Hylite maybe you will join us over at my Taper" thread. I liked having you there once before.
Okay. Hi. I am back. So I am going to have to go without pain medicine but not without pain now.
So talk about weaning. I have been for I dont' know I can barely remember at this point. I quit one time for a year and that was tough. But I took xanax to help my pain because it is quite relaxing. But big mistake. I took it for a year.
And had to yeah try not to take a lot by substituting weed when ever possible. Xanax caused nothing but problems for me. I think so. . And led to really bad headache's, cluster headache worse than a migraine. But just horrible. Blurred vision and all kinds of Crap when I took it so much all year long. It was amazing I was able to quit it after a year. But then it was for only one year.
So I went back on hydrocodone and tapered. But just small. Which means anything less than 10mg's/325apap aspirin. I hated taking that much aspirin and it is dangerous.
Just thinking about quitting my low doses is seriously Killing me. It's devastating. That was fantastic how you caught the taper amount so well. Many may not know what I am saying.
Yes the dose is that low AND it does make a BIG difference when I am laying there feeling like I am dying and it helps so much that I look forward to having something to help when the pain starts attacking again and whenever it does.
The only other that observed the low dosage and actually commented on this also was from Admin. lol Adim Xorkoth. But he had good perspective and awareness to realize that I am actually saying . . . . . . 2.5 or 2.4mg's can make ALL the difference in the world. Sometimes I treat myself and have a big dose at around 7mg's of a ( 10mg hydrocodone, of course ) and really enjoy it up being pain free.
I mean I am even trying to put it out there to say it is actually the TRUTH how low like LOW these dose's actually are ! I usually can't go more than or over 24 hours though without something.
It sure helps when I feel like I am dying though and then I can sleep without being in pain. I can't even imagine others doing massive amounts like they do. That would either kill me or at least be a waste of a bunch of pills at once. Lol. Yup, so here I am now.
And I got the crazy idea from BL here on the forum. Lol. When they were discussing if high enough Imodium doses can be as good as an opium dose to help with withdrawals. And then I thought Whoaa ! If a large dose of Imodium can do all that Just think what I can do with a small dose of opioid.
And I think it is now going on at least two years. At least as long as the covid. Because that's how I stayed healthy is by taking opioid. I mean I always had three of four of five 10mg's hydrocodone on me at all times when I would leave home. Just in case like if I got stranded or had to work extra hours. Or I would just have them in case I needed.
And no more than 5mg's or less and only as long as I could hold out. I would try for at least eight to ten hours minimum. At times only six hours. But 24 hr's was usually way too rough. So this went on yes probably over two years now. But yah time fly's when you are able to have fun I guess.
So no one probably wants to believe that I can stay stable or at least have the chance to try on such low dose's. Nor can they actually believe that it helps. But God sometimes it's the difference between being happy and curled up in a little ball and crying out in pain.
Probably have a pinched nerve from surgery and I didn't keep up with my stretching for physical therapy. Don't know at this point. Just opioid are just so taboo now. Because they practically are one of the worse forbidden things on the planet right now. Fck. All because of pain.
But yeah thank gawwd for weed too or I would probably have to experience the horrible misery of a day. He hee. Yeah. Lol. Life !!
But on a positive note I truly believe that anything in moderation could actually be a good thing and also helpful sometimes in some way. For those that believe some how we can make things happen one way or another whatever way or this way or that. Maybe thc will also have to help as much as it can and for Now.
I don't know what I am going to do without it now because everything just turns all evil on me when I go without you know. So I guess I will just have to try to stay good with weed instead. Sugar and caffeine didn't work that well either.
I fell asleep and accidentally deleted some of this. But yes, now, here I am.
I am hoping to get through this. But it hurts.
Thank you, just got back again to the forum since yesterday.
