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Chronic Pain Forum     > General Discussion         > Pain, meds, addiction, fear
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Author Comment Share This Thread ---------------------------- Digg del.icio.us Google Bookmarks Yahoo Bookmarks Share on Facebook Blog This! acanceh Registered User (7/18/03 12:12 am) Reply Pain, meds, addiction, fear I am taking 20mg of OC tid, 10 mg Clonapin bid, and MS 15mg prn x4. They also had me on Neurotine but that stuff makes me fatter and I want to sleep all the time on it, so I cut it out, it really did not do much. I drink quite a bit of dextromorpthan to keep the tolerance down. My ankle is severely arthritic and my back is not much better. I am in the process to be scheduled for a gastroplasty for weight loss. I use to manage my pain with heavy work out at the Gym and that help to hold my weight down. My joints had been damaged before and playing a lot of sports just wore the joints out. I really had to beg to have them increase the pain meds at the VA this last time. The pain was getting so bad that I did not want to get out of bed, because I knew it was just going to make the pain flare up. Increased meds and now I can do things, like wash the dishes or shop! I know the Gastroplasty will help, and will decrease the long term needs for meds but the short term will see an increase, that is the part I worry about, it is like I am on a tight rope. I pray everyday to not be an addict. Go to an AA meeting everyday; let people know what up by talking about what’s going on. I have followed the prescriptions diligently, not because of virtue but because of fear. I see all the time how these drugs can destroy lives but I have been lucky so far. I have 8 years of sobriety and a year being on the high end pain meds ; my sponsor says to hang in there. I will hang in, but I do worry about the time when I no longer will need meds. I am working very hard at setting up surgical operations so that I do not need to take the meds, but the day of reckoning fills me with fear! jake

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