There has been alot of talk about Valerian Root(Valerian Officinals) and other herbal supplements and drugs. For anyone thinking of taking any herbs which help with withdrawls and daily insomnia and...
Valerian root is considered an herbal drug because of the effects it has on the central nervous system. Anything acting on the central nervous system is a type of drug. Thats why there are herbalists...
Due to the amount of withdrawl questions lately, I've decided it might be a good idea to make some posts on my Blog Site about the different herbs and even everyday natural foods that can do alot of...
Just be careful with Valerian root, It is an over the counter herbal drug. In large amounts in acts like valium. Everything that acts on the central nervous sysytm in that way is considered a drug,...
Oh granny I'm so sorry:(:( You seemed to really like it at first. Isnt there anything else they can do, or are you saying thats it on the meds?...
Reading all of these wishes I feel a little less alone....
I wish you are able to share your love with a child when your ready also TOdoern. In whatever way you can. I am adopted and feel so grateful that someone loved me enough that they actually chose me....
There is something we can do. We can start with ourselves making sure we never use the medicine in any other way than the doc says to,. We can make sure if anyone approaches us at our pain management...
I wrote out a whole post and it disapeared!!! Grrrrh. Anyhow. I think you should write a letter to the sdministration of the clinic. Every clinic and center has administration. In that adm. there is...
I'm sorry your struggling with the two evils. I hope you find relief soon. Ambien is great for sleep but has its own problems when it comes to withdrawls. It is a nervous system depressant and can...
This is a really great thread. I think about my dreams and wishes everyday although no one has ever asked me what they are so its strange to actually write one down... I wish I had any sort of social...
I'm sorry to hear you're having such a hard time. Before I got sick I took regular ambien for 5 years. I've never had the new one. Since your pain is that severe and keeping you up on a sleeping...
even though our pain seems to be in different places for different reasons I just wanted to tell you I so often feel the same way as you do(about your left leg) my pain is with my bladder and i feel...
Sounds like youve been through alot gramps...well that goes for all of us too. I think we should all equally be proud of ourselves everday we dont give into our pain. Gramps I think you would like...
I really feel for you...It must be really hard to cope with. I hope your finding a way to get through them. It does suck that things pop up like that. Even just normal day to day stuff cab be a pain....
I've already begged and pleaded. They just wont listen. Your too young...blah...blah. You might change your mind(about kids)...blah...blah Its all I hear like a broken record. I appriciate them...
I can understnad what your saying Gramps. I think, at least for me when or if I go off the pain meds(I always like to think "when") I will know as much as possible what to expect in the area of pain...
oh yeah absolutly. Metaphysical stores just have a wide aray of meditation tapes and healing CD's. Meditaions are based out of the human experience and what our minds are able to do. If you do read...
If you can join a gym most have yoga and pilates. They have different levels and techniques for many diffrent people. There is alot of benefit in going to a class over doing it solo at home. But...
I just wanted to say kudos on doing the right thing for your son. Alot of parents try to protect there kids and end up making the situation worse for the future. It must have been very difficult for...
I'm sorry your having such a hard time getting over the full course of withrawls. Risidual effects from narcotic medications can last months. They arent considered true blue withdrawls which cause...
The only advise I could give you in that whatever is going on sounds systemic(throught the whole body) Your best bet may be to visit a Rhumatologist who can test for everything between lymes and...
Well, I had an obgyn who said she couldnt remove it for various reasons so I was put on lupron which destroyed my body. Being 28 in menapause and newly married is a nightmare, not to mention I feel...
There are drug companies wooing docs all the time. My mother who is a sec in a doc office always used to come home with the best food from a lunch or diner. You want loster, you get lobster. I dont...
I find that so interesting that opioid withdrawl became that dangerous for you. I only ask for personal interest. Do you have high blood pressure or past or present heart problems? you dont have to...
America today. I used to have to deal with Ins companies at work. If a patient was suicidal I had to prove why they should remain in treatment. Killing themselves wasnt enough for the Ins company to...
Pharmacies and insurance companies leave a sour taste in my mouth. I'll tell you right now insurance companies dont give a damn about you, they just want your money and dont want to give you what you...
Can they really do that? take a few months training and act as nurses?? I guess there are physisians assistants who act as docs and can rx drugs out. Still seems strange though. I guess I can agree...
I take my oxy every 12 hours and its true, they do not last 12 hours like they claim. Unfortunitly my doc will never let me take them closer together. I'd say after 5 hours the potency starts to...
Well, I did or I guess still do have the flu. I do have small resiratory sympotoms but for me mostly stomach symptoms and really bad muscle cramps. I guess I can see why pain meds help and why the...
This is a debate that can go on forever. The fact of the matter is that there are both sides to perscribed pain medication. As long as anyone sells or abuses meds there is amunition for the law to...
PS your question was if the doc was to cut meds in half would you take extra pills...My answere is and will remain no. I can understand it...but abusing meds is abusing meds. When you call your doc...
Um, I didnt complain the Lortab wasnt working...I told her it helped my pain. I hadnt even taken the lortab until they told me to. When I called back to tell her it worked for my pain thats when she...
Thanx guys...I'm taking advantage of a momentary let up all my meds are giving me!!! You know you may not be able to treat the flu or food poising with narcotics but they sure do give you a tiny...
I can honestly say I would not take extra pills if my perscriptions were cut in half. For me I have this everyday fear that I could get kicked out, I've seen it happen to alot of patients. I tend to...
huh...I didnt think it was. Maybe it was just too weak for me....
I need to vent...I am stuck in bed with the flu or food poisning and it is reacking havoc on my IC and endo. I woke up this morning with the worst nausia...5am no docs open and there was no way I...
I never thought tramadol was strong enough to give any type of euphoria. But lately I have heard so much about how addictive it is and how bad the withdrawls are from it. I took it for a very, very...
do you need to chat...I think you can log into the chronic pain chat ...I just signed in...
There are patient rights. You need to call your doc. You need to tell them that regular use of pain meds causes dependance. It is not the the same thing as addiction but if you were perscribed them...
I hear that!!...
Wow, I'm so sorry you have been put in such a situation with no explination. Its very strange that the doc didnt sit down with you and make a plan. And if not give you an explination , at the very...
Funnygirl Havent seen you on in a few...hope all is well and you are just getting some well needed rest or the pain miraculously? disapeared...be well...
I'm so glad everything went AOK! fianlly a doc who knows that more than 3 doses of BT meds a day means your pain isnt being treated properly...now maybe someone can mention that to my doc and I wont...
Thanx PAlady. I reallly had not even considered that the same neurological pathways are the same for cp and depression. That makes alot of sense. I just have a huge phobia of meds, which ironically I...
Hi TexasJen I dont think I've met you yet...maybe I have, my days sometimes run into each other... Just wanted to say hi!!!!...
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!! Look at it this way...either the office is packed because he is great and everyone wants to see him...or its packed because he's running behind due to his...
Probably because they arent thinking that they could be the next to be investigated....