Hey Guys, I need a little advise. I need to find out if I have done it right. Work gave me carpal tunnel and tendonitis. Put on Tylenol 3 for that was on it for 5 years. I didn't want to get addicted but it's probly a pretty safe bet you cant beat addiction. I only took 2 a day unless I was going someplace off work. Got in bad motorcycle wreck(good thing I landed on my head) 15 years ago and was put Percocet for a few months then on Soma 4x a day, Valium 10mg 3x a day, Vicodin 7.5 (now Norco) 4x a day. I still only took and continue to take 2 norco and occasionally 3 a few times month. I take the first one within an hour of waking up to help shake some pain off. Grab another one between 4 and 5 and that's it for the day. I really feel shitty every morning and the first one don't work very well, the 2nd one works pretty good I guess, not pain free but better. Then I take a soma a few hrs later and one an hour or so before bed. It's great for pain btw.
Didn't mention the valium because i tapered off it and after 15 years it was ROUGH. On a side note I tapered valium for 6 months and felt like shit the whole time. Then after I quit at .5mg I felt worse for 6 weeks. I'm at 80 days benzo free and still anxious, busted bones aching worse, leg/foot cramps from hell, cant sleep for shit and fast HB. Sleeping is the worst one.
The thing is my doctor of 20 years quit. He was also running a subs clinic and bailed on those people. Been getting it from another Doc but he's a prick. The Soma or the Norco is gonna have to go soo I aint sucking shit for pills. I wonder if the reason I feel so bad and the morning one don't work good is because am i getting minor w/d at 19 hours after my last dose? If yes I've been going through w/d for 20 years. Don't know exactly what to give up. This new war on pain sufferers stinks.
At this dose for 20 years am I gonna have major w/d? I don't mind saying I'm a tad nervous about it after getting off valium and just starting to feel better. Should I taper or c/t the hydro? Never had to go through this before, I've never run out of any pills. I'm gonna be in pain and can't take aspirin or motrin so I'm screwed. Another Doc put me on gabapentin. I think it's a shitty drug. I don't feel right on it and it don't do much for pain. it's helping sleep from the benzo's is about all i can say good about it.
Well, Thanks. I hope I posted this in the right place.