Having a really rough time :(

[Sweetness91]

I'm so afraid I'm going to relapse! Of course that may be a little hard w/o "resources" if you know what I mean...but I've read how our addict brains find ways to get ahold of opiates. I've been having so much facial and mouth pain for a few weeks and its just getting to be too much.  The Ibuprofen and Tylenol are tearing up my stomach...bad. I asked my doctor for an NSAID I could just take once a day instead of eating 16-20 ibuprofen and he wouldn't even consider it! And when I asked him to do bloodwork to check a couple things along with my stomach (I am 39 and haven't  had bloodwork done except for my hospital stay 4 yrs ago)  he told me to take Pepcid twice a day and come back in two months and we would "talk" about bloodwork then! WTH!! It's not like I asked him to do a bunch of testing AND PAY for it! Geez. Then he proceeded to tell me to continue taking the ibuprofen but make sure to eat with it. Ummm HELLO?? I can't freakin hardly eat because it feel like someone is shoving a toothpick up my damn nose...God he's an idiot.  Sorry guys....I'm just so frustrated today! I'm so tired of broth, pudding and Mac n Cheese...so I tend to eat nothing and I'm starving on top of it all. Lol. Grrrr!

So....has anyone had this type of pain and been successful at treating it? If so...HOW did you treat it? I'm at a loss on what to do...I have an appt for X-rays today to check the pins n screws in my face but that isn't going to help my pain right now and I DONT wanna turn to opiates. I've done so good and I really really dont want to mess that up :( HELP???!!!!

[Sweetness91]

Thanks for your reply conhall. I was on opiates a total of ten years...Vicodin/Vicoprofen, Percocet, and whatever else for about two years and then methadone for the last eight years. I've been clean eight weeks...in two more days ill have 60 days under my belt. I just don't know what to do at this point. I was born with cleft lip &palate and had 16 cosmetic surgeries to repair it and make me look normal so I've always had a few problems here n there with facial pain but never this bad. I had a couple teeth pulled right in the same areas as where the pins/plates/screws are and I'm praying to God that it didn't cause them to shift because at this stage in my life, I don't want another cosmetic surgery! I haven't had one in 18 years and I just don't wanna go back down that road...I guess because I thought all that was behind me. I spent so much time in the hospital as a child, it was craziness!

Is Toradol a narcotic? I remember years ago I had been dealing with a migraine for 3-4 days and my husband took me to the ER because I had been vomiting so much and they put me on IV fluids and have me a shot of the toradol...and it did make the migraine go away...so I'm just curious what kind of med it is.

[conhall]

Good Morning I am so sorry you are struggling and in pain,Can you switch doctors sounds like this one isnt listening or trying to help :(
I had an accident in the beginning of my recovery and I Took Toradol Not sure if that helps your situation But it did work not 100% but it helped.
How long were you taking opiates for pain ? How Long were you addicted to them? I just know for me that I had built up such a tolerance to them that even if I had to take them they wouldnt work.