necessity of medications

[Guest guest]

Heidi,

I am living on Methadone for degenerative disc's and I hate

it. I have tried to come off it and tough it out but ended up in so

much pain I could not even function around the house. It does give me

the ability to do minor things (cook dinner, minor cleaning, etc.

that I could not do without taking it. It stinks I don't feel like

myself alot but I can do little things for my family. I am always

looking for a miracle to relieve the pain. It does not really do much

for the nerve pain in my legs though, and my Dr. has just prescribed

Elavil? (I THINK THIS IS IT) to try and solve this problem.

As for other relief I would not be able to attempt any without the

Methadone. I just started to do T'ai Chi which I am hoping in the

long run to enable me to stop Methadone as well as give me better

balance and a form of exercise that I can do. My other hobbies

unfortunately require my being outdoors and this is not such a good

thing this time of year. I hope you never get to the point of needing

pain meds they are no fun and I personally feel they drain the life

out of you almost as much as living with the pain.

Keep well.

Jim