Author: BWG707
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:10 pm
I just decided to check this forum (hadn’t got ant replies for a while) and was pleasantly surprised to see replies, Thanks. Well first of all to answer a couple questions- yes I’m presrcibed 10mg pills for severe back and leg pain from an injury. At my peak I was on 50mg Meth. a day, 5-5/500 Vic. a day, Soma 3x a day, 30mg Temazepam a day, and 10-15mg Valium a day. Also I am physically dependant not addicted, I never really got a "high" and never craved more. Over time I got down to just 40mg M. a day and 2-5/500 Vic. a day. I started my taper at the beginning of Feb. I stopped the Vic. immediately but later during my taper I take them when I really need them also I’ take Tem. when really needed. As of today I’m down to 5mg M. a day, still using the Vic. and Tem. for WD symptom relief. Yesterday was my worse day yet. I went from about 7mg to 5mg just a day before. Although it was bearable with some help from the Vics and Tem. Today I feel pretty good. Tommorrow I see my Dr. he doesn’t know I decided to do this taper I wonder how he will react. Since doing more research I decided tapering would probably be best. So far it hasn’t been too bad, I realized I probably haven’t seen the worst. I set a goal to be at 10mg at the end of this mo. but I pushed some because I was able to bear it. I’ve decided to stay at 5mg for a little while to even out and let my body get used to this dose. I need to get some liquid M. to be able to break it down to single mg and less. I’ve been wondering once I quick all the M. and long will it take before I feel normal? I plan on tapering down to 1mg or 1/2mg before I jump. I see a Pain Management Dr. this coming Monday he’s got a great rep. around this area. I’m curious to hear what his ideas are. One good thing, I have stockpiled M., Vic., Soma, and Tem. so if need be I can do what I want. You know alot of Docs are idiots they are so arrogant and cocky they think they know everything and try to order people around as if patients are second class citizens. It’s so hard to find a good DR that will actually listen to you. That’s one of the reasons that I’m getting off this stuff, I can’t stand my new DR. I’m on a County Health Program that has a very limited number of Dr to choose from and the Dr turnover rate is very high. Everytime I find a good DR he ends up leaveing. All the good ones end up going elsewhere. After my next two Dr. visits I’ll post what I find out. I want to thank everyone that replied to this post I really appreciate it and plaese don’t stop if you have anything to say or ask. Bye for now.
