Jumprope85
Bluelighter
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- Mar 5, 2019
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Hi all,
Apologies if this is a stupid question as I appreciate substances effect everyone differently and tolerance is also relevant.
As this is my first ever post, I suppose I should start off by saying that I’m not (nor have I even been) a recreational drugs user. However due to a previous spinal injury leading to cauda equina syndrome which required two major surgeries on my lumbar spine to repair I had cause to be prescribed diazepam and various opioid pain killers ultimately building up to a 100mcg fentanyl patch. Diazepam dosage was fairly low at around 2mg 2-3 times daily however it was fairly long term ie: 6-12 months.
I am now free of any opioids or any other pain killers and no longer use diazepam.
However, I suffer from pretty extreme restless legs syndrome which has proved resistant to treatment from dopamine agonists such as ropinirole etc as well as pregablin and gabapentin. My neurologist currently has me on 1-2mg of Lorazepam as needed with 2.5ml oramorph alongside it although I don’t use the oramorph as I will never forget how I’ll I felt when I stopped fentanyl. The lorazepam doesn’t seem to be having much, if any effect. I tend to play it carefully with medicines and don’t generally change dosage without speaking with my doctor however I’ve spoken to my GP twice and they are reluctant to alter the prescription and I’m not in with my neurologist for another two months. And this week the RLS has been killer to the point where it’s driving the mrs just as mad as me as I’m keeping her awake aswell.
I’ve tried up to 4mg and this didn’t have much of an effect either. Am I just immune to the stuff, am I missing something or is my dose just too low? If it helps I’m a 35yo male 181cm, 80kg although I’ve no idea if this effects dose calculation. I haven’t and don’t intend to use lorazepam on a daily basis. I tend to use it once or twice a month when my RLS hits its worst. This has been a bad week for it.
I would be grateful if anyone who has experienced anything similar could advise me? Just to reiterate, I’m not looking to get high - I just want a good nights sleep but would like to be sensible and make sure I still wake up in the morning, if you catch my drift.
Any advice would be appreciated.
JR
Apologies if this is a stupid question as I appreciate substances effect everyone differently and tolerance is also relevant.
As this is my first ever post, I suppose I should start off by saying that I’m not (nor have I even been) a recreational drugs user. However due to a previous spinal injury leading to cauda equina syndrome which required two major surgeries on my lumbar spine to repair I had cause to be prescribed diazepam and various opioid pain killers ultimately building up to a 100mcg fentanyl patch. Diazepam dosage was fairly low at around 2mg 2-3 times daily however it was fairly long term ie: 6-12 months.
I am now free of any opioids or any other pain killers and no longer use diazepam.
However, I suffer from pretty extreme restless legs syndrome which has proved resistant to treatment from dopamine agonists such as ropinirole etc as well as pregablin and gabapentin. My neurologist currently has me on 1-2mg of Lorazepam as needed with 2.5ml oramorph alongside it although I don’t use the oramorph as I will never forget how I’ll I felt when I stopped fentanyl. The lorazepam doesn’t seem to be having much, if any effect. I tend to play it carefully with medicines and don’t generally change dosage without speaking with my doctor however I’ve spoken to my GP twice and they are reluctant to alter the prescription and I’m not in with my neurologist for another two months. And this week the RLS has been killer to the point where it’s driving the mrs just as mad as me as I’m keeping her awake aswell.
I’ve tried up to 4mg and this didn’t have much of an effect either. Am I just immune to the stuff, am I missing something or is my dose just too low? If it helps I’m a 35yo male 181cm, 80kg although I’ve no idea if this effects dose calculation. I haven’t and don’t intend to use lorazepam on a daily basis. I tend to use it once or twice a month when my RLS hits its worst. This has been a bad week for it.
I would be grateful if anyone who has experienced anything similar could advise me? Just to reiterate, I’m not looking to get high - I just want a good nights sleep but would like to be sensible and make sure I still wake up in the morning, if you catch my drift.
Any advice would be appreciated.
JR
