Hey guys,
I have a friend who is in a pretty tough spot in his life right now. He has chronic neck pain which is extremely debilitating along with migraines about 20 days out of the month, "normal" headaches the rest of the days. He has been working with many docs since this started back in January so its been a year now. His doc that he is working with now is one of the top in the US and has world recognition so he is extremely confident in him. He is to the point where he has 2 options. One is surgery which is very risky since this is in the top 2 levels in his neck. The other is nerve cauterizing (rhizotomy). From what he understand, the rhizotomy will increase the pain for up to 4 weeks and some have had numbness and tingling added to their symptoms after the procedure. Also, this procedure is not permanent. There are 2 types, his doc is opting for the temporary due to the location and the function of surrounding nerves. So to sum it up, He is in pain just about all the time with his next option to increase the pain for 4 weeks, get relief for 5-8 months then repeat, for another 45 years or so, (he's 34). Anyway, that is his medical condition and that is how he came about his addiction to the pain relievers. He was actually chasing relief, not any high. He is up to about 1,200 mg of oxycodone a day when he has it. His doc will obviously not give me that much. He used to have to have a friend "locate" pills for him when he ran out. He came across posts about Poppy Seed Tea. The stuff is great at keeping withdraw symptoms at bay in between supplies. So, when he has no oxy, and cannot locate any, he is washing about 10 pounds of seeds (washing the same seeds twice a day). He gets them in bulk the only problem is paying for shipping for several hundred pounds but it is cheaper than the other option.
Now, the purpose of this post is in regards to withdraw from all this. His procedure is coming up and he is looking to getting off of all the medications as quickly as possible, if the procedure is successful. He is looking for any advice for going into known withdraw, how to get through it quickly and how to lessen any effects if possible. He will be posting back as soon as he starts and letting everyone know how it goes as he makes his way through his journey. He is hoping to be able to learn from others and for others to learn from his experience.
Any suggestions and tips will be greatly appreciated!!:D 8(
I have a friend who is in a pretty tough spot in his life right now. He has chronic neck pain which is extremely debilitating along with migraines about 20 days out of the month, "normal" headaches the rest of the days. He has been working with many docs since this started back in January so its been a year now. His doc that he is working with now is one of the top in the US and has world recognition so he is extremely confident in him. He is to the point where he has 2 options. One is surgery which is very risky since this is in the top 2 levels in his neck. The other is nerve cauterizing (rhizotomy). From what he understand, the rhizotomy will increase the pain for up to 4 weeks and some have had numbness and tingling added to their symptoms after the procedure. Also, this procedure is not permanent. There are 2 types, his doc is opting for the temporary due to the location and the function of surrounding nerves. So to sum it up, He is in pain just about all the time with his next option to increase the pain for 4 weeks, get relief for 5-8 months then repeat, for another 45 years or so, (he's 34). Anyway, that is his medical condition and that is how he came about his addiction to the pain relievers. He was actually chasing relief, not any high. He is up to about 1,200 mg of oxycodone a day when he has it. His doc will obviously not give me that much. He used to have to have a friend "locate" pills for him when he ran out. He came across posts about Poppy Seed Tea. The stuff is great at keeping withdraw symptoms at bay in between supplies. So, when he has no oxy, and cannot locate any, he is washing about 10 pounds of seeds (washing the same seeds twice a day). He gets them in bulk the only problem is paying for shipping for several hundred pounds but it is cheaper than the other option.
Now, the purpose of this post is in regards to withdraw from all this. His procedure is coming up and he is looking to getting off of all the medications as quickly as possible, if the procedure is successful. He is looking for any advice for going into known withdraw, how to get through it quickly and how to lessen any effects if possible. He will be posting back as soon as he starts and letting everyone know how it goes as he makes his way through his journey. He is hoping to be able to learn from others and for others to learn from his experience.
Any suggestions and tips will be greatly appreciated!!:D 8(