If you tell your doctor...

[lilolme29]

what happens?

my husband is a psychologist, he saw this coming far before it hit me, and tried to step in but I pushed him out... how dumb I would't listen to a trained professional.... stupid... I know.

he talked to my neuro and said ya know this doesn't seem right, but my doc said no she is fine we will figure it out.

so .. what if I go to my health care provider and tell them Im here in this hell and I can't stand it? What happens from there?  My neuro said, nope, nothing I shouldn't have flushed....

Day 4 starts tomorrow it has to be better right?

[ZJILLIAN]

Complicated question. Doctors give different responses. The only time I ever went the tell my doctor the truth path it was a disaster. This was the first time I was trying on my own to WD  from alcohol and pain meds. My own doctor said I was exaggerating and that He drank more than I did. My psychiatrist said "well everybody needs something to help them through". I finally went to a specialist in drug addition; famous guy in Boston. He said " Look at you. You are a strong woman, just go home and go cold turkey. But don't tell anyone or go for help because if it gets out you will never work in your field again.". So I went home and almost died ending up in the ER and from there to detox and rehab.

So I've given up talking to doctors and looking for help that way. There are of course real reasons to tell the doctors that are treating you for pain or if you are planning surgery. Chronic pain is the complicating thing in all this.

Also neurologists are not typically people people and don't like to hear about problems too much. They really are instrumental people and just want to solve stuff.

You ask a difficult question. I really don't know which way you should go. But if this is for pain management you need to be honest. If you don't like the answers get another opinion. You need not be intimidated by your physician, remember you are paying him. Sort of like hiring a plumber; he works for you.

Also, no one listens to their husband's "Professional Advice". Don't worry about it.
Keep working at this. You will be feeling better and thinking clearer as the days go by.    

[Ella789]

The end of day 4 you should start to feel some better.  Day 5 was a good day for me because I started to feel so much better.  Like the worst of it was over at the end of day 4.    I hope it is the same with you,  everyone is different.    

Just my thoughts, but I would say nothing to anyone else abt. quitting the pills, or being addicted to them.  It is amazing what can be put into your medical files.  Some others Doctors may not think the same as others do.    I too wish you had tried to tapper off the pills some before trashing them.  Some just can not tapper tho.  

Best wishes
Ella