Drug Holiday

General
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Hi....

I am wondering if anyone has ever taken a 'Drug Holiday"...Gone off all meds, one at a time with medical supervision ofcourse.?

I am starting to think that some of my meds may be of more harm that good...I am not on much..but still...

any input??

Thanks,

Lori

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Cymbalta 60mg daily

dulaudid 4mg x2 daily narcotic..for pain

fiorocet as needed for h/a

i think the narcotoc is giving me ill side effects emtionally, to be honest..but I would like to get off everything.

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Thanks Beeba...No, I do not take BP meds

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Ive been on all sorts of narcautics since i was 15 and i hate them.. but i now go thru withdrawls if i dont take them.. and now that has shifted ppls focus.. they dont see me as a victim or patient anymore.. they just think about the drugs i take and how much of it and that no doctor could possibly give a pretty little girl like me those kindsa meds.. so thats mostly why i want off is the stigma attached with being on them. But my pain med doctor says I need to get things figured out with NS and my previous surgeons before he will wean me off. Ive started to live a very isolated life because so many ppl even family once they find out.. try to steal them frm me. I hate being a slave to pills so i understand completely how you feel

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Hi...

Thanks for sharing how you feel about pain meds , ect...I totally get what you mean about 'being a slave to pills'..I know that many folks absolutely need them to have any sort of quality of life...My own experience has been that recently, I have suffered severely with major anxiety..and I really think that the narcodics were part of the problem...So, I am completely off them..I did go cold turkey..Saw my primary last week and we talked about my pain issues...we decided that I would have a script for Vicodin 5mg...for when I cannot function...That was last Tuesday and I just had it filled yesterday..To have , just for those times.

Have you checked out the Natural Healing Group?? Good info there.Take care..