ive been on opiates for 8 years,prescribed by a doctor,

its rediculous the amount of pain im in even with the meds.
my dosages are so high now and it helps somewhat but i hate being on meds all the time.
since i have so many pain recepters,i have no type of euphoria from the meds.they just ease the pain a little bit.
i used to see a really good pain doctor for 7 and a half years then he suggested i see another pain doc to do an intrathecal pain pump trial.
weel i felt no relief from the trial so now im stuck with this doctor that wont put me back on methadone which is what i took the majority of the years for pain.im stuck on these stupid fentynal patches and i dont like them at all.i was only supposed to be on them for trial period for my long acting med,and this happened right before i saw the other doc for that trial.even though the trila ddint work this doc still wants me too do the surgery and put in the pian pump and then adjust the meds as we go along.
the problem is that hes said it could take up to a year to find the right dosage since im in such high dosages of opiates.i can barely leave my house because the pin and he said i would have too se him about 3 times a month.thats way to much for me.and no guarantee so whats the point.
now my dosages are as follows.
i put on 3 100mcg patches that i change evey other day for long term medicine.
for instant release i take 4 30mg oxycodones every 4 hours,so 24 a day.
thats 720 30mg pills a month.
then for muscle spasms i take flexiral 10mg 3 times a day.
for my severe nerve damage i take 800mg of neurontin 3 times a day.
now since the accident i have very bad anxiety,ocd,insomnia and depression.
for this i take 1mg of clonazapam 3 times a day,lexapro,for depression and anxiety.For sleep i take 300mg of trazadone at bedtime,also seroquil at bedtime 50mg,and finally i take 100mg of benadryl at bettime for sleep.
i have no side effects from the scripts,the only problem is my patches fall off sometime while sleeping and recenty my dog got aholf of 100mcg patch.he was foaming out the mouth,his whole body was soaked and he looked like he was ready to die of an overdose.i checked hias mouth immediateklt and found the patch,i call my vet and she said to wait 15 montuse and if hes still looks bad bring him in.thank god he was doing much better after a little time and hes fine.but this is scary i have 3 little dogs that weigh in total 28 pounds.that another reason these patches suck this is the second time thta 1 of the dogs got ahold of a patch,the first time i caught it right away so nothing happened.im thinkling of switching pain doctors to be put me on the methadone along with my other scripts except get rid of patches.sorry i had to vent to someone!!!

 

Wow that's an assload of opiates. My neighbour's dog ate some junkie's poop and went into heroin overdose, had to spend 1200$ at the vet.

 

ripped103, you dont have any problems going to the bathroom??? Im prescribed like 200mg a day, of oxycontin and oxycodone, and some opana from another dr. I have a terrible time going #2, lol......I dont know what i would do if it wasnt for the metamucil to get things moving......and ur welcome to vent anytime!!!!!!

 

Wow I am sorry you got in the situation in the first place. and that is messed up Hedgeclipper...

I heard some joke about Jerry Garcia's urine being called Mellow yellow

 

maybe your dog enjoyed it....

 

That is Shitty.LOL

 

that is a boat load of pharmaceuticals.

 

as for the going #2 i eat fiber 1 bars.there 90 calories and have 9 grabs of fiber each.so i usually eat 2 a day and i go just fine.also kellogs makes bars that say fiber plus als0 9 grams of fiber and they taste better.
everybody here wants pharmaceutical for fun i guess,but i wish i never had to take meds.my neck is so messed up.i have spinal stenosis,degenerative disc disease,bulging discs from c3 to c7.between c5 and c6 my radial nerve is being impinged and i have severe radiculopathy .it starts at my neck down my arm and into my fingers.i lost use of my left hand.my hand is completely folded over.they don not straighten out and im lefty.its very hard to do things with 1 hand.everyday i have shooting pain that refers all of my back and neck.
also i have severe athritis in my whole spine.
now i rcently had an M.R.I of my lower back and i have severe spinal stenosis
from t1,t12,l4,l5 S.1 and degenerative disk disease.al my lumbar to my sacrum i also have bulging discs.the reason i did the M.R.I is i starting falling all the time.my knees give out and i land on my face on my back.
i use a cane as of now but i will need a wheelchair in the near future.
on top of all this my mom passed away in january and i was very close to her.it realy sucks she also was disabled and we would talk all the time about our problems,now i dont really have any family left.my dad lives in thailand,my sister lives in florida since she got married and she dont call me,she took all my moms money and poseesions and gave me nothing.i had to fight to get the 2 wheelchairs my mom had.1 is electric,the other 1 is lightweight.my sister has money both her husband and her have good jobs .
im on disability and itpays shit 700 a month and foodstamos..thank god i had a fullfilling lief before the accident
.i was a bodyguard fpr actors,singers and clothing designers.i was paid very well.i also was a mixed martial artist.i was fighting professinaly for a number of years.i also owned a massage therapy busineess and did personal training and diets for the wealthy people protected and there friends.i also was a bodybuilder,i competed for fun.
the only reason im alive is because i was huge,my traps were superior to most.so i lived it up back then spent money like it was nothing.i had so much but always found away to spend large amount of money.the thing is i never really payed taxes besides the massage business and personal training.
what sucks is never saved money spend it like water.and now that i could use it im being payed back for not paying all of my taxes since it was cash
i make in a month what i would earn in 2 hours.
anyway does anbody agree with me on methadone working better than the patches.i was on it for pain not heroin withdrawel
i just got my medical records and im gonna try to see another pain doc without canceling my other doctor appt in case sshe wont give me the scripts.
on top of all this my lillte 8 pound yorkie alsmost died last night.hes been having sezures for the last few years ,hes 6.theres no trigger that causes the seizures,they just happen.
Last night i dozed of a little bit,i open my eyes and there shit everywhere.,y whole living room was filled with shit,the i look at my dogs and realized hes convulsing.he take inj volume for his seizues.first we oput in 5mg.waited 15 min still looks horrible,shaking his eyes were all glassy and rolling back in to head,he couldnt walk.so i loaded the syring and gave him 5mg more.as we were waiting to see if he snaps out of it.my girlfirnd gave him a bath,hes was covered in shit.when she was gioving the bath the dog looked like he was going to pass away.we were ready to go to the emrgency room.it was now 4 am and he started to respond somewhat.his eyes werent so glassy jhe wa snapping out of it but he still couldnt walk properly
I stayed up all night watching him and then at 1030am they had an appt that opened up for him.they put him on alot of meds .10mg a day of volume by mouth, phenobarbitul,another bottle of inj volume and sodim something.the bill was 400 dollars.that leaves me with 300.my car inj 87.00 so i have no moneey to pay my house bills great

 

whaaaaaooooooohhhhhhh :alien:

 

No disrespect meant by what I am going to say.

If I were your physician and knew that you had escalated to these amounts I would refer you to someone else for pain management as it would appear to border on drug seeking rather than treatment.

I am sorry you are in pain but these quantities are out of proportion.

You will probably have a very difficult time getting any Doctor to sign off on what you wish them to.

 

maybe if the pain pump is installed, you will be able to lower the dosages on the rest of the meds, back to a NORMAL or more realistic level.....and hopefully be able to carry one a halfway conscious life, wish you the best of luck!!!!

 

the doctors are who prescribed the meds.ive never asked for them to raise anything..this is my second pain doc and there evem raising my fent patches.

 

I don't understand what doctor would have you mixing all those medications, some of the ones you listed can be deadly combo's.
You're lucky you even wake up in the morning

 

yeah thats a ridiculous amount of pharmeceuticals. Theoretically what happens when you don't take the meds? Have you ever tried that? I'm not saying don't take the meds, I'm just curious as to the amount of pain you're in naturally.

The reason I ask is because there has to be better pain management techniques out there than stuffing you full of medication. I don't know a lot about the subject, but I would hope there are certain holistic techniques that, when combined with much lower dosages of pain meds, would effectively manage your pain. Putting you on that much medication seems counteractive.

 

i have heard that acupuncture is supposed to work really well, takes a few treatments, and is kinda expensive but have heard it works, i am considering it once and if i ever go back to work, for my RSD in my foot.....

 

before any meds,i did chiropractic,3 times a week,acupuncture from a m.d,that specializes in it for 3 years,i did physical therapy 3 times a week for 3 years,i did massage therapy 2 times a week for 3 years.i dont think i left anything out.these were done consecutive.meaning all of these treatmnents AT THE SAME TIME WITH NO RELIEF..I dont know if i mentioned this but i have tremors throughout my whole body.i had a mylogram done,5 m.r.i's ove the years for my cervical region,i had 2 emgs done.this is a nerve ending test.
when i did the test the machine started screaming so loud i though it was broken.then she called in every doctor,nurse and any other medical people in the room because she never heard this before.my nerve damage was through the roof that noise was my nerve damage they were all so interested in it since it never happened before.this is when i found out about the severe radiculopathy between c5 and c6.that why i had thAT SHOOTING PAIN that was going into my fingers.i eventually lost conrol of my hand i have no muscle and its folded.the lightest thing can break.it/i saw atleast 10 neurologist and neurosurgeons.i also have ulnar entrapment on my right side.its not as severe as the left but its gettting worse.had an m.r.i if my lumbar spine and it was severe stenosis bulging discs and degenerartive disc disease.
Sometimes i stop taking the oxycodone for a few weeks.then go back on.i still have the fent patches on though.
this is my second pain doctor and he raised the dosages and didnt say a thing.
im in no way addicted to these meds im dependant on them for pain relief.
my life sucks.i was going to try the pain pump i lowered my meds down alot before thE test and it still gave me no relief.now his only suggestion is to implant it,which is a surgery and play around with the dosages.im not going to play a guessing game.and the patches feels less potent then the methadone pills but he refuses to give me back the meds i was using the majority time/the patches were a trial.now im stuck.everything else is the same.

 

Have you tried... Marijuana?

 

just saw another neuro surgeon and im scheduled to have surgery next friday.
i was told by 2 docs recently if i dont do surgery i will end up paralyzed and peeing in a bag.
since i last replied my right hand has no strength in it at all,now i have 2 hands that dont work.
i cant shower by myself nor can i even open a can of soda.
the surgeon told me that the surgery is not to stop my pain but to prevent myself from getting worse.she is going through the back of my neck and removing protruding ligaments and other stuff in my neck and is putting in rods and screws.i have no spinal fluid in my discs.
she is fixing c3,c4,c5,c6,c7,t1,t2.
i will be in the hospital for 3 days for the surgery and a few weeks for in house rehab.
the thing that sucks is this will most likely not help my pain.but im hoping for the best!

 

Bullshit