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Kicking the cycle
All,
To begin, thank you to those who respond to my entry. I very much appreciate your kind thoughts and expertise.
I have had SEVERE back issues for over six years now. My prescribing doctor has put me on a steady diet of 240 7.5 Vicodin per month coupled with 60 Oxycontin. I usually finish the Vic in a little less than two weeks and the Oxy in a week or so. In addition to these abuses, I am diagnosed with bipolar disease and general anxiety disorder; therefore, when I run out of my medication, I slip into a deep depression that affects my home, social and work life. The depression only last for two days. I am assuming this is congruent to my withdrawal from the medication. The interesting thing is, once I am off the meds for a few days, I am back to my old self. It seems that only when I take them then suddenly stop that I receive poor results.
As far as withdrawals, I don't shake, sweat, have bad dreams or become overly agitated. I just cannot seem to resist the high that comes along with the vic and oxy.
Your thoughts, as indicated above, are greatly appreciated.
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To begin, thank you to those who respond to my entry. I very much appreciate your kind thoughts and expertise.
I have had SEVERE back issues for over six years now. My prescribing doctor has put me on a steady diet of 240 7.5 Vicodin per month coupled with 60 Oxycontin. I usually finish the Vic in a little less than two weeks and the Oxy in a week or so. In addition to these abuses, I am diagnosed with bipolar disease and general anxiety disorder; therefore, when I run out of my medication, I slip into a deep depression that affects my home, social and work life. The depression only last for two days. I am assuming this is congruent to my withdrawal from the medication. The interesting thing is, once I am off the meds for a few days, I am back to my old self. It seems that only when I take them then suddenly stop that I receive poor results.
As far as withdrawals, I don't shake, sweat, have bad dreams or become overly agitated. I just cannot seem to resist the high that comes along with the vic and oxy.
Your thoughts, as indicated above, are greatly appreciated.
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Bubulous,
Thank you very much for your insight and messages of concern regarding my initial post. I very much appreciate it and look forward to our continued conversations. If there is anything I can help you with, please feel free to contact me any time.
With much appreciation,
M4ME
Thank you very much for your insight and messages of concern regarding my initial post. I very much appreciate it and look forward to our continued conversations. If there is anything I can help you with, please feel free to contact me any time.
With much appreciation,
M4ME
Thank you so much for sharing your story. I can really identify with the comments regarding "morning coffee". In addition, understanding how to cope without the narcs is a fear which I, unfortunately, also embraced. I am now two days without the drugs and am surprised at how much I do not miss them.
That is what I thought. I am going to send you a message because what I have to say does not relate to most. Be patient because I am working on another theory right now. I will send it within the next couple hours. You should get an email when I do. Should be less than 2 hours but I want to give myself plenty of time....
No I so not. The medications are all prescribed by my pain management doctor. I have a double herniation of the L4 and L5, a bulging L3 and severe arthritis in my S1 and S2. Fun, eh? :)
Bubulous,
First of all, I love your name! :) I am type one bipolar. My manic episodes usually go in one month cycles and last for three days. This makes it very hard to contribute around the house or hold down a job. Ironically, I have no problems with school, where I am in my MBA program. The pressure there is nominal at best. It is when I take things and make them larger than life that I get into trouble. On a sunny note, I am making a tremendous amount of progress; however, the bouts are exhausting and a real strain on my family and work.
First of all, I love your name! :) I am type one bipolar. My manic episodes usually go in one month cycles and last for three days. This makes it very hard to contribute around the house or hold down a job. Ironically, I have no problems with school, where I am in my MBA program. The pressure there is nominal at best. It is when I take things and make them larger than life that I get into trouble. On a sunny note, I am making a tremendous amount of progress; however, the bouts are exhausting and a real strain on my family and work.
Oh sorry,
Welcome to the forum, you will find a lot of support here. You will also find a variety of advise and stories from different people.
Welcome to the forum, you will find a lot of support here. You will also find a variety of advise and stories from different people.
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I had the same prescription at a slightly lower dose- long story short I had back surgery last year.; however I stayed on the narcs under the premise they were for my RA.. This past summer I had every ache and pain from knee to neck so I could get prescriptions.... I tapered off of everything 11 days ago and the hardest part was the fear of not knowing what to expect and how I was going to manage daily life.. Vicodin became my morning coffee so to speak. Now that I have not taken the prescriptions in 11 days my backache is very treatable with Tylenol or Alleve which I alternate but I don't even need it every day. My fear of being at work was probably the biggest for me.. I have not been to a meeting or business luncheon without Vicoden in a long time.. Needless to say within the past several days I have handled both with the same confidence that I had with the Vicodin. The high is over rated at this point.. Life is good without them!