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I am a 49 year old mother. I had a horse crush my pelvis April 1,1995... Today I celibrate life... No April Fools... I am having a hard time getting older, and keep trying to blame it on pain pills holding me back. I have talked to my doctor and pharmacist about living without Hydrocodone... They both explain "quality of life" w/pain meds vs no pain meds... I went for years believing that every woe I ever had, was attributed from residule effects of being busted up so badly and healing crooked.... I am now in a catagory of Fibromalgia.... It is a broad term used for too many unexplainable things. It is a syndrome not a disease, but for the life of me I can't wrap my mind around it.. I have attempted different online groups with other people diagnoised the same.... "Gentle Hugs"... I don't want hugs, I want to know what people are doing to feel better.... I have withdrawn from the groups, as they are all bummed people who need attention for being sick... I want to be unsick. Has any 1 person really been on this stuff for as many years as I have, and made it through the "side effects/withdraw, and lived a pain free, healthy life with energy to spare? I keep reading that even after weeks and months, they still feel like death.... It's been a hard cold winter, and I feel like I am weaker than I have ever been... I have a lot to look forward to, and really want to be drug and pain free.... Is there an informational website I may be missing? I feel like a hypacrit because I know people who have given up productive lives for drugs, and I hate them for what they have done... I work a part time job to get out of the house, I own a Harley, love fishing and anything outside... I love life, and really want more out of it... Obviously frustrated... Anybody? Thanks.......
A few points:
1) Pain is very individually experienced -- meaning different for each person.
2)Medicine does not have a perfect diagnosis for every condition. Your doctors have diagnosed your unrelenting pain as fibromyalgia.
3) The need for pain medication to enable you to do things relatively pain free (ie quality of life) is not a moral issue, anymore than a diabetic's need for insulin is a moral issue.
4. If you have a condition which cannot be cured sufficiently to reduce your pain sufficiently to allow you to do things you enjoy, your option to achieve a good quality of life is pain medication taken in the lowest doses needed to achieve that goal.
So to your question- no one can tell you how to be both pain and medication free. It may not be possible for you to be both pain and medicine free. Only you can determine if that is possible based on your individual experience. If you wish it, try going without the meds and see how you feel. (can't tell from your post if you've done that)
As we age our existing painful conditions can become more painful -- simply a fact of life.
Taking pain meds for pain is not immoral.
1) Pain is very individually experienced -- meaning different for each person.
2)Medicine does not have a perfect diagnosis for every condition. Your doctors have diagnosed your unrelenting pain as fibromyalgia.
3) The need for pain medication to enable you to do things relatively pain free (ie quality of life) is not a moral issue, anymore than a diabetic's need for insulin is a moral issue.
4. If you have a condition which cannot be cured sufficiently to reduce your pain sufficiently to allow you to do things you enjoy, your option to achieve a good quality of life is pain medication taken in the lowest doses needed to achieve that goal.
So to your question- no one can tell you how to be both pain and medication free. It may not be possible for you to be both pain and medicine free. Only you can determine if that is possible based on your individual experience. If you wish it, try going without the meds and see how you feel. (can't tell from your post if you've done that)
As we age our existing painful conditions can become more painful -- simply a fact of life.
Taking pain meds for pain is not immoral.
You are a very determined man & I admire you for your determination !!! This is all new for me!! I went from a healthy 78 year I old to getting hooked on hydrocodone!!! I was diagnosed with lung cancer in Feb. 2015 & had a lungeptony in March of this year. The other day I decided to quit the meds & what a "mess" I found myself in !!!! I began to research withdrawals symptons..What I learned was an eye opener!! Seems I am hooked and am fighting to get unhooked.. Thought my body was shutting to die.... I began to research about hydrocodone & found all of this!!! I am now clean for 5 days... I have another surgery coming the 23rd of this month.. What is a person to do???
Hey Tammara, I used for over 14 years, heavy opiate habit (pills), and I am five months clean today ... I feel pretty daim good! yes, it is hard. getting off opiates is hard. Staying clean is hard. Living life without drugs is hard. But today I would definitely say it is SO worth it! I love living my life clean. I'm 46 and I have way less pain than I did when I was using. I am active and fit and work out almost every day and i love to hike. so ya ... there IS hope! you sound like a fun-loving person with a lot of zest for life ... so go for it!!! ... Meegan
Stay in the Light. It will get better and better. I have used off and on for 40yrs and got hooked on the hydo/oxys. That lead me up to get the Methadone prescribed for pain. This went on for yet 12yrs. All together it was around 16 for all. It did take me a long time for my Brain to fire up again. I got clean at 56 back in 2012. There is a lot that gets out of whack in the brain. Lots of chems, transmitters, hormones and so on. When we use for so long we do not make to much seritoin or even the endorphins get knocked down. There is so much to the brain that this is what will take time to balance back for you not to be as depressed, helpless or having no energy. I thought I was never going to have that Energy. I had alot happen as my family went all around the same time to having 2 stents put in my Heart..SO I felt the worse depression ever. I just kept up on my Support as I even added more besides the meetings. I stuck close to the site as my Friends on here walked all the way with me in my Journals. I even added more Church and some other things. Just stay in the Light..Darkness will fall but stay in the LIGHT..I wish you the best.
Bless
It will get better..Patience & Time!
Bless
It will get better..Patience & Time!
Welcome! I can honestly say after using for more than 10 years you can break free! Life is better on the other side! I am now on day 14 for my second time after my horse threw me and fractured my pelvis! I will be honest it is not easy but so worth it! I was almost 2 years clean when I had my accident.
Look up the Thomas recipe I used that the first time with out the Benzo only things I could get over counter. You will think clearer after you get off.
As for pain I take Aleve and it helps but I think we need to learn to live with a little pain.
Remember we did not get this way over night and it will take time to heal the brain takes a little longer than the body. If you want this you can do this!
there are a ton of people on here for support so post when you feel "lost"it will help you!
Keep us posted and the best to you
Look up the Thomas recipe I used that the first time with out the Benzo only things I could get over counter. You will think clearer after you get off.
As for pain I take Aleve and it helps but I think we need to learn to live with a little pain.
Remember we did not get this way over night and it will take time to heal the brain takes a little longer than the body. If you want this you can do this!
there are a ton of people on here for support so post when you feel "lost"it will help you!
Keep us posted and the best to you
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