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I used to love Kenicki (I can't spell)- and now he's just going to die all drugged out and an asshole.
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She also took one look at my face and knew I going through something. I'm on day 8 of withdrawing from Cymbalta, which while not a opiate, is a powerful drug in its own right, and also alters brain chemistry. I chose to go cold turkey, against medical advice, and this week has been hell.
And dudes, I had come from a cookie decorating party in my son't class, and even had make-up on!! Maybe it was the shakes and the sweating?
12/19/08
Be careful going off your meds. I've gone through withdrawals with Effexor a few times, and it was no fun.
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This is misery, but the drug was harming my liver and making me sleep 16 hours a day. I can't live like that any more.
My knuckles - theyz white.
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Apparently, these notes were either not being read by his primary doc or were not getting to his primary doc.
I called his doctor and his lawyer and let them know what was going on. And no, they weren't happy to hear from me. No wonder so many people can't get help!
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I certainly hope he's able to find a way to break the addiction, but he isn't going to do it on television. He has to get really honest to get straight - and that ain't gonna happen on TV.
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I do hope Sean reconsiders.
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I dozed off before the end!
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This irks me to no end. I think he's a really good actor; I liked his Zack Allen on Babylon 5. It just rips me up to know he can't get past this.
12/21/08
I read the article title and I thought "No, can't be"... video took ages to load and when it did I thought... Ohh for the fuck of shit...
12/19/08
I cannot imagine being told that the pain was never getting fixed and you were either doomed to a life of constant and what appears like debilitating pain OR a life of being a complete addict.
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I finally found a great doctor at a pain clinic who did a procedure called a cervical nerve branch block, which is where they stick a really huge needle into some of the nerves leaving your spinal column and use either heat or electrical impulses to deaden them - essentially to burn them out. In the neck they can't use heat, and I think the electrical impluses wear off more quickly, but my god, it was the only thing that helped me. and believe me, I tried, PT, yoga, acupuncture, EVERYTHING.
the horrible thing about this is that I went to a series of orthopedic surgeons who treated me like total shit and implied that I was making the whole thing up because they couldn't find an obvious cause on an x-ray(never mind the fact that they didn't try very hard - I only found out that there are myriad nerve conduction studies, MRIs, and other things they can do to try to diagnose these things AFTER I almost gave up). I'm still angry about it. It really, really annoys me that so many people have to essentially do their own medical legwork and research, that so many MDs are either too lazy to really look for the cause of a problem, or worse, tell you that it's all in your head. (After finding my last doctor I discovered that I have mild osteoarthritis in my neck, extra bone growth that was impinging on my cervical branch nerves.)
Anyway. This is all to say that I can absolutely understand the problems of a person in chronic pain, especially if there is not an immediately obvious cause. Not only are you always in pain, but too often you get assfucked by the medical community.
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I definitely think the relationship that Jeff and his girlfriend have is a toxic one. You saw how quickly she helped him find his pills?? Didn't even try to talk him to try other things. Like maybe...a nap!
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I can only hope that it was for dramatic effect and a real rehab wouldn't let that happen because it was so incredibly clear that their relationship was unhealthy.
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It's just that simple.
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My boyfriend got Vicodin for a dental procedure and Percocet after another surgery, and they make him loopy...but they do nothing to me. I think I have too many opioids in my brain already, which could explain why (a) opiate drugs don't work for me (at least not in regular dosages), and (b) I'm constantly itchy.
/random medical speculation and overshare
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Wow. I'm not an addict btw. Just saying.. I get it.
12/19/08
"Anything that would normally piss you off (ie. your mom, an annoying friend) you'll be like "aww I miss her. I'm gonna call her"
So true!
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I took some before a flight and basically accosted a pilot in the terminal. The poor guy just wanted to buy a salad and I wouldn't shut up.
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I'm not an addict, but I do like getting high (just not often). You know how some people like the effect of alcohol and others don't? Same thing applies to pot, heroin, cocaine, meth, shrooms, OC's, etc.
12/19/08
I was since told by my doctor that some people don't have whatever receptor makes these drugs effective, and I must be one of them. The strongest thing I've ever had that worked is toradol, which I believe is asprin-based.
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But my god, after my 2nd c-section they gave me mega doses of morphine to try to help the pain, and I kept saying "Just get me some fucking ADVIL." But, noooo, it was all "oh, poor thing, let's try another cc."
Blergh.
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