-The- Heroin & Opioid Mega Discussion Thread (Volumes 1+2 Merged)

[AngelsandFairiesarereal]

I avidly followed the pain clinic program when I started there. Most of the useful techniques I was already doing but I never managed to kick my sugar habit.
When we started on pharmaceuticals it was pregabalin or Gabapentin for chronic nerve pain and tramadol for my spinal degeneration.
I kept up alternating between the first two but felt they were only helpful for a few days then I had to switch to the other.
The tramadol seemed slightly more useful but I needed 800 mg a day and that stopped working after a year or two.
Then went to Tapentadol which did nothing.
Oxycodone was an immediate success. Since spinal surgery is more dangerous for me thanks to my connective tissue disorder they won't operate until I'm paralysed. I was told I would be dependent and I accepted that I would be on a slowly increasing dose for the rest of my life . They escalated my oxy over the next several years (although my pain doctor was also on the pain team at the hospital for 4 subsequent major surgeries.. he decided that while I was on ketamine they would try to cut down my oxy intake.
I was on 6 X 5mg daily at that stage. That was when I discovered ketamine wasn't cutting it. When they took away the ketamine pump it made no difference.They discharged me with a box of endone.
My GP agreed that during major surgery is a terrible time to cut down and promptly restored my original dose.
My pain specialist was ok with this and I had my dose bumped a few more times over the years.
Bring on the 2019 revision of the safe script program and my dosage freeze.
I have requested a bump from 5 X 10 mg daily to 6 every year since and been refused on the basis the overdose potential is greater.
It honestly feels like they want me to go black market.
But to answer your question.... Poorly. I have not had anything to counter breakthrough for years and have to endure at least 2 hours a day with withdrawal symptoms.

Oh man I’m sorry you’re struggling too with pain & the bs. Yea many years ago I was prescribed tramadol alongside oxycodone for breakthrough pain & now that’s like unheard of apparently. So now for the last couple years I’ve been stuck trying to take tramadol & alternate with kratom when I run outta tram early but now they’re even going as far as trying to mess with the tramadol because insurance has a problem with it or something, (I’m about to find out this month) … I wish they could take it a little easier on pain patients. Hell, I wish they could just sell even just codeine or other shit over the counter, I feel like it should be a persons own damn business what they take or don’t take. I know what you mean when it feels like you’re getting pushed to consider black market.
Hopefully things will get better with these situations (I’m prob dreaming rite)
Wishing you all the best

 

[carbonhalo]

Oh man I’m sorry you’re struggling too with pain & the bs.

Thanks, the bs is worldwide but I am incredibly lucky living downunder.
When I couldn't afford to keep my insurance I went public. My meds are subsidised and hospital is free.
Since then, they have put 53 platinum coils and a nickel titanium stent in my brain, and replaced my aorta, both iliacs and both femoral arteries with Dacron for free.
If they find a way to keep me going I expect to be fully cyborged by 2040.