Setting the story straight a little...

[anjel75]

I have read a few comments on this site because I did post last week. A read a comment that an addicted person's mind can play tricks on them making them think they need them when they really don't. I don't know if that was aimed at my comments or not. My spine surgeon was cutting me off of my pain medicine and I didn't understand why. I thought maybe he thinks I have a problem. He had cut me off because he was referring me to pain management but I didn't know this on my first post. I had come in here with questioning if I had a problem or not or was it something else. I got no repies to those posts. I am thinking that if you can't reply to me, not to answer my question, but just to acknowledge my presence, it is really unfair to be used as an example in someones addictive behavior and addicting mind tricks. I couldn't even get anyone to help me! Is it me or is that ridiculous?

[Mis Take]

Im so sorry that you didn't get a reply when you posted.  That has happened to me as well.  I chalk it up to that first page moving down so fast that maybe it wasn't seen by anyone who could help or had an answer.  Im sure you were not just ignored or made an example of.  I haven't really seen anyone here do anything like that.  Everyone, I think, is eager to help anyone who needs it.  Again Im sorry that happens and you can talk to me if you want.  
I'm glad he is referring you to pm.  I hope it helps.  I was in pm for 5+ years due to 2 back surgeries and they can be extremely helpful.  IF>>> you don't have a problem.  Because I developed one, I was kicked out of 2 pm clinics for breaking the rules.  (seeing another doc on the qt). (so I had a script every 2 weeks) sadly, it still wasn't enough towards the end.  Anyway, just follow the rules and you'll do great.  Good luck.

[pgnscared]

Sorry no one posted to your questions/issues. It might have been that the people on that day did not know what to say or it could have been that no one was on and the posts can get pretty long sometimes and it is hard to go back and try to catch up. We are all here to support no matter what the situation is. If you are an addict and are trying to quit I know I am here to help. I am 17 days pill free today and without this forum I would not have been able to do this. It was my only life line when no one else in my life had a clue that I was going through W/D and not just being lazy :) I know my doc cut me off and I am sure it has happened to many others here. Trust me, whatever you have done someone here has also done. That is why we are addicts. Stay strong and you can beat this thing. What did your pain management doc say? How much were you on, etc????

[rockferdoxy]

Hi I'm rock so sorry you had to feel that way. I try to respond to anyone in need of support , advice ect... It's hard for me to keep up with all the new people and try to my best to welcome them. As you probably know we had some very unapropiate post this last week or so. I think this has made some a little weary of posting right away.

I'm the rock and will be around all afternoon!!!  please don't stop posting!!

[ScottQuit021907]

Hey, I read your posts from last week, and it sounds like you have a good doc and the right mindset. To answer your question from last week, no I do not necessarily think you have an addiction problem, but rather a pain problem. If you ever find that you self medicate, even when you don't need it, then you may have a problem.

Just a guess, but I think beachtowel is talking to the addicts on here when he says that NSAIDS are effective for chronic pain, and he's right. Doesn't mean that they will work for everyone, but they will work for many. I think addicts have a tendency to look for ways to justify their continued abuse. There is, of course, no justification for a recovering addict to go back to active abuse.

[anjel75]

Thank you very much to all of your posts. I know I am probably in the wrong forum but for a minute the doc made me feel like I had a problem. I was freaking because I do try to follow his rules closely. Now, thats not to say, that some days I may take more but some days I may take less to where it works out and I am not calling early. Everyday I hurt but some days I can take it a little more than others. I started taking Hydro 7.5 2 every four hours. Well, I knew this was too much so I had him drop me to 2 7.5's 3 times a day. This was the best because I scheduled them like I was a PM patient. Not when I needed them but when it was time. Worked well. I then went for my last epidural and he gave me Lyrica. I thought this was helping a lot too so when I called my script in I asked him to maybe drop me to 5's but taking them the same way. The next time, I asked to be switched to something else. Ultram.... rash....Darvocet.....barfing....Tylenol 3 rash again. I asked to go back to Hydro. I dunno, maybe that made him think I was trying to wean off and he was helping. I would have loved to stay off them but I needed something else to be put into place without the side effects. Unfortunately, I have nothing else within his realm yet that doesn't do it. Ala....Pain Manangement. I just didn't realize what his plan was at the time or what he was thinking of me. I don't want anyone thinking bad things of me unless they are true cause I second guess myself. I do like it here though because you guys are so behind each other, like a cyber-family. I do have some experience with addiction though as I grew up with my mother fighting it. She still does. Its sad. I wanna help but I can't, she just denies, denies. She has stole so much of my medicine and my other siblings. I can say, I have never done that. Never stole, never bought off the street was however tempted to get them on the internet until my appt with PM.

[LIZZIE LOU]

very well said!