Take real good hard look at your life and the stress in it, maybe by ridding some of it, you will start to heal yourself...
I did and I am ...
Krazi/Traci
Thanks Tim.
Just in case anyone missed the other thread....I wasn't wondering where I fit in, that's been clear for quite some time. I always took them for fun. Yeah, turned out to be soooo fun...NOT. The first time I ever took a pain pill, I doubled the dose. This was before I even knew what the effect would be. Yeah, I was in a LOT of pain, but I abused my very first bottle. I think i was an addict before I became physically dependant.
There are a couple of new members that I thought might benefit from this topic.
Just in case anyone missed the other thread....I wasn't wondering where I fit in, that's been clear for quite some time. I always took them for fun. Yeah, turned out to be soooo fun...NOT. The first time I ever took a pain pill, I doubled the dose. This was before I even knew what the effect would be. Yeah, I was in a LOT of pain, but I abused my very first bottle. I think i was an addict before I became physically dependant.
There are a couple of new members that I thought might benefit from this topic.
