Those Who Are On Narcotic Pain Relievers...

HI Storm

 

I know what its like to "self" condem  thinking other people are thinking

etc..

becasue of  the "WORLD" around us...

Those who live with Chronic pain..  and are being treated by   Doctors

 well   We do  need to "REST" and  "TRUST"...   that   they ahve WISDOM, and sound advice...

I agree with GRAMPS,... there is a HUGE Difference between   needing medication for symptom / pain releif   for chronic pain

and being  addicted..  to get HIgh

 

Personally     I do get HIGH on  my  Pain meds....

I have to tolerate the condition they seem to put me in... 

and

know this

ALl things  work together for good

there is a reason...  and a Pupose for everything

I am so glad you posted here

folks  like Gramps  are a great  help and  shoulder to talk to

 

 

take Care'Blessings

 

Storm, you are not alone in that feeling. It worries me a great deal, but I have to be able to function.

I too have been on the narcotics five yrs. I have never had a high from my meds. If mine did not agree with me, apparently I really got goofy and made no sense when I tried to talk and was forever falling asleep in mid sentence. I cannot remember what meds did that to me but it was short lived. I was in the drs office telling him what was going on. Thank goodness that has not happened again.

I have to have quality life no matter what drug I am taking to help me get there. Its important fo CPer's to be up and moving around and being mobil, no matter what. So what if it takes medication to get us there, the point is we must have quality life. Hugs to all, Susie

Being on pain pills is a struggle for all involved. I've been on morphine for longer than I care to admit. I thought I was doing well but my family kept seeing a different me. The turning point was when my 23 yr old son who was home from the university woke me up at 2:00 am wanting to talk to me. With tears in his eyes he expressed his fears of me being on narcotics and their effects on family's. My son is not a sensitive person he is just the opposite which made it all the more sensitive to me. I too was fighting back tears as my son made his plea. He had been witness to a few families of his close friends ripped apart from misuse and addiction so his concern was well founded in his eyes. I am now recovering from surgery for a neurostimulator implant. At the same time suffering from with-drawls. I hope I made the right decision but only time will tell. I prayed about my decision for a long time. I thought I was doing OK as did others outside of close family. Living in chronic pain is something that only us as chronic pain sufferers can even begin to understand. As someone else stated staying as active as possible is imperative. I also feel finding a support group is important. I recently went through classes at my pain clinic with other CPers which was sooo helpful. Stay strong and keep the Faith. Remember.....I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!!!

Wow, thats a lot of heavy drug talk!

I have crps which is a neuropathic pain syndrom. Now it sucks really bad, because no matter which way my foot is hanging or sitting, it burns like a ******,, big time. Going on three years and ENDLESS SURGERIES......  Seems like I went through procedures #A-#T and had no positive results. I just got my spinal cord stimulator out of my back about 5-6 months ago, and man what a great relief that was.

   The only people that cant understand how the absolute importants of medications and using them as directed are the same people who have never had themselves put into a situation with health that you cant control.

  At this point of my life all I have is the little things, so with a little help from pain pill I can actually talk to people and understand them because I'm not thinking about how much my foot hurts!! Anyway I take lyrica,cymbalta,dilaudid,ambien cr and somtimes a couple tizanadines. Also the lidocain patches, with all these meds no wonder I cant have an orgasm!!      If I did'nt think these meds where helping I probably stop any I felt that way about.

                            But on that note have a safe new year everyone!!!

                                                            mike

 

What a good thread my past p/d would only give me ultram,celbrex,zanaflex finally after six years he said my new insurance wasn't no good and he couldn't help me any more.So i went else where and told him what happened to my new doctor and he asked if he could call the past doctor and i said sure well to find out my new doctor worked with my old doctor at one time now i get meds that help and i just don't tell a lot of people what iam on cause the way they judge and i try not to take them in fron of people but i have tried to second guess my self and didn't take them for a few days and then i realized i couldn't live with out them Deb