Thanks for the clarification Wolftrades....yep, with your definition, my husband is definately in the addict catagory....
[tr ][td class=msgThread2 vAlign=top height="100%"]I have tried really hard to grasp what I do and do not have control over. I used to go to all appointments, make sure everyone heard the 'real'...
Thanks Brandy, I guess I am just hoping to run across a success story with someone in his situation. I've come to terms with the fact that I may never have my husband back. I feel confident that the...
Thanks for your thougths and ideas. Like I said, this has been going on for 17 years. After his first spurt in rehab, we believed all was rosie. We had two kids. When I was 8 mo. preg with the...
I am aware of physical as well as psychological dependency and how one's tolerance increases. I do believe my husband is truly addicted though. Each new doctor he gets gives him the benefit of the...
I know that 90+% of Chronic Pain sufferers never become addicted to the high doses of pain meds they require to function....however the truth is that some do and my husband is one of them. It seems...
philski Thanks so much for sharing and I am very sorry that you have had them so much of your life. I bet it really interfered with being a kid...that is what I am afraid for. Do you mind if I ask...
Thanks Annuk Hearing that they haven't haunted her for her entire life is wonderful news. That is what I pray for. My husband, his mother, aunt, and Grandmother all have very dibilitating migraines...
I have a few questions that pertain to both of my children...I'll describe them both first then ask all the questions together at the end :) My son was diagnosed with migraines when he was 6 years...
Annuk, Thanks for asking - my husband has tried imitrex (in all forms) but it doesn't work for him. It does for his mom and his aunt so we were hopeful, but it didn't. It is wonderful that you have...
Cranky - although I am not trying to side withyour mother and I believe when you have a headache happening is NOT the best time to approach the issue of meds - let me share what I've learned with my...
Tlhess....that would be great. I know listening to and communicating with those going through the pain has been helpful to me...but it there is an entire different set of feelings, frustrations when...
I am so sorry you are all going through such pain with such little support. I'm not sure if my venting from the other angle is helpful or hurtful so feel free to tell me the vent elsewhere.... I...
That is too bad Sara. Is there anyone else in your family that have migraines? My family doesn't "get" my husband's migraines because they have never experienced it. My husband's family is riddled...
Don't know if this is of any help but I am the wife of a migraine sufferer. He, however has other issues and his migraines just compound the issues. Just as every marriage has to adjust to what the...
My husband had been struggling with Chronic Pain, Migraines, and Depression for YEARS now. For about the last few years he has been falling apart and I have attributed it to the huge amounts of pain...