LastDose -
comfort meds were:
kratom
clonidine
Methocarbomal which is a muscle relaxer - I can take 2 up to 3 times a day, but I only did that for the first few days
Ativan - .5 mgs when I really needed it. I have 26 to start and 7 left, so I averaged about 2.5 of those per day
Fairly high levels of medical marijuana eddibles - only once a day, at night. This helped a LOT - more than I can really describe because it gave me that mental "break" I needed and no doubt helped me sleep. It provided about three hours per day of somewhat decent mental moods. But I also live in a state where it is legal and easy to get in large enough quantities to knock out a baby elephant, so probably isn't an option for everyone.
There are also some supplements I took, but just the norm - multivitamin, l-tyrosine, 5-htp, etc.
i didn't take any Lyrica - I've read a lot about it, and did have it on my list of meds to talk to my doctor about. In the end, my doctor thought it wouldn't be necessary, so I didn't push it. My doctor maybe thinks it's not necessary because the plan we discussed was a three week taper - not a cold turkey with three weeks to recover. That's the one lie I told my doctor - he just wouldn't buy off on cold turkey, and I didn't have the heart to tell him that a taper just won't work for me.
- VE
comfort meds were:
kratom
clonidine
Methocarbomal which is a muscle relaxer - I can take 2 up to 3 times a day, but I only did that for the first few days
Ativan - .5 mgs when I really needed it. I have 26 to start and 7 left, so I averaged about 2.5 of those per day
Fairly high levels of medical marijuana eddibles - only once a day, at night. This helped a LOT - more than I can really describe because it gave me that mental "break" I needed and no doubt helped me sleep. It provided about three hours per day of somewhat decent mental moods. But I also live in a state where it is legal and easy to get in large enough quantities to knock out a baby elephant, so probably isn't an option for everyone.
There are also some supplements I took, but just the norm - multivitamin, l-tyrosine, 5-htp, etc.
i didn't take any Lyrica - I've read a lot about it, and did have it on my list of meds to talk to my doctor about. In the end, my doctor thought it wouldn't be necessary, so I didn't push it. My doctor maybe thinks it's not necessary because the plan we discussed was a three week taper - not a cold turkey with three weeks to recover. That's the one lie I told my doctor - he just wouldn't buy off on cold turkey, and I didn't have the heart to tell him that a taper just won't work for me.
- VE