Posted in addiction, addictions, benzodiazapine, chronic pain, depression, detox, fibromyalgia, hydrocodone, klonopin, lyrica, off meds, pain medication, pregabalin, vicodone, withdrawal, tagged klonopin, lyrica, fibromyalgia, fibromyalgia and addiction, chemical dependancy, chronic pain and addiction, dependancy vs addiction, vicodin on May 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
sorry about the formatting. i can’t seem to get this to flow correctly.
i was sharing online about my fibro and of course my history as a person recovering from substance abuse and…what happened when i was treated long-term for pain management. bits of this story are strewn through out my blog. but this is a [...]
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Posted in addictions, alcoholism, annorexia, anorexia, anxiety, bipolar, borderline personality disorder, depression, fibromyalgia, off meds, recovery, remission, suicidality, suicide, withdrawal, tagged alcoholism, borderline personality disorder, bipolar, withdrawal from meds on May 17, 2008 | No Comments »
i was going to delete this, but then i pulled back and read the whole thing…i could see my thought process as i was having a “borderline melt down”. even though my focus, in this blog, is on my withdrawal from meds and fibromyalgia, i have lived as a recovering borderline amongst other things. boy can my [...]
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Posted in addiction, addictions, alcoholism, depression, drug makers, drug updates, recovery, suicidality, tagged addiction, alcohol, chantix, cocaine, depression and suicidal behavior, dopamine, eating, obesity, rimonanbant, smoking, Taranabant, weight managment on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
seeking aid for addictions in prescripton meds: this was an interesting blog by “oasis avanced wellness”, discussing an issue near and dear to my heart…taking meds, often in place of adjusting lifestyle and even when taking it in an effort to work on lifestyle issues…the side effects and direct effects can undermine your best efforts. [...]
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Posted in AA, addiction, addictions, benzodiazapine, depression, detox, fibromyalgia, guafinesin, klonopin, lyrica, melatonin, off meds, pregabalin, quality of life, recovery, sleep, tagged melatonin, lyrica, off meds, fibromyalgia, mental health, psych meds, energy healing, polarity therapy, road blocks in healing, healing, guaifenesin treatment for fibromyalgia on April 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
my counselor and i began discussing polarity therapy…energy work. i wanted to read more about what exactly it was. i’m very familiar with a variety of yoga, meditation and have had reiki, massage and acupuncture work done…but i wanted to know more about polarity therapy because this is just another area that can use improvement when [...]
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Posted in addictions, alcoholism, benzodiazapine, bipolar, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, depression, detox, fatigue, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lyrica, off meds, peer support, quality of life, recovery, tagged klonopin, lyrica, off meds, fibromyalgia, bipolar, chronic pain, depression, alcoholic, detox, withdrawal, mental illness, psych meds, getting sober on April 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
i would like to say that this is another journey i don’t want to see come to an end but i’d be lying. detoxing off of my psych meds has made my top three list of most difficult things to do. but to think that it ends here would be…well let’s say getting the drugs [...]
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Posted in addictions, alcoholism, benzodiazapine, detox, klonopin, off meds, pain medication, recovery, withdrawal, tagged recovery, detoxing off meds, klonopin, alcoholism, off meds, pain medication, addictions, relapse, withdrawal, benzodiazapine, prescription drug addiction on April 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
i thought i’d share a letter i completed. i made a difficult decision, to try to return to my graduate studies in counseling and i’m asking for a second chance after i completely unraveled, unknowingly, from multiple prescription drug addictions and entered into subsequent relapse in my alcoholism.
hi p.,
it’s been a couple of years now…after [...]
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Posted in addictions, alcoholism, benzodiazapine, bipolar, chronic fatigue, detox, klonopin, lamictal, lyrica, neurontin, off meds, recovery, wellbutrinXL, withdrawal, tagged klonopin, neurontin, lyrica, fibromyalgia, wellbutrin, lamictal, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, addictions, alcoholic, laughter, benzodiazapine, withdrawal from meds, personal velocity, healthy living, managing withdrawal and co existing conditions, balanced lifestyle on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
looking at how withdrawal can trigger other disorders like fibromyalgia and considering how to perceive and treat the symptoms. trying to find balance and watching how i can even abuse my own “natural highs”. laughter is a great medicine. remembering the freedoms and habits we came by naturally as children can aid us in how [...]
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Posted in addictions, benzodiazapine, bipolar, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lamictal, laughter, lyrica, neurontin, off meds, wellbutrinXL, withdrawal, tagged bipolar, detoxing off benzodiazapine, exercise, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lamictal, laughter, lyrica, meditation, neurontin, nutrition, off meds, wellbutrin, withdrawal on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
well…i haven’t written or really been on line for the last few days. i’m a bit rushed this morning but, i guess when you get to feeling better for a bit, things get busy as you paddle to catch up. and there’s just the catching up inspite of not feeling great. the darn fibro alone simply wears [...]
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Posted in addiction, addictions, alcoholism, bipolar, borderline personality disorder, klonopin, neurontin, suicidality, suicide, wellbutrinXL, tagged klonopin, neurontin, suicide, wellbutrin, lamictal, suicidal tendancies, ritialin, committed, civil commitment, involuntary commitment, alcoholic, overdose on March 23, 2008 | No Comments »
(input 3/23/08 start) jump back a bit. around ‘97, the year i was introduced to my wonderful psychiatrist and psychologist…and they really were wonderful…they did help me make some wonderful changes in my life. i was diagnosed borderline personality disorder, bipolar, ADHD, PTSD. i was put on, taken off, and swapped around on several [...]
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