Author: Susanne
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:31 am
Thank you for the support… I was actually taking about 180 mg of percocet and usually a 80 oxycontin OP daily. An believe me if I could have gotten my hands on more I would have since I was chasing the high first and mananing my chronic illness a distant 3 (work was #2) and family… well let say family was probably just happy I was around… altough they blamed the Illness on my behaviour never the narcotics since they didn’t know about them. Anyway, regarding my visit to the doctor I explained all this to him. Especially the concentration issues since the job I do is extremely precise and could cost companies billions of dollars (and I am not exaggerating unfortunately) a lot of responsibilites. And I couldn’t afford not being able to do my job.
So I he gave me riddilin, 20mg saying I should take one when I get up and then again in the afternoon if needed. I tried that and didn’t have much affect… so I took 2 pills in the morning and one more 5 to 6 hours later. This has really helped my concentration a lot! I am still slow and uncoordinated but not half as bad (I’d say 70% improvement). The doctor also started me on a 2 week titration pack of Savella, I’ve only been on it three days, so we will see… although I think it may have already started working.
Today at my appt. I am going to have to talk to him about when I have a flare up. I think my pain is managable now. I can focus and sub is definitely working to take away the withdrawl and craving. But when I have a flare up everything changes and It can be very bad, bad enough for me to take any and all pain medication/drugs to to help relieve even a bit of the pain. It can last for a few days or a few weeks. Anyone have Lupus and Fibro together? I need to be able to walk, hold things in my hands, write my name, actually take care of my kids and hopefully work. Scary stuff.
Anyway, so NO I am not going to speak to my dr. about methadone. I think we have it managed right now. Hopefully we can come up with a plan for when I have a flare. I usually can tell a few days before a flare comes on (if I listen to my body)… so maybe this will help the dr. figure out a plan before my next flare up. Thankfully they only happen a few times a year.