Dealing With Pain

[Rockhound]

Since weaning myself off my pain meds, so I can more safely drive my vehicle, which I had chosen not to drive since being on the pain meds, is getting harder and harder to deal with.

My pain meds have or rather, usually reduced my pain threshold to about 50% for the most part and in some areas it appeared to have reduced it to nearly 0%, since now I am experiencing pain in those areas, like I can't remember, having not had to deal with it in those areas for such a long time.

Life or rather my quality of life, even though I can drive my vehicle without the fear of causing an accident, due to the effects of a narcotic, has actually been reduced, since their are times when the pain is so bad, I am reduced laying in bed with out the strength to anything else. Even lying in bed becomes intolerble at times, I had forgotten how much of my anxiety was connected to my pain level and how often my panic attacks seemed to co-inside with my pain level.

I just don't know how much longer I will be able to contend with the pain, just because of my fear of being in an accident brought on by the affects of the pain meds. Now I fear I may be in an accident, becuase my attention was hampered while dealing with the pain and not on my driving.

I got to go now, because the pain in my hands, while typing is interfereing with my spelling the words I right, I have to keep making corrections as I go along, because my fingers don't seem to want to do or rather type the characters my fingers should reach to, twitching in pain as a move about the different key strokes.

Besides, it's time I should be thinking about something to eat for luch, which brings on a whole new set of pain issues from sitting to standing.

Rockhound Rider :P B) B)

[gp747]

500mg is not really a serious dose I was taking 1500mg 3 times a day for years before they gave me the percocets and hydrocodone is a lower level of pain killer than oxycodone although both use the same acetaminophen to cut them with.....if I was you I would keep taking the pain pills especially if the hydrocodone works...

ok that makes me feel better and the hydrocodone does work fairly well,i just called and have appointment in december and will talk to doc then.

i am new at taking pain meds. i hardly ever took an asperin until about a year ago.

Edited August 24, 2009 by skunk

[BoonDoc]

I didn't get proper treatment, or pain relief, until I started to go to a private pain center.

I worry about driving too; after being in a MVA around three years ago, I was hit by an elderly man who hit the gas instead of the brake, so He side swiped My truck...this really made Me start to think about liability, DUI'd etc, and I drive even less than I did before.

In a few more years we'll be moving back to The PI, and I'll give up driving all together, if not sooner.

BoonDoc

[Jayg]

I worry about my liver too though for me it's 1,000mg of Naproxyn Sodium a day along with Tramadol, methadone and baclofen.

[Notorious Kelly]

Is all that acetaminophen really necessary, or do they just put in in there to dissuade us from copping a buzz?

[Aquabear]

I also feel your pain rockhound.

I have been on Hydroc since 2000 but almost daily for a while now. I take natural herbs bromelaine and tumeric daily to help lower liver enzyme counts as my counts were triple the high end- very bad! I also take other nautral herbs(legal yall) but thats another story.

I am 37, out of work, need a knee brace and 2 walking sticks to walk around for exercise, can't walk 10 minutes without them for pain. This makes me really depressed, angry, sad, worthless all the negative emotions.

There are up days and down days- lately more down but try try to move your mind to something else when ur down. Doing lite yoga, computer thinking games, reading positive books, building model planes, woodworking, painting, drawing- I am sure many people can give advice on what to do when ur in pain and can't do much. TV is ok but the reruns during the day can make you ralph after a few weeks.

I did take a road trip with my wife and daughter this year to see our beautiful country - Denver, Arches Natinl Park, Yellowstone, MT Rushmore- and man did I need that. We really were hmmmm frugal to the max in order to make this trip as only my wife was working- I have no income other than $123 a month- 10% SC. I drive carefully on hydro and with redbull/coffee/donuts to at least make me think faster, drive more cautiously and a little slower than speedy gonzales more like his cousin slowpoke rodriguez! ! But this trip was well needed. We shared the driving and when I was down my family was supportive even when we couldn't see some stuff cause I was hurtin. We stayed inside the natnl parks for $10 per nite and free entrance forever! cause I am a disabled vet in Voc rehab- cheap but yes my back killed me- the other nites in hotels were free from hotel points and a few slept in our 4Runner.

I say this cause if or when you are able to get out either you drive or someone at least 1,2, 3x a week go out walk around a park, breathe some fresh air, even if all you do is sit on a bench and read or just look at the canada geese. It does help me- just to see something other than the TV and cnn.

I hope this helps- and reach out to the people here as you have, there are lots of peolpe here who seem to wholeheartedly want to help and listen and we all humanly need that - just someone to listen and hear us. I hear you and all the others who replied do too, take comfort in that. Take care and be well.

[Commander Bob]

I also feel your pain rockhound.

I did take a road trip with my wife and daughter this year to see our beautiful country - Denver, Arches Natinl Park, Yellowstone, MT Rushmore- and man did I need that.

I love a good road trip...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwARpaKHx_w

Edited August 24, 2009 by Commander Bob 92-93