Need help getting off of Morphine

I have chronic Pain, and I have been on pain medication for about 10 years, I got on Morphine for about a year, the problem is that when I get the flu, or I forget a med I go through withdraws, it makes me so sick.  I live alone and I have to call my boyfriend and have him come take care of me.  It *****, I am getting sick so often, I think my body needs more morphine but my mind doesn't.  I want off, and my doctor says he will help, I just know I will have to go on something else in place.  I just wish I could get off all of it, and feel normal, or just feel again.  The pain is still here but I can't take the withdrawals that I go through.  Anyone have any advice?

[BIKERDAD1963]

Let your doctor help. Just research his methods that he wants to use. We can also answer your questions about some of the methods. Morphine is nasty. Your doctor will probably give you some choices. There is stopping the morphine and starting another opoid drug and then start taperring (tapering) the dose down to a comfortable level to stop completely. Another option would be the Sub, a very strong opoid drug. Again you need to research the Sub very thoroughly because if used wrong you will be worse off than now. You should start your research now so when you go to the docs you will prepared to ask the rite questions and so you will no how to use it properly. Some docs out there perscribe Sub at a rediculously hi rate and for way to long. They are clueless about the drug that they are giving you. Morphine is a nasty drug to jump off of so you will probably need one of these options. Some people have done it ct tho and i hope they will respond with there experiences because they can help you more than i can. Good luck to you.

[NorcoQueenoftheUniverse]

Oh honey... you need the help of your Doctor,,, (if he's/she's available to help you thru this)  I can tell you that it WON'T be EASY... but it is an option!!  Trust me... I've been CLEAN X'S 33 DAYS... and it's ALL coming back to me now...
If you haven't already,,,, please check out the health pages in regarda to the THOMAS RECEIPE.... (it has helped ME and so many others)
Also,,, if you are READY to GET CLEAN... please involve others... (somebody close to you) as this will make this whole dang process a LITTLE more bearable...

and... a big plus... drink LOTS of water and if you can muster up the energy.. try to get a little exercise... It really helps with getting your Natural endorphins kicked in...

And,,,, please remember that we are ALL out here FOR YOU,,, so keep posting....
and let us know how you are doing..... We've ALL been there and DONE that!!

And.. my words of wisdom are that EVERYDAY THAT YOU DON'T USE IS A BETTER DAY THAN WHEN YA DO!

Love, hugs, and prayers

NorcoQueenoftheUniverse

[Irisheyestwo]

Thank you, just knowing there are other people out there helps so much.  I will do my research, I know this is going to be hard but I want to feel better.  I will keep in touch I go to my Doctor next week so I should be able to get some answers.  I will try to drink water and do some walking.  Thanks again to both of you.  

I will keep you in my prayers also,

Irisheyestwo

[worried878]

listen to ur dr...morphine is not a big drug of abuse cos the nrg high is not usually there unless u shoot it...ms contin/morphine is often safer than the shorter acting drugs like percs or hydros....what will u switch too?  narcs are narcs and they r all addictive and wd is a part of each one......u dont ear too many people on the streets seeking morpine..stay away from opana if he emntions it cos that is a much more powerful and has a euphoria associated with it for me vs morphine//never had the desire to abuse morphine..but we r all different...learn all u can about any drug he suggests...but it is good he is helping u...good luck to u

[Irisheyestwo]

Thank you for your advice, I don't really know what I would take, I know it is all bad.  I use to take Vicadon, and soma, I don't get a high from Morphine, it is just when I have gotten sick I go through withdraws so fast and that is so bad.  When I have had gone to the hospital they treat me like a drug addict, even though I don't shoot it, or anything else.  I don't abuse it, I just don't feel like I have any energy.  I want to go back to school and I want to be able to remember things and just join life again.  I feel lost I don't know what to do.  I am an alcoholic, and I know how hard that was to stop, so I don't really feel addicted to Morphine, I just hate the way I am treated by the medical staff when I do have to go.  I use to work in the medical field and they are judge patients who take a lot of medication.  I have been so sick had insurance, needed to be in the hospital and was sent home.  My family hates me being on it.  I am on disablility because of my back, andI want to get off of this type of med, any sugguestions would be appreciated, I go to the Doctor this next week.  I guess I just need to talk to him.  My problem is I don't know about all the meds so I say yes and then find they are stronger than what I have been on.  I told one dr. I wouldn't take Morphine so he put me on Diluadid, I didn't know that it was stronger than Morphine, that is how I ended on it.  I just don't have a lot of support at home.  My boyfriend were getting married we lived together and now we are living apart.  He won't say he is tired of the caregiving, but I know it gets old.  I am just feeling sorry for myself tonight so I guess I need to just try to get some sleep, thanks for listening, if anyone else can help please write to jme, or is there a place I can go talk as in back and forth?  Thanks again for the support.

Irisheyes

[bluespence]

Hello! I am also on Morphine and I have a lot of pain. If you want to talk send me a message! I am here if you need me!!

Denise :)

[toejam_muncher]

well don't let things get you too down. i have migraines...and i don't compare that to what you have because to be honest i have no idea what your pain is like....but i do know that when i actually get a migraine i can't even move or sleep or anything except lay in bed in terrible pain....and i have found preventative meds that keep the migraines down to a minimum but there was a time i got them all the time and it was very very easy just in those times to get depressed. i really can't imagine how easy it would be to get depressed if i had chronic pain. but there's always hope...try to find other people who are going through similar situations and find out what works for them. the internet is literally an endless resource...even if you found something that works for someone that only mildly makes the pain better, it would be worth it. thats what i would do. i would find a support team. we all need people no matter what we're going through...i'd imagine the same goes for chronic pain. other people with shared experiences can help support you and you can help support them. anyway, i don't know how well it would work for you or if you're already doing that, but it's what i'd try.

[worried878]

Many who have not been thre...those who not walked in the shoes of a chronic pain patient do not understand,,,and th same goes for addiction..nless u have been there u have no right to judge anyone...cos u have no frickin idea about what we/ ot they/go thru on a daily basis...if someone wants to down me for needing pain relief here and there after procedures/which is 3-4 times a yr...i want them to come here and challenge me...if u feel i am a loser since from time to time i have had to use thru a week r so..but always let it go when th pain wasbearable..i challenge them to come here and dispute my goals

in my opinion no one judges me cept me...those who used for euporia//vs a chronic pain patient..r still the same..we r addicts...i used over and above my pain needs due to nrg..i really think chronic pain patients suffer an nrg loss/ a depression/unless u have lived everyday over and over hurting/u can not judge/...so we get sucked right in..plus the predispositon for abuse is there as a rule in the beginning...chronic painers with  disposition toward addiction r just virtually screwed...we get into deep doo doo quick...we have all the predisposing factors to make us lose our power//and let the pills take the lil bit of power we have left..chronic painers r tired...we go on thru life without even telling most how we physically feel...no one really wants to know anyway...we r prime bait for addiction

Just as if u have never had an addiction///u dont understand addiction///if u have never experienced chronic pain then u can not judge someone who is in chronic pain...add them both together and u have an idea what can happen to us..but in reality u do not unless u have walked in this persons shoes