Lost???Did I make a mistake?

[Wendy884]

So I was taking 6  10/325 Norco and 4 Tramadol every day for a year. I was about 77 lbs when I got diagnosed with severe Gastritis at the age of 27. My Doctor started me on this pain medicine to help my stomach pain so I could eat. Long story short I became very irritable, mean, and was either emotionally numb or irrational. So this same Dr. Diagnosed me with schists phrenic and bi polar. (He insisted I was a little of both which I thought was weird). I decided that all of this medicine was seriously affecting my brain in a negative way and wanted to stop. So I quit the antipsychotics first then the tremadol no problem. The Norco I had bad withdrawal from and lasted 6 days before I broke down and took a half so I could eat a little bit of something and get a little bit of sleep. I followed the Thomas recipe for OTC and vitamins and all was going about as normal as withdrawals go except the fact that my stomach would again have sharp burning pain and when I would lay down to sleep it would get worse. On a different note my shoulder started burning too is that related to withdrawal? My question is how bad did I mess up taking that half and how can I help my pain?

[Wendy884]

I take Protonix and 300mg of Zantac twice a day.  I have tried Bentyl, Elavil, and also cycle on and off of carafate. Stress and food are huge triggers which is why I have problems maintaining my weight. My Doc doesn't even know I took myself off the narcotics. I am just sick of them and quit on my own. I don't want to go through withdrawal ever again. On the other hand I am 90 lbs right now and my main worry is keeping my health up while I do all this. Today has been 8 days and I feel like I'm loosing the battle.

[ActingBrandNew]

Besides pain meds, how are you treating your Gastritis?

When we use narcotics for a lengthy period, it changes our pain threshold. So when we detox, things hurt more for awhile as our bodies re-adjust. This is called rebound pain. So...your Gastritis may hurt more for awhile until your body adjusts.

[Wendy884]

I have been telling my Doc I want off and he is always asking why? I go back Wednesday I'm just at a point where I a little depressed that I might have to take them for the rest of my life because nothing else has worked. I don't want to though I want to be free from all of this. Idk what to do really. I'm going through this with just me and my 5 kids so I guess I'm looking for hope really. Thank You for answering so quickly :)

[ActingBrandNew]

I dont think that half is going to set you back significantly just dont let it turn into more. In terms of your pain...Im not sure what you can do about that. Gastritis can be very painful. I dont know about the shoulder pain either. You may want to see your doc about it.

Good luck