Guest guest Posted October 14, 2001 Report Share Posted October 14, 2001 Dea Friends, It figures, when I am in a crisis the yahoo server is down!!! Kind of humorous considering I was wanting to e-mail ANYONE who was awake at this hour and on-line who would be willing to talk me out of taking my pain pills and ending it... I have not been posting lately because I became over confident since having Dr. Lehman do a stint and sphrincteronomy in July. I thought I was CURED!!! Well, I got pancreatitis last Monday and spent the week in the hospital on morphine, demerol, and vesteral, and ativan. Now I am home, and have been awake for nearly 24 hours enduring the withdrawals. I just don't want to go throught them again... I could use all the support you can give me. Cecilia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2001 Report Share Posted October 14, 2001 Hi, I may not be doing this right, since I have not posted in a while. Can anyone tell me why drs. say that a person can not be addicted to drugs if they " really need them " ? Then why do everytime I get home from the hospital - three and four times a year, I go through at least a week of withdrawal symptoms. Cecilia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2001 Report Share Posted October 15, 2001 Cecelia, I'm sorry I didn't respond earlier, but I offline for a few days myself with exhaustion and then visiting my grandma out of town. I know it's so hard to deal with this again when you thought you had it licked. I did that about every year for about five or six years. The depression afterward is hard to deal with. All I can say, is take it one day at a time. If the depression lasts for any length of time, get the doctor to prescribe an antidepressant. They really do work and help keep you balanced and able to deal with live, even if it isn't a great one. I've been on one for ten years and it's helped so much, I didn't realize how much until this year. When I get really frustrated and depressed, I turn on the music and play sad songs and sing it out with them. Kinda cathartic. Anyways, maybe it will distract from the withdrawals. Kimber -- Kimber hominid2@... California State Chapter Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2001 Report Share Posted October 15, 2001 Cecelia, I'm sorry I didn't respond earlier, but I offline for a few days myself with exhaustion and then visiting my grandma out of town. I know it's so hard to deal with this again when you thought you had it licked. I did that about every year for about five or six years. The depression afterward is hard to deal with. All I can say, is take it one day at a time. If the depression lasts for any length of time, get the doctor to prescribe an antidepressant. They really do work and help keep you balanced and able to deal with live, even if it isn't a great one. I've been on one for ten years and it's helped so much, I didn't realize how much until this year. When I get really frustrated and depressed, I turn on the music and play sad songs and sing it out with them. Kinda cathartic. Anyways, maybe it will distract from the withdrawals. Kimber -- Kimber hominid2@... California State Chapter Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2001 Report Share Posted October 15, 2001 Cecelia, you go through withdrawal because the idiot doctor didn't give you anything to taper off of. Even if you aren't addicted to them, you still need to go off those medications slowly. My doctors don't generally release me until I'm fully off the pain meds and they taper them off, not just cold turkey. Idiots. They say you can't get addicted to them if you " need them " because the pain does burn them off, but you can become dependent on them which is different then addiction. Addiction is when you take them for the " high " , the escape from reality, etc. There is no pain to " burn " them out of your system. Kimber -- Kimber hominid2@... California State Chapter Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2001 Report Share Posted October 15, 2001 Cecelia, you go through withdrawal because the idiot doctor didn't give you anything to taper off of. Even if you aren't addicted to them, you still need to go off those medications slowly. My doctors don't generally release me until I'm fully off the pain meds and they taper them off, not just cold turkey. Idiots. They say you can't get addicted to them if you " need them " because the pain does burn them off, but you can become dependent on them which is different then addiction. Addiction is when you take them for the " high " , the escape from reality, etc. There is no pain to " burn " them out of your system. Kimber -- Kimber hominid2@... California State Chapter Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2001 Report Share Posted October 15, 2001 Cecelia, you go through withdrawal because the idiot doctor didn't give you anything to taper off of. Even if you aren't addicted to them, you still need to go off those medications slowly. My doctors don't generally release me until I'm fully off the pain meds and they taper them off, not just cold turkey. Idiots. They say you can't get addicted to them if you " need them " because the pain does burn them off, but you can become dependent on them which is different then addiction. Addiction is when you take them for the " high " , the escape from reality, etc. There is no pain to " burn " them out of your system. Kimber -- Kimber hominid2@... California State Chapter Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2001 Report Share Posted October 16, 2001 , same here. It works though. I guess it's a cathartic release maybe? I don't know, but it does help. my friends all look at me funny when I say that i do that to get over feeling sad and depressed. Now I know I'm not alone. Kimber -- Kimber hominid2@... California State Chapter Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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