i'm a legitimate chronic pain patient recovering from massive lower extremity injuries due to a high speed frontal impace. Was just prescribed Nucynta (tapentadol) @ 100mg 4x days.
also on 2.5mg k-pins, 30mg lexaprol for mood regulaton, and keppra and lunesta for sleep.
my pain inreased dramatically over the course of a week's worth of physical therapy, because they
ve been weaning me down my Oxycontin to an almost impossible-to-percieve level lo these 5 months past knee reconstruction surgery..
I bust my ass in therapy every day, to the point of total exhaustion, and lately my pain has been skyrocketing to about an 8-9 (i assumed to opiod tolerance) the docs finally showed mercy and prescriped this new med called Nucynta (tabapentol).
And wow, I kve no recollection of anything that happened last night- extremely similar to Ambien that way.
It was so fast acting and intense that i couldnt take my sleepmeds or most importantly, Keppra.
So just now I woke up on the sofa. TV on, lights on, you name it.
Now I'm not saying this was a bad thing, just that this is how it was: deep, extremely restful sleep
I've been on my tapering dose of Ocycontin (20mg 2x/day) Only time will tell how well Nucynta works, but right now, its awesome.
Side effects include: extremely rapid response, amnesiac qualities similar ambien, uncrontrolled narcolepsty and consion upon awakening).
Concerns are around safety. I abused every drug known to man: oxys, hydros. pregabalins, every Benzo aND Z'drug avaiable in the US, coke, crack, a long long love affair with meth, LDS, Shrroms, Flexeril, Addera; Ambien alcohol - but only when i was in college (alcohol grosses me out) you name.
And short of being induced into anaesthic (which i have been repeatedly due to my injury) nothing has stopped me dead in my tracks like Nuncyta.
I woke this morning feeling stumbly-hungover. Its been a bitch to kick. I'm not craving it, I don't need to shoot it or rail it, but I'm still not fully recovered.
Luckily I've got 98 more of these babies, plus a bunch of weak ass xlonopins, amitrytiline,etc
if you were NOT in legitimate chronic pain, I would strongly encourage you not to seek it out.
In fact, you should do as I have done and consulted with a real doctor before you go diverting or off-label treating drugs.
it is a fool who listens when another fool speaks.
I'll be able hopefully to walk again within 6-9 more months without excuciating pain. If you've got it worse than me, then you're prolly already getting non-artificial pain meds. If you don;t have it worse than me, please, don't go down my path. it'll be hard explain to parents, wife, kid why you passed out at the dinner table.
good luck,
k_w
also on 2.5mg k-pins, 30mg lexaprol for mood regulaton, and keppra and lunesta for sleep.
my pain inreased dramatically over the course of a week's worth of physical therapy, because they
ve been weaning me down my Oxycontin to an almost impossible-to-percieve level lo these 5 months past knee reconstruction surgery..
I bust my ass in therapy every day, to the point of total exhaustion, and lately my pain has been skyrocketing to about an 8-9 (i assumed to opiod tolerance) the docs finally showed mercy and prescriped this new med called Nucynta (tabapentol).
And wow, I kve no recollection of anything that happened last night- extremely similar to Ambien that way.
It was so fast acting and intense that i couldnt take my sleepmeds or most importantly, Keppra.
So just now I woke up on the sofa. TV on, lights on, you name it.
Now I'm not saying this was a bad thing, just that this is how it was: deep, extremely restful sleep
I've been on my tapering dose of Ocycontin (20mg 2x/day) Only time will tell how well Nucynta works, but right now, its awesome.
Side effects include: extremely rapid response, amnesiac qualities similar ambien, uncrontrolled narcolepsty and consion upon awakening).
Concerns are around safety. I abused every drug known to man: oxys, hydros. pregabalins, every Benzo aND Z'drug avaiable in the US, coke, crack, a long long love affair with meth, LDS, Shrroms, Flexeril, Addera; Ambien alcohol - but only when i was in college (alcohol grosses me out) you name.
And short of being induced into anaesthic (which i have been repeatedly due to my injury) nothing has stopped me dead in my tracks like Nuncyta.
I woke this morning feeling stumbly-hungover. Its been a bitch to kick. I'm not craving it, I don't need to shoot it or rail it, but I'm still not fully recovered.
Luckily I've got 98 more of these babies, plus a bunch of weak ass xlonopins, amitrytiline,etc
if you were NOT in legitimate chronic pain, I would strongly encourage you not to seek it out.
In fact, you should do as I have done and consulted with a real doctor before you go diverting or off-label treating drugs.
it is a fool who listens when another fool speaks.
I'll be able hopefully to walk again within 6-9 more months without excuciating pain. If you've got it worse than me, then you're prolly already getting non-artificial pain meds. If you don;t have it worse than me, please, don't go down my path. it'll be hard explain to parents, wife, kid why you passed out at the dinner table.
good luck,
k_w
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