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(Date Posted:04/06/2009 22:25:14)
Hello All,
I'm new to this forum, but thought I would put down a quick note. I have LPHS. I was on Methadone, Morphine, and Oxycodone for over a year. I spent every day in bed. I suffered from memory loss and confusion. My pain was just getting worse and worse. I had to use a walker to get around. I could no longer care for my 3 children, they were old enough to physically care for themselves (age range 11 years to 14 years), but they still needed a mom (dad is absent). I decided that I would rather face the pain and have a clear head than to be in a daze 24/7. I was VERY fortunate to have a mother-in-law who is into herbs/vitamins and natural living. She did some research online and gave me all kinds of natural herbs/vitamins to swallow while I was going through the withdrawal from the meds. I went off the methadone first, followed by the oxycodone a couple of months later, then finally the morphine a month after that. It was hard, but I was determined. Amazingly, my pain has lessened!!!! I have improved my diet/eating habits. I try not to eat too much processed stuff like high fructose corn syrup, but my diet isn't organic or anything extreme. I take a vitamin drink that is made from food, not rock minerals. I can actually go an entire week without pain sometimes! It has been 6 months now since I got off the last of the meds. I still suffer with pain, sometimes for days on end. Sometimes I feel like I'm going to go insane, but I just tell myself that the pain will be gone eventually... I will get a break, even if just for a few hours. I guess it is a mind over matter thing. I know that not everyone can have the strength to do something like this. My mother-in-law tried to tell me I should do it months before I actually decided to. My mother-in-law had done research online about opiod meds, and she told me that long term use will damage your nerve endings which will actually give you MORE pain!!!! That scared me and it made sense as to why my pain only seemed to get worse.
I am about to attempt to get a job again... I obviously couldn't work when I was on all the meds. Wish me luck. It will be interesting to see if I can get my mind to overcome the pain while I'm at work.
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