Fentanyl Withdrawal Symptoms (Page 35)
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I'm trying to wean myself off the Fentanyl patch. I went from 75 micro-gms to 50 now I'm on 25. Having a problem and not sure it is related to the decrease in the med. It's been 20 days on the 25 micro-gm and I'm going crazy. I need to keep rocking, moving in any way b/c my body is very restless. Is this a symptom of withdrawal and what do I do? I cannot take it any more.

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Angel ,
I am not addicted to the drugs but you know and I know that our bodies do get addicted to the drugs and I guess I dont like the way my life is controlled by the Drs where I practically have to beg for my meds every month and I have to always have to worry about whether they are going to fill them or not and if Im going to go through withdraws every month if they dont give my meds and sometimes I think I would be better off suffering from the pain then to worry myself to death as to whether they are going to give me my meds or not and if I get to a point where I cant deal with the pain suicide is always an option but Im not sure I even have the guts to do that as I do love life a lot, but you just never know how a person is gonna get from suffering from chronic pain. This makes me so mad as Drs dont seem to understand people that are in major chronic pain for a life time and then they want to play God with the pain meds just because they can. I almost hate Drs sometimes but our hands are tied no matter what we do or which way we turn. And no Im not sucidal at this time and dont even know whether I would get sucidal if I had problems getting my pain meds off of my dr but Im just saying if I did get so bad off and could not get my meds anymore I might get that way from the pain I would endure, but I just dont know unless it really happened to me. Dafenys Momma.

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Angel,
No Im not using that Dr anymore and thank Ou for you response to my note. Dafneys Momma

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Angel, so glad you had a nice Birthday. Sorry about your youngest too. Unfortunately, as hard as it we have to let our make their own mistakes. The harder we try to pull them out of it, the more we push them toward the thing we want them to leave alone. He will come around in his own time. All you can do is be there to support him when it happns.

Hugs,
'chelle

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Angel, glad you had a good day for your birthday. It's hard when you see your kids making a mistake, maybe he will open his eyes and see she is wrong for him hopefully before he makes more mistakes

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Thank you for your Birthday Wishes!

I had my hair done in the morning and my great family took me to a play and dessert after.

God has been good to me. I worked hard to raise my boys and all but one is exactly the family I never had coming from an alcoholic house. The youngest is just hooked to the wrong girl. Not much a mother can do.

Love you all,
Angel

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Thank you Lil, i'll get it today. I took my 100 fentynal off 4-5 days ago and am just using the 10mcg. I'm surprised at how ok I am. I think my back is much better. Only 2 norcos a day. I was scared but with 4 100mcg's left I figured it would be a good time to try and see how I was doing.

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Angel I was just thinking that last night. Apples and oranges. I don't "often" feel high because of the pain. But the few times I feel a slight bit euphoric is just because I'm so happy to not be in pain. I remember when I used to drink a bottle if wine a nigh was way stronger.

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Dear momma,
What kind of chronic condition do you have?

There is being addicted to illegal drugs. People take these for FUN.

We here on this blog have agonizing pain. We do not take drugs for fun we take them to LIVE.

Believe me when I tell you the former are addicts. We are chronic pain sufferers.

Apples and oranges, my friend.

Why do you want to get off the morphine?

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I also forgot to tell you all that during withdraw I also shook like a leaf and couldnt eat as I had no appitite and was constantly sick at my stomach. I truely thought I was gonna die. I pulled the 75 mg patch off one day because my mother told me that my personality had changed and that I was saying things to people that was rude when I am naturally not a rude person. I am the type of person that likes to help everyone and would give you the shirt off my back if you needed it or wanted it. I normally love everyone, but the fentanyl patch did something to my personality. I did not know that I would go through withdraw by taking the patch off, let alone saying things that I didnt remember saying to others that were rude. I wont ever use that patch again. Now I am on 75 mg of moriphine twice a day and need to with-draw from it and dont know how to go about it. I have a chronic pain condition and dont know where to turn to get help for the pain and I dont like taking drugs that cause bad withdraws and are addicting. I always fear that my Dr. might move away and I wont be able to find another Dr to help me so I dont withdraw and so that I dont suffer from pain. I've already had two Drs. move out of town without notice to his patients and left me and the rest of their patients stranded without a Dr or pain meds let alone withdraw meds. My pain is so bad that I can hardly get out of bed most days. This withdraw stuff is ten times worse than any flu I've ever had in my life and I've had some pretty bad bouts of the flu in my lifetime. Dafenys Momma

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Hope your not using that dr that didn't give you anything for the withdrawals .. I was on 75 but it took me two months to get off fentanyl by myself.. I am actually happy that I took myself off it as I was still in pain anyway after being on it forever 9 years straight .

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You can buy it right online just look it up Relaxx concentrate.. It is not expensive under 5 ..a bottle.. My acupuncture dr sells them to me for 7 but I am thrilled as its really helping.. I take 8 tiny pills the size of bee bees in morning and then again in evening.. The directions say three times a day but my dr said twice is enough

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New mom on the block, we all know too well and do everything to make sure we don't suffer like that again. I didn't have a clue. You need to go to Costco? And get a safe that only you can access via finger print. Leave the key and pass codes in your trunk and put your keys in your bra. Yes, been there too.
Angle and Lil, I went through records and I think I've been blaming the wrong person :( I haven't done anything but it looks like it happened from my surgery sept 2011 or sooner than that. Hard to pin point exactly who punctured my nerve or cord. But I am a little better each day Still dizzy, sensative to light an sounds, pain of course. but my dizzyness hot sweats, blury vision is just off and on now and not as frequently or as long. Ooh ya Lil, where do I get the relaxx.
Again Happy Birthday Nanny, I'm sure your day is a full one.

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Little David,
you are right about locking up your drugs as I have had my meds stolen from family members no less, by my brother and my grandson and I had to endure withdraw symtoms so terrible that I thought I was going out of my mind and all I could do was cover my head up and sleep and loose weight from it. I ended up loosing 40 lbs and all I could think about was death and I would have severe chills and then severe sweating over and over again for 4 weeks. I felt like I was in a dark hole hanging on by my fingertips and couldnt climb out no matter how hard I tried. It was the most terrible thing I have ever went through. My doctor wouldnt even give me anything for withdrawls and I suffered severely and the doctor told me I would live through it and he really didnt care. My sister told me I could stroke out from these wilthdrawls, which really scared me. I was on 75 MG of fentynal and that is what caused my severe withdrawls. Hope you all get through everything with less pain then I did. Sincerely Dafneys momma

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Happy Happy Birthday! I hope they made a cake Enjoy your day and make them cook for you for God sake!

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Angel did not know , but Happy Happy Birthday to you, feel good 😀

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Happy happy Birthday, happy happy Birthday, to you!

Hope you've had a great day!

Hugs,
'chelle

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OKAY, everybody

SING ALONG WITH ME:
"You say it's your birthday
It's my birthday too, yeah
We're gonna have a good time"

So it's my birthday!
Did you all forget?

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Hi all, did cleaning today how exciting , Shannon, do you have any close family member to help you with the driving?I know it's hard to ask for help but sometimes we have no choice..I have been taking Relaxx concentrate from my acupuncture Dr. It has made me much more comfortable with the sweating and then the chills right after. Since using them hardly get even one a day, being off fentanyl also has helped with the hot flashes. What are you doing about your condition? You need another doctor

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Shannon,
Babe, how did you get this water on the brain? Who exactly told you this ? When? I would like details, please. How many lawyers and what kind are you calling? If you give me you town name I will search web for best for your problem.

Let me help.

Nana, it was great to hear your voice. I will try you this afternoon.

Going to see my pain management shrink today.
TTYL

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Lil,
I had it done several times out patient at his office. 29 min. Then drove home. I can get my pre, during and post MRI's other than the last one from our imaging center. Now I know why the nurse there didnt give me the prescribed dye for the imaging. It's not recommended when there are punctures or fluid in the brain. They must have noted it from the previous MRI and saw more fluid this time as well. I've called several and just a lot of not at this time. I guess I could cold call em over the hill. I am supprised the ambulance chasers are not all over this. It's so hard to do anything most days. Today I got out for the first time in so long. It's hard to drive as I am still dizzy, blurred vision and soooo much more. I can make calls though. Please keep bugging me as I would rather not address this much less think about it I had better than 20/20 last year Now I'm 120/70. With the sweaty hot flashes and chills I just thought it was me being over 40 but no one I know had anything close to this.

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