16th May 2004
[QUOTE=User 205000]NP, I'm sorry, but I have to say this: I can't believe, after reading your "When does it end" thread, that you would actually consider taking Vicoden. Why would your doctor ever prescribe it to you after giving you methodone, and your awful experience with it? I can tell you that one Vicodin isn't going to do much for you for very long, and it will all escalate again. I know your instinct tells you not to take it, judging by your other thread about "blowing it", after you took one, but now it sounds like you are actually contemplating taking more. Trust your instincts and find another way to deal with your pain. I know from personal experience that back pain is terrible, but WE CANNOT TAKE NARCOTICS, just like an alchoholic cannot take a drink.
MAYBE I'M FOOLISH FOR CONSIDERING THIS OPTION BUT WHEN I WAS ON METHADONE FOR CHRONIC PAIN IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT ALLEVIATED THIS PAIN THE ONLY WAY I ABUSED THIS MEDICATION WAS BECAUSE MY TOLERANCE WENT UP AND IT FRIGHTENED ME I HAVE A WHOLE STORY SOME WHERE WHERE I THOUGHT I LOST MY PILLS BUT FOUND THEM LATER AND FLUSHED THEM I RAN OUT EARLY DUE TO MY TOLERANCE BUT NEVER DR SHOPPED IN THE MEAN TIME YES I WAS PHYSICALLY DEPENDANT ON THESE PILLS AND IT PROBABLY SOUNDS LIKE I'M MAKING EXCUSES BUT MY BACK PAIN HAS BEEN VERY SEVERE I HOUSE CLEAN FOR A LIVING AND THE PAIN IS REALLY DOING ME IN I'VE TRIED BEXTRA CELEBREX ULTRAM AND VIOXX EVEN HAD A STEROID EPIDERAL MY PAIN DR IS MONITORING MY PILL INTAKE WHICH EVERYTIME I SEE HIM HE'S LIKE WHY ARE YOU NOT TAKING THEM AND I EXPRESS MY FEARS BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO ALSO BEEN TO PHYSICAL THERAPY WHICH DID NOT HELP DO BACK EXCERSIZES EVERYDAY NO HELP I'VE STILL NOT TAKEN ANYMORE BUT IT'S SO HARD TO LIE ON A HEATING PAD ALL NIGHT WHEN YOU HAVE A HUSBAND AND 7 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IF THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES PLEASE SUGGEST SOME BECAUSE I'M AT MY WITS END WHEN I STOPPED METHADONE YES IT WAS A NIGHTMARE BUT IT'S THE ONLY WAY I COULD FUNCTION WITHOUT HAVING JABBING TINGLING BURNING AWFUL SENSATIONS IN MY BACK SPINE AND RIGHT LEG I KNOW I'M BEING FOOLISH AND PROBALY MAKING A WHOLE LOT OF EXCUSES EVERYONE HAS HEARD BEFORE BUT I'M JUST FED UP AND THANK YOU FOR CARING ENOUGH TO SAY WHAT YOU SAID IT MEANS ALOT TO ME IT REALLY DOES HUGS AND HELP ME KELLEIGH :( :blob_fire
MAYBE I'M FOOLISH FOR CONSIDERING THIS OPTION BUT WHEN I WAS ON METHADONE FOR CHRONIC PAIN IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT ALLEVIATED THIS PAIN THE ONLY WAY I ABUSED THIS MEDICATION WAS BECAUSE MY TOLERANCE WENT UP AND IT FRIGHTENED ME I HAVE A WHOLE STORY SOME WHERE WHERE I THOUGHT I LOST MY PILLS BUT FOUND THEM LATER AND FLUSHED THEM I RAN OUT EARLY DUE TO MY TOLERANCE BUT NEVER DR SHOPPED IN THE MEAN TIME YES I WAS PHYSICALLY DEPENDANT ON THESE PILLS AND IT PROBABLY SOUNDS LIKE I'M MAKING EXCUSES BUT MY BACK PAIN HAS BEEN VERY SEVERE I HOUSE CLEAN FOR A LIVING AND THE PAIN IS REALLY DOING ME IN I'VE TRIED BEXTRA CELEBREX ULTRAM AND VIOXX EVEN HAD A STEROID EPIDERAL MY PAIN DR IS MONITORING MY PILL INTAKE WHICH EVERYTIME I SEE HIM HE'S LIKE WHY ARE YOU NOT TAKING THEM AND I EXPRESS MY FEARS BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO ALSO BEEN TO PHYSICAL THERAPY WHICH DID NOT HELP DO BACK EXCERSIZES EVERYDAY NO HELP I'VE STILL NOT TAKEN ANYMORE BUT IT'S SO HARD TO LIE ON A HEATING PAD ALL NIGHT WHEN YOU HAVE A HUSBAND AND 7 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IF THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES PLEASE SUGGEST SOME BECAUSE I'M AT MY WITS END WHEN I STOPPED METHADONE YES IT WAS A NIGHTMARE BUT IT'S THE ONLY WAY I COULD FUNCTION WITHOUT HAVING JABBING TINGLING BURNING AWFUL SENSATIONS IN MY BACK SPINE AND RIGHT LEG I KNOW I'M BEING FOOLISH AND PROBALY MAKING A WHOLE LOT OF EXCUSES EVERYONE HAS HEARD BEFORE BUT I'M JUST FED UP AND THANK YOU FOR CARING ENOUGH TO SAY WHAT YOU SAID IT MEANS ALOT TO ME IT REALLY DOES HUGS AND HELP ME KELLEIGH :( :blob_fire