[brettly29635]

I've spent at least 7 hrs today searching through different forums trying to find someone with the same problem I have. What I have found is just blowing my mind!! Every post I have read is almost like it was me telling my story!

I guess there is some sort of releif in the fact that I'm not going through this alone. I'm not the kind of person that can just set down and blurt my feelings out or anything like that, but I figured I'd give it a shot.

9 yrs ago I was in an arguement with the wife and decided the best thing for me to do was take a drive and clear my head since we were both saying things that we shouldn't and the 3 kids were getting upset. After driving for about an hour it was time to go home. While stopped on the highway to turn into my driveway the driver behind me fell asleep doing 65 and smacked right into me.

Three back surgeries, a host of epidurals and a rhyzotomy(sp) later, I'm where I'm at today. I was on vic's till they didn't work anymore and now on percocet 10/325 @ 180 per month. For the last 4 days I have tappered my self down from 8 to 10 per day to just 3, with my supply running out tomorrow.

A couple years ago I was able to kick the habit for 3 months till my back couldn't handle it anymore. My Dr. says that I will most likley be on some form of pain killer the rest of my life. I'm to the point now that I'm willing to sacrafice the pain for the constant controll these pills have over me!

I guess the reason for my post is to ask if anyone can help out with letting me know how they did it or if someone else is going through this right now, maybe we can get through it together.

I'm sorry for the long post, but with the wife a Manager at a department store and working 60+ hrs a week and me not wanting to let the kids know I'm going through this I just needed to put this down in hopes theres someone out there that will listen!

[mpvt]

You have chronic back pain and it needs to be treated as such.Vicodin,percocets ect are useless after awhile as they only work for a couple hours and then you need to take more and increase the dose to.
What you need to be on is a sustained release version of percocet.Oxycontin would be the logical pain killer since you're already taking the quick release version.
Mention it to your doctor the next visit and see if he will agree to switching to a sustained release opiate.Good luck to you.....Dave

[Kellyalittlesexy]

Originally Posted by brettly29635

I've spent at least 7 hrs today searching through different forums trying to find someone with the same problem I have. What I have found is just blowing my mind!! Every post I have read is almost like it was me telling my story!

I guess there is some sort of releif in the fact that I'm not going through this alone. I'm not the kind of person that can just set down and blurt my feelings out or anything like that, but I figured I'd give it a shot.

9 yrs ago I was in an arguement with the wife and decided the best thing for me to do was take a drive and clear my head since we were both saying things that we shouldn't and the 3 kids were getting upset. After driving for about an hour it was time to go home. While stopped on the highway to turn into my driveway the driver behind me fell asleep doing 65 and smacked right into me.

Three back surgeries, a host of epidurals and a rhyzotomy(sp) later, I'm where I'm at today. I was on vic's till they didn't work anymore and now on percocet 10/325 @ 180 per month. For the last 4 days I have tappered my self down from 8 to 10 per day to just 3, with my supply running out tomorrow.

A couple years ago I was able to kick the habit for 3 months till my back couldn't handle it anymore. My Dr. says that I will most likley be on some form of pain killer the rest of my life. I'm to the point now that I'm willing to sacrafice the pain for the constant controll these pills have over me!

I guess the reason for my post is to ask if anyone can help out with letting me know how they did it or if someone else is going through this right now, maybe we can get through it together.

I'm sorry for the long post, but with the wife a Manager at a department store and working 60+ hrs a week and me not wanting to let the kids know I'm going through this I just needed to put this down in hopes theres someone out there that will listen!

Hey New Member I can tell you I am going through some what the same and I don't know if I want to quit, because I don't think I can handle the pain. I am on methadone 10mg 3x's a day and hydro's for break through and I can eat my hydro's like crazy and run out, well right now I am out and have been for 4 days and I hurts so bad, I didn't realize how much they did help or atleast take the edge off. Methadone alone helps but I still hurt very bad, I know what you are going through and if you need to talk email me kellyalittlesexy@aol.com Good Luck.

[sparkey]

Brett i am in the same boat except it is my hand/wrist. I was eatting the perc's and vic's like candy. But i never got to more than 5 a day. I am currently on methadone from my pain management doc. I take 20mg a day. Dave had mentioned that i should take 10 mg 2 x's a day instead of 5mg's 4 times a day as it would work better. That i found did work. I also take 10/625 perc's a day up to 4 a day for breakthrough pain. I am also told i could be on these for years. At the beginning i was breaking out in a rash and now i am sweating uncontrollably. I cannot take the sweats anymore and told my doctor that the last visit. She recommended that i now take oxycontin which is a timed released med . I do not know what dose i will be at, but probably will also have the perc's for breakthrough pain. I am guessing she would put me on 20's 2 x's a day. Which would make sense if i take 4 perc's now. I am hopeing that anyways as i think 2 10's would not cut it.

I feel for you as i know you are in pain as i am. It is not a drug i choose to be on, but cannot take the pain without. My husband does not know i will be switching to oxys soon. He is TOTALLY against it but it is really like taking the perc's. Just the bad rep that the oxys get and what he has heard about them makes him against them. I know i feel guilty hiding something like that from my husband of 26 yrs. but he just would not understand. I know someday i may have to tell him, but until then i will have to unfortunatly hide it for now to control the pain. It is my body and not his that i have to take care of for now. I wish you the best, and if you need to talk i will be here. : )

[sparkey]

Brett i am in the same boat except it is my hand/wrist. I was eatting the perc's and vic's like candy. But i never got to more than 5 a day. I am currently on methadone from my pain management doc. I take 20mg a day. Dave had mentioned that i should take 10 mg 2 x's a day instead of 5mg's 4 times a day as it would work better. That i found did work. I also take 10/625 perc's a day up to 4 a day for breakthrough pain. I am also told i could be on these for years. At the beginning i was breaking out in a rash and now i am sweating uncontrollably. I cannot take the sweats anymore and told my doctor that the last visit. She recommended that i now take oxycontin which is a timed released med . I do not know what dose i will be at, but probably will also have the perc's for breakthrough pain. I am guessing she would put me on 20's 2 x's a day. Which would make sense if i take 4 perc's now. I am hopeing that anyways as i think 2 10's would not cut it.

I feel for you as i know you are in pain as i am. It is not a drug i choose to be on, but cannot take the pain without. My husband does not know i will be switching to oxys soon. He is TOTALLY against it but it is really like taking the perc's. Just the bad rep that the oxys get and what he has heard about them makes him against them. I know i feel guilty hiding something like that from my husband of 26 yrs. but he just would not understand. I know someday i may have to tell him, but until then i will have to unfortunatly hide it for now to control the pain. It is my body and not his that i have to take care of for now. I wish you the best, and if you need to talk i will be here. : )

[binda]

sparky
I completely understand that you are in chronic pain. I have chronic back pain and I started out on the lortab, pers and eventually worked up to the oxys. If you can take them only as directed and not chew them up they will probably work good for you. the downside is that i can't get off these oxys and I am now an addict. Not to discourage you but please be careful with them. Good luck