MacIntosh12

I am very friendly and truly appreciate humor, just to keep things interesting... I have fibromyalgia, DDD, bulging discs (or is it disks?) herniated... read more

I am very friendly and truly appreciate humor, just to keep things interesting... I have fibromyalgia, DDD, bulging discs (or is it disks?) herniated discs, myofascial pain (that does not mean pain in nor upon my face), neuropathy that makes MY fibro pain feel like a sneeze! (NOT judging, just my opinion.) The neuropathy is so bad that life feels very difficult at times, the stinging, burning, stabbing pain, blah blah blah, I could go on and on but I try to grin and bare (or bear?) it all. This just looks like a laundry list of my symptoms and pain. In the past I've suffered major depression and some anxiety attacks (just to make things more fun : ) which are gone, thank God. I believe that panic attacks and the post partum depression were both horrible experiences that I truly feel empathy for anyone going thru either or both. I believe that humour is the best medicine and I use humour on a daily basis, perhaps I'm addicted to laughter? Laughter along with some pain meds. I'd take a wild-arse guess and add that most people LOVE to laugh! In '09 I did a cold turkey withdrawal off of (prescribed and never abused) OxyContin that I'd been taking since 1999. It was hellish to say the least, but I'm here, I lived to tell the tale! There is life after opiate dependence. Unfortunately, the chronic pain came back with a vengeance! So, I'm back on Oxycodone. I don't abuse my medication, ever, I really don't want to take it at all, but to have any semblance of a "normal life" I must take oxycodone again. I do NOT judge anyone who becomes dependent on opiate pain medication, it is very easy to do since it WORKS on our pain. I am here to learn and to help IF I am able to do so. Lara