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Slight Problem today......
I have a problem. I have been clean now for almost 9 days. 1.5 days ago I was having a tooth ache. I thought this was just a symptom of the w/d and ignored it. Well today I must deal with this thing, it looks like it is a real tooth problem. I am scared to death to go...for obvious reasons....
Pills were not my drug of choice, but I don't want anything to spoil my clean time...I am scared, about what to do. I hate doubting everything (is it real, is it in my head).
My current plan is just go to the dentist and let him see if he can see anything. I am not going to go and try to get any meds. I just want the swelling and discomfort to go away...
Any suggestions would be helpful....
God Bless
Pills were not my drug of choice, but I don't want anything to spoil my clean time...I am scared, about what to do. I hate doubting everything (is it real, is it in my head).
My current plan is just go to the dentist and let him see if he can see anything. I am not going to go and try to get any meds. I just want the swelling and discomfort to go away...
Any suggestions would be helpful....
God Bless
Great posts crew,
This is the attitude & support that us winners have.
Cotinued luck & sucsess to all of us.
Paul
P.S. is there a way to run a spell check while in this forum.
This is the attitude & support that us winners have.
Cotinued luck & sucsess to all of us.
Paul
P.S. is there a way to run a spell check while in this forum.
I'm glad to see your feeling better. wellbutrin made me feel like I was going to die when I took it, and the dr kept telling me it would go away after a month I couldn't take it anymore, and as soon as I stopped taking it I felt better. what mg of methadone were you on when you stopped? I'm on 4mgs today and I'm planning on tommorrow being my last day, and I'm hoping my w/d's aren't gonna get much worse, I'm just gonna keep a positive attitude about the whole thing cause I know the way you precieve the whole thing makes a big difference. anyways I'm glad to see your doing better
I just got back home from my root canal.I didn't feel a thing.
The dentist knows of my addiction and knows not to give me anything.
I feel fine and no pain.23 days clean.Thanks!
bmac
The dentist knows of my addiction and knows not to give me anything.
I feel fine and no pain.23 days clean.Thanks!
bmac
I have an appointment today to have a root canal.I have had several over my 44 years and they hurt.My dentist knows of my addiction and knows that there are other ways to make me
comfortable.Also think about this a minute.I have to have a right knee replacement within 12 months.No choice,My knee
has already collapsed and I have no cartliage left in the joint.
I have worried over this all week,the tooth and the knee and
I have come to the conclusion I just have to do the best I can.
If the pain gets more than I can stand I will do something but that is the job of an Anesthesolgist.A doctor that puts you to sleep.They can control pain without much of the drug ever hitting your system.First off I will ask my dentist to get
the laughing gas out and I will just have to let him do his root canal.If it hurts afterwards I guess I'll cry and scream for a few days.Talk to him about not taking opiates,he is trained for this.Be careful of what you do,it as you know can lead you back
down that trail.
Tooth throbbing and knee hurting
but clean,23 days peace,
bmac
comfortable.Also think about this a minute.I have to have a right knee replacement within 12 months.No choice,My knee
has already collapsed and I have no cartliage left in the joint.
I have worried over this all week,the tooth and the knee and
I have come to the conclusion I just have to do the best I can.
If the pain gets more than I can stand I will do something but that is the job of an Anesthesolgist.A doctor that puts you to sleep.They can control pain without much of the drug ever hitting your system.First off I will ask my dentist to get
the laughing gas out and I will just have to let him do his root canal.If it hurts afterwards I guess I'll cry and scream for a few days.Talk to him about not taking opiates,he is trained for this.Be careful of what you do,it as you know can lead you back
down that trail.
Tooth throbbing and knee hurting
but clean,23 days peace,
bmac
Well, A few days ago i was on my 3rd or 4th day of w/d and feeling pretty good. The worst of the w/d symptoms were gone and I was home free in my mind. THEN it struck! A migraine which sent me to the local ER. I was given a total of 4mg of IV DILAUDID (some bad **** and my drug of choice for that matter) and I also was given 50mg of IV Demerol. Both of which are opiates.
The headache was finally gone, but now I feared withdrawl again. This all happened Monday night are here we are Thursday morning and I am suprisingly in fairly good shape. I never actually went back to the real bad w/d stuff, but it seems as though I extended the anxiety/nervous stage of w/d a few extra days. All in All I feel as close to normal as I have been without drugs in over a year. I too am using the INFAMOUS "Thomas Recipe" with the exception of the L-Tyrosine, which gave me the shakes. It seems to be helping, but like BMAC said it might just be in my head. You know that feeling of taking a pill to make you feel better thing. I remember when I could be right on the edge of w/d and just the feeling of a Hydro sliding down my throat would make it all go away. (It's such a MENTAL Game we play with ourselves).
I guess the bottom line is that if you are in legitimate pain and you use only 1 at a time AS NEEDED for PAIN not getting HIGH then you should not be afraid to seek help.
I hope that helps and remember that is just my experience and not everyone will have the same experience (my little disclaimer) :]
James
The headache was finally gone, but now I feared withdrawl again. This all happened Monday night are here we are Thursday morning and I am suprisingly in fairly good shape. I never actually went back to the real bad w/d stuff, but it seems as though I extended the anxiety/nervous stage of w/d a few extra days. All in All I feel as close to normal as I have been without drugs in over a year. I too am using the INFAMOUS "Thomas Recipe" with the exception of the L-Tyrosine, which gave me the shakes. It seems to be helping, but like BMAC said it might just be in my head. You know that feeling of taking a pill to make you feel better thing. I remember when I could be right on the edge of w/d and just the feeling of a Hydro sliding down my throat would make it all go away. (It's such a MENTAL Game we play with ourselves).
I guess the bottom line is that if you are in legitimate pain and you use only 1 at a time AS NEEDED for PAIN not getting HIGH then you should not be afraid to seek help.
I hope that helps and remember that is just my experience and not everyone will have the same experience (my little disclaimer) :]
James
It's got to be the mental part that is the hardest.80% mental,
20%physical.I have used the recipe for now the 5th day and I feel alot better.I haven't taken anything other than advil.
I stopped taking the Wellbutrin the shink put me on last week.
Took it for 8 days and it was like bad speed.Anti depressants
make me feel morbid.I ain't depressed,I liked to use opiates.
Anyway the recipe works whether it's physical or mental it ain't easy.I am on day 23 and getting better by the hour.I have had
no cravings or any reason to ***** about anything.Man hello
world!
bmac
20%physical.I have used the recipe for now the 5th day and I feel alot better.I haven't taken anything other than advil.
I stopped taking the Wellbutrin the shink put me on last week.
Took it for 8 days and it was like bad speed.Anti depressants
make me feel morbid.I ain't depressed,I liked to use opiates.
Anyway the recipe works whether it's physical or mental it ain't easy.I am on day 23 and getting better by the hour.I have had
no cravings or any reason to ***** about anything.Man hello
world!
bmac
Hi. I just wanted to say to both of the people with tooth problems, that I have had the same problem in the past. Truthfully, the dentist put me on a strong atibiotic, having me double up on the doses, and within a day or two the pain was gone so i really didn't need much pain relief after that if any. And as far as the root canal goes, the time you will need pain meds is while the tooth is infected before the root canal is done. After my root canal I wasn't even prescribed anything for pain because the the dentist told me there would be no pain and there really wasn't. After all, the root canal takes the nerves out. hope this eases your alls anxiety! :)
Hello to all. I posted my life story in a thread above, but I too am wondering just who is this Thomas character, what exactly is his
Hope this helps
5 weeks into sobriety I had periodontal surgery. I convelecsed with advil, and advil only. Come on crew we will suffer withdrawl symptoms over, and over, and will not withstand dental pain wtithout risking the future of are whole lives? Face it this is a battle for our lives, stop worrying and take the pain head on. Think of all the pain drugs have put us through. I have woke up in the bushes in the winter because of drug abuse. I have hidden from my daughter because of drug abuse. I have binged untill I threw up everything short of my sneakers because of drugs, I have reduced my self beneith human dignity on many occasions because of drug abuse I'll be dammed if some m f-in dental work will reduce me again. As for the knee surgery, I read on line of a pellet they put in your belly to negate the drug effect on the body but not the pain killing effect. I am not entirely sure of this but I suggest you look into it. Good luck to all of this.
Paul
5 weeks into sobriety I had periodontal surgery. I convelecsed with advil, and advil only. Come on crew we will suffer withdrawl symptoms over, and over, and will not withstand dental pain wtithout risking the future of are whole lives? Face it this is a battle for our lives, stop worrying and take the pain head on. Think of all the pain drugs have put us through. I have woke up in the bushes in the winter because of drug abuse. I have hidden from my daughter because of drug abuse. I have binged untill I threw up everything short of my sneakers because of drugs, I have reduced my self beneith human dignity on many occasions because of drug abuse I'll be dammed if some m f-in dental work will reduce me again. As for the knee surgery, I read on line of a pellet they put in your belly to negate the drug effect on the body but not the pain killing effect. I am not entirely sure of this but I suggest you look into it. Good luck to all of this.
Paul
My knee surgery will be done with the anesthesiologist doing all
the narcotic going to the area.He said it would be minimal
affect on my body.I willhave pain when I wake up but hey,I'll just hurt.If it gets to the point I can't take it they can inject the spot with morphine.I will make it,I just had a nasty drug addiction.Im a winner now,
peace.
bmac
the narcotic going to the area.He said it would be minimal
affect on my body.I willhave pain when I wake up but hey,I'll just hurt.If it gets to the point I can't take it they can inject the spot with morphine.I will make it,I just had a nasty drug addiction.Im a winner now,
peace.
bmac
Thanks everyone... I talked it over with my wife and then I talked to the dentist about my addiction problem. I told him just numb me up and pull the stupid thing. It turns out that this old filling had allowed in bactiera that infected the root.
He was understanding, and I am controlling the pain with prescription strength motrin. He did however give me a script for 8 pills that have a narcotic in them, because he said over this weekend it could get painful before the antibiotic kicks in... I have given it to my wife and she is holding it (no way do I trust myself) and will only let me have one if there is truly no other choice. So far so good...
What are to odds.. I mean really this was the last thing I wanted to be happening. I made things worse because I thought the pain was all in my head (you know trying to make me rationalize that I needed something) so I ignored it for a couple of days. When I awoke last night looking like I was holding a golf ball in my cheek I had to admit maybe this wasn't all in my head.
Thanks again for your help and support. I am just trying to keep my eye on the prize. There is no way I want to go through the w/d again.
God Bless
He was understanding, and I am controlling the pain with prescription strength motrin. He did however give me a script for 8 pills that have a narcotic in them, because he said over this weekend it could get painful before the antibiotic kicks in... I have given it to my wife and she is holding it (no way do I trust myself) and will only let me have one if there is truly no other choice. So far so good...
What are to odds.. I mean really this was the last thing I wanted to be happening. I made things worse because I thought the pain was all in my head (you know trying to make me rationalize that I needed something) so I ignored it for a couple of days. When I awoke last night looking like I was holding a golf ball in my cheek I had to admit maybe this wasn't all in my head.
Thanks again for your help and support. I am just trying to keep my eye on the prize. There is no way I want to go through the w/d again.
God Bless
I experienced the dentist thing today and two weeks ago.I had
no problems with the pain.It did hurt like hell about day 3
but not enough to take anything except alots of advil.I had
two teeth pulled and 1 root canal without any pain meds.My dentist knows of my habit and he wouldn't even think about offering me anything.You are stressing over this and making it worse,believe me.Bio feedback can help to relax you.I mean letting all the muscles go limp until you can just lying
there completely limp.It is hard but it has helped me in the past go thru alot of physical pain due to operations and God Ive had 6.Major ones.Everyone ended in addiction.
Just let your mouth heal,let it hurt.Win that mental game we all addicts play.Hang tuff,vent on.
bmac
no problems with the pain.It did hurt like hell about day 3
but not enough to take anything except alots of advil.I had
two teeth pulled and 1 root canal without any pain meds.My dentist knows of my habit and he wouldn't even think about offering me anything.You are stressing over this and making it worse,believe me.Bio feedback can help to relax you.I mean letting all the muscles go limp until you can just lying
there completely limp.It is hard but it has helped me in the past go thru alot of physical pain due to operations and God Ive had 6.Major ones.Everyone ended in addiction.
Just let your mouth heal,let it hurt.Win that mental game we all addicts play.Hang tuff,vent on.
bmac
I was down to 10 mgs a day.I didn't taper correctly.I should have gone 4 more weeks and tapered to 2.5 mgs.At that point 2.5 mgs has no effect on the body.Methadone withdrawals are't easy.Hydro,oxy was much easier for me.Mentally.
Most of my posts in the past week have been about my mental pain.Week before I was withdrawing,physically.
I used phenobarb and clonidine.Barbs and blood pressure meds!
It made the physical part alot easier.Plus I hate barbs of
any kind so I did take them but for 8 days.Clonidine for 10
days.Last Sunday I stopped the Wellbutrin and went and bought
Thomas's now famous recipe,Thanks Thomas.I left off the L-tyro
part.It can cause the jetters , didn't need.You can't do it alone
it is real hard to decide to stop something that is a habit.
You have to do it physically first then mentally.You will need
help with that part.A few posts down you will find my email address and if you need,email me.That goes for anyone here.
Once again,thanks Thomas.
bmac
Most of my posts in the past week have been about my mental pain.Week before I was withdrawing,physically.
I used phenobarb and clonidine.Barbs and blood pressure meds!
It made the physical part alot easier.Plus I hate barbs of
any kind so I did take them but for 8 days.Clonidine for 10
days.Last Sunday I stopped the Wellbutrin and went and bought
Thomas's now famous recipe,Thanks Thomas.I left off the L-tyro
part.It can cause the jetters , didn't need.You can't do it alone
it is real hard to decide to stop something that is a habit.
You have to do it physically first then mentally.You will need
help with that part.A few posts down you will find my email address and if you need,email me.That goes for anyone here.
Once again,thanks Thomas.
bmac
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