I appreciate all of your advice and help. I'm making an appointment with my doctor this week to talk to him about it. I'm going to be upfront and honest. There are plenty of reasons to be afraid of this. One is that I do have multiple chronic illnesses and I'm afraid that he'll redflag me and when I do legitametly need help for pain in the future, he won't want to help me, but I have a very good relationship with my doctor who is non-judging and a kind soul. I'm just going to tell him about how I plan to taper it down and eventually quit for good...I'm just going to ask his advice...once again, I appreciate all of you and love you for helping me in this rough time...if anyone would like to talk about this in email, please email me at visioncary@aol.com. I feel like I'm going to form some bonds with people who have been there before...
Wade
and I'll fess up, my real name is...
Aaron
I guess this is the beginning...I know there are wonderful things out there for me if I let myself get them
No one seems to be on here today, so don't get discouraged and think your posts are going unanswered....
You are doing the right thing.... I have never had that talk with my doctor because sometimes I suffer so bad w/chronic pain that I really am afraid if I truly need it, he won't want to prescribe anything..... And not just with chronic pain, but with illness or surgery or anything like that. I'm scared that it will cause more suffering in the future....
Or, maybe I've just always wanted to keep that line open "just in case"..... I'm discovering a lot about myself lately and hope to get it all figured out soon...
Keep up the good work.... Let me know how that goes with your doctor...
You are doing the right thing.... I have never had that talk with my doctor because sometimes I suffer so bad w/chronic pain that I really am afraid if I truly need it, he won't want to prescribe anything..... And not just with chronic pain, but with illness or surgery or anything like that. I'm scared that it will cause more suffering in the future....
Or, maybe I've just always wanted to keep that line open "just in case"..... I'm discovering a lot about myself lately and hope to get it all figured out soon...
Keep up the good work.... Let me know how that goes with your doctor...
Aaron:
I told my Dr. and it was the most freeing thing I have done. I have had back pain since I've been clean and we just have to deal with it with anti-inflammatory meds and shots if it's really bad. I am accutely aware that I cannot take opiates nor do I want to go back to that hell. My Dr. was very sympathetic as she had no idea about any of this as I never used her in any of the insanity. She did tell me that she would have put me into a detox facility since my dosage was so high, 20-30 Norco's plus Soma per day. I'm glad I am not a secret anymore. Good luck to you my friend.
Love,
Rachel
I told my Dr. and it was the most freeing thing I have done. I have had back pain since I've been clean and we just have to deal with it with anti-inflammatory meds and shots if it's really bad. I am accutely aware that I cannot take opiates nor do I want to go back to that hell. My Dr. was very sympathetic as she had no idea about any of this as I never used her in any of the insanity. She did tell me that she would have put me into a detox facility since my dosage was so high, 20-30 Norco's plus Soma per day. I'm glad I am not a secret anymore. Good luck to you my friend.
Love,
Rachel
