I am a chronic pain patient. I have pelvic trauma and fibromyalgia. I always wonder how much of my pain is fibromyalgia or just plain opiate withdrawal (waiting too long between doses) but I digress.
So this is going to sound like a ridiculously small amount but it?s true?for five years I?ve been on the same dose of morphine sulfate SR, 15mg 3x a day.
I eventually asked for break through pain and I was given 5mg oxycodone 3x top of this for about a year. Then they increased the dosage (without even telling me) to 10mg 3x.
I never abused my pain meds til this year sad to say :/ I think it?s because the sudden jump to ten mg actually made me feel high and I liked it. But I?m no stranger to it, before I became chronically ill I tried everything before. Which is why I tried for years to never abuse my meds.
ANYWAYS MY QUESTION:
Is morphine INSTANT release 15mg 8x a day LESS than morphine SR 15mg + oxycodone 10mg(3x a day)?
I have the option of trying it out for three months and asking how it works, and I could ask for more. Or I can ask for more when I see him in a month and just deal with being drug tested again. (Choosing more pain meds over pot basically because a change in prescription always requires a drug test).
RECENTLY my doctor took me off my Xanax entirely after tapering it down, which is when I first started ?needing? to get high, to curb my anxiety. So that was bad/has been bad. Stg I went years with my pain meds being FORBIDDEN to abuse. Then I went and did it and now I?m worried I won?t even be able to control pain, let alone get buzzed.
Like for real? Instant release morphine 8x a day? That?s so annoying. Will I need to pop a pill every three hours just to keep withdrawals at bay?
Did I ruin my tolerance? By ruined I mean I?ve taken 40-50mg at once at least three times in the last two weeks. And tbh it didn?t really do much.
What should i do? Ask for more? Or leave it? Is the doctor trying to reduce my medication entirely this way? At this rate I?m scared he?s just gonna keep reducing. I am currently in so much pain right now but it?s not quite time to take my meds, and I shutter to think what it would be like to be stuck in pain and not have meds at all.
So this is going to sound like a ridiculously small amount but it?s true?for five years I?ve been on the same dose of morphine sulfate SR, 15mg 3x a day.
I eventually asked for break through pain and I was given 5mg oxycodone 3x top of this for about a year. Then they increased the dosage (without even telling me) to 10mg 3x.
I never abused my pain meds til this year sad to say :/ I think it?s because the sudden jump to ten mg actually made me feel high and I liked it. But I?m no stranger to it, before I became chronically ill I tried everything before. Which is why I tried for years to never abuse my meds.
ANYWAYS MY QUESTION:
Is morphine INSTANT release 15mg 8x a day LESS than morphine SR 15mg + oxycodone 10mg(3x a day)?
I have the option of trying it out for three months and asking how it works, and I could ask for more. Or I can ask for more when I see him in a month and just deal with being drug tested again. (Choosing more pain meds over pot basically because a change in prescription always requires a drug test).
RECENTLY my doctor took me off my Xanax entirely after tapering it down, which is when I first started ?needing? to get high, to curb my anxiety. So that was bad/has been bad. Stg I went years with my pain meds being FORBIDDEN to abuse. Then I went and did it and now I?m worried I won?t even be able to control pain, let alone get buzzed.
Like for real? Instant release morphine 8x a day? That?s so annoying. Will I need to pop a pill every three hours just to keep withdrawals at bay?
Did I ruin my tolerance? By ruined I mean I?ve taken 40-50mg at once at least three times in the last two weeks. And tbh it didn?t really do much.
What should i do? Ask for more? Or leave it? Is the doctor trying to reduce my medication entirely this way? At this rate I?m scared he?s just gonna keep reducing. I am currently in so much pain right now but it?s not quite time to take my meds, and I shutter to think what it would be like to be stuck in pain and not have meds at all.