Hi I totally understand feeling of having a hurt back I have four herniation in my thoracic spine of them are flattening my spinal cord I'm 2 weeks clean from oxycodone I was on 200 milligrams and I'm now managing it with muscle relaxers and antidepressants and Advil and to tell you the truth the pain is almost the same as if it was I was on the pain meds I decided to come off of the pain meds to evaluate my pain and because my tolerance has gotten so big you may want to try it I mean I'm two weeks clean and it was very hard I went to a facility that help me detox just figured I share my story with you and good luck
Just checking in, few more months have went by and nothing much has changed. I am doing a little better with each month but still going without!!! My doctor is starting a class about mindfulness and involves eastern medicine. I am gonna try this out the first time he has the class. But I am kind of coming to the conclusion that I have an addiction but I could never make myself give up the doctor and go to a clinic or anything. It is far too expensive also what are my options if gets worse?
I agree with the DR maybe go in every week or two instead of monthly. Then if you do run out it wouldn't be so long till you get more.
I would seriously suggest telling your doctor about you addictive personality and if you can't take it as prescribed consider alternative pain management regiments. I was on methadone as perscribed for 8.5 years and it was horrid to get off it.
Hi and a warm welcome. I echo what at_the_beach said above. I was on oxy years ago for back pain and spasms after an accident. I managed to get off after like around 4years of using and during detox you do feel like the pain is worse but I found out the more my body repaired itself the better my back felt. Then I was able to manage with a tens unit, some aleve and a heating pad. Now today I still get discomfort at times but it's way better than it ever was on opiates! Just my two cents for I know nothing about methadone. Good luck and post for support!
Hello and welcome. Your tolerance will continue to increase as you take them.
You will need to take more and stronger meds.
After 8 years you truly need to re-evaluate your real pain levels.
Pain actually increases from being on opoates. It is called
Hypergesia- opiate induced pain.
With the help of your doctor you should taper your Meds down.
There will be increased rebound pain as you taper. This is normal.
Have you used alternative ways to manage your pain?
Exercise, swimming, meditation, chiropractor, acupuncture, massage, tens
Machine?
Most people find after years of opiates that once they come off of them their pain levels can be managed other ways.
Welcome to this forum. You are not the only one with this problem. No one judges you here, you do enough of that that yourself.
Keep a diary one column have pain level 1-10, in 2nd have when you took tablet in the 3rd what activity if any you were doing . Be honest its only yourself you cheat .Keep it for a month and see if you always take methadone for pain or for pleasure. This will answer whether you need more or if its an addiction. Take it from there.
You may well find you take more when you have the new prescription and then have to eek them out to last. It will answer why you take them and how.
If its for pleasure/feel good factor / just to feel normal /cope with the day, sometime then your addicted
If its for pain then you need to discuss it with your Dr and the diary is a starting point to this discussion.
Getting the tablets weekly is another good idea as instead of going short for say 4 days at the end of the month, it's only one day a week to suffer withdrawals if you get them.
I think we have all been there.