really bad trapezius pain and chest/diaphragm pain when i breath (been hospitalized for a week for both viral and bacterial pnemonia + pulmonary sepsis + H3N2 + ground glass opacities in the lung. So ive had to quit vaping cold turkey and on top of that Im having a hard time falling asleep due to the pain. I have been taken around 3mg xanax for the last couple of days but dont want to keep doin xans cuz i dont want to increase my tolerance. So im looking for another option, and the one I have rn is cyclobenzaprine. Codein does nothing to me pain wise; not coughing anymore. Im feeling fine, few days left of antibiotics.What sort of pain do you have?
yea thats kinda what im looking for. pain relief and sleep. im avoiding xanax cuz ive abused it too much in the past and still managed to keep a reasonable tolerance (i.e 2mg works for my anxiety, one would think that based on my past usage my tolerance would be much higher).Benzos and cyclobenzaprine have no shared mechanism of action or cross-tolerance. I am not sure about the max safe dosage. Probably 40mg is fine but I'd probably try 30mg first to be safe. In any case you're just going to get increasingly sleepy.