fowerman's MedHelp Blogs https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/606025 Medical communities and forums staffed by doctors from leading medical centers. Over 325 forums and communities providing medical information and medical help. en Personal Update It is always far too long before i decide to check in with Med Help. This place is fantastic and has fowerman Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:17:03 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/517758/Personal-Update https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/517758/Personal-Update Methadone withdrawal About eight months ago, i made the decision to completely come off methadone. i had managed to get my fowerman Thu, 26 May 2011 00:12:11 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/292325/Methadone-withdrawal https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/292325/Methadone-withdrawal First Walk Today i did my very first walk as a part of a healthy living program of excersise, not based on weigh fowerman Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/156244/First-Walk https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/156244/First-Walk Healthy Living I have tried variuos things and gone through so many chnages over the past few years and have found t fowerman Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/156242/Healthy-Living https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/156242/Healthy-Living Feeling Tired I woke up this morning around 0830. I'm usually up for between 0600 to 0630, but i didn't get to slee fowerman Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/111626/Feeling-Tired https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/111626/Feeling-Tired Sleep Pattern I was upto beginning of this in a pattern of going to bed and getting up at the same times and was fe fowerman Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/111625/Sleep-Pattern https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/111625/Sleep-Pattern Sleep Normally i do not need much sleep and i don't use any medications to help me with sleep. I've just go fowerman Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/111624/Sleep https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/111624/Sleep A little introduction to me I have been diagnosed with 3 different menatl illnesses, i will talk about these in more detail later fowerman Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/111622/A-little-introduction-to-me https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/111622/A-little-introduction-to-me Week 3 I haven't used anything, no sorry i have used just a couple of units of alcohol, (was very stressed). fowerman Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/111619/Week-3 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/111619/Week-3 Another Week Clean As each day passes, i feel mayself getting stronger and stronger. I truly believe it is the Lord my fowerman Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/110032/Another-Week-Clean https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/110032/Another-Week-Clean Crack Cocaine I've bin on a good 6months bender with the crack, i wasn't using everyday, just once a week and that fowerman Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/108418/Crack-Cocaine https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/108418/Crack-Cocaine Doing Well I've had a really rough past 12 months. My mental health and drug addiction have been hot problems du fowerman Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:03:39 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/108416/Doing-Well https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/108416/Doing-Well Major relapse and mental health issues It's been a while since i've been around here, i had some mental health probs and am now back on the fowerman Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:25:08 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/56000/Major-relapse-and-mental-health-issues https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/56000/Major-relapse-and-mental-health-issues Wow no withdrawal symptoms I had the best nights sleep, even if it was on the sofa, and i feel pretty good today, i havent got a fowerman Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/26794/Wow-no-withdrawal-symptoms https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/26794/Wow-no-withdrawal-symptoms Levelling off The wdls seem to be levelling off, am not struggling as much as i was yesterday, in fact yesterday i fowerman Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/26596/Levelling-off https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/26596/Levelling-off 5th day Where do i start, things getting bad, am staring with tremors, feeling sick, still gettting cramps an fowerman Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/26429/5th-day https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/26429/5th-day 4th day Withdrawals are now more pronounced. First thing this morning hot and cold sweats until i took my dos fowerman Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/26260/4th-day https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/26260/4th-day Feelin rough i'm still on course for reducing off methadone, when i started out to come off, i was reducing at a fowerman Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/26103/Feelin-rough https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/26103/Feelin-rough Things getting tough now my daily dose has come down to 35mg/day am starting to really struggle, withdrawals are becoming fowerman Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/26009/Things-getting-tough https://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/26009/Things-getting-tough