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 chronic fatigue, chronic pain, exercise, fatigue, fibromyalgia, gaba, gabapenin, lyrica, neurontin, recovery, tagged exercise, fibromyalgia, lifestyle, lyrica, neurontin, nutrition, relaxation, sleep on May 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
since fibromyalgia is a complex disorder that requires a multi-disciplined approach in its treatment. there is no one correct, end-all, be-all approach for all people. in the beginning (before ‘01) i had gained a lot of weight (i am typically pretty small) and my ability to exercise and manage much of anything had disappeared. not exactly [...]
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Posted in chronic fatigue, chronic pain, cognitive function, depression, fatigue, fibromyalgia, mental acuity, sleep, tagged chronic pain, depression and mental acuity, fibromyalgia, loss of cognitive function and fibromyalgia, loss of mental acuity, loss of sleep on April 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
if you have fibromyalgia you have wrestled with your mental acuity and cognitive functions but probably have been told that “what you’re going through is just normal” or maybe “you’re hypersensitive” and you feel like you’re going crazy! well this research piece from the national fibromyalgia association may help you feel validated…people with FMS do [...]
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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 AA, benzodiazapine, bipolar, chronic pain, detox, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lyrica, off meds, tagged AA, asking for help, bipolar, blogshpere friends, detoxing of benzodiazapines, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lonliness, lyrica, off meds, pain, self-esteem on April 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
so far, i’m feeling a bit better today. i messed around with the dosage on my lyrica starting wednesday. i was feeling like i’d drank 2 pots of coffee…very uncomfortable…so i began cutting back a bit and…well, maybe the bottom fell out…but i also wonder if being so tightly wound for so many weeks may [...]
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Posted in alcoholism, bipolar, chronic pain, tagged klonopin, neurontin, lyrica, off meds, wellbutrin, lamictal, detox, alcohol, GSK, glaxo smith kline, bob fiddaman, paxil, Seroxat on April 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
it was good to see the tremendous show of support for bob fiddaman…let’s see where this goes. this action GSK took towards a blogger and patient should be a great call to action for all of us. seeing the support the blogging community gave is inspirational and hopefully will be the beginning of a new [...]
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Posted in AA, alcohlics anonymous, alcoholism, bipolar, chronic pain, depression, hope, peer support, recovery, tagged alcoholics anonymous, anger, anxiety, beer, cigarettes, cocaine, depression, detoxing from meds, fatigue, mental illness, pain, recovery, spirituality, staying sober on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
i’m holding my own at .62mg klonopin…i’m not bad today but my mind is a little muzzy today so my writing might be muzzy too…but i’ve made a commitment to try to write something positive every day, so…ok…so…spirituality…this is one of those topics that can be “iffy” to broach. i’ll come clean and let you [...]
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Posted in alcoholism, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, depression, fibromyalgia, hope, klonopin, lyrica, off meds, recovery, tagged alcoholism, daily meditation, detox, fatigue, klonopin, lyrica, off meds, pain, recovery on April 1, 2008 | No Comments »
detoxing off these meds makes it more of a challenge for me to hold on to my serenity. i’m not as agitated as i was a few weeks ago but…got a few good blows to my finances and other things this morning and now i’m kinda pissy. well, i also got extremely boggy and tired part way [...]
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Posted in AA, alcohlics anonymous, alcoholism, bipolar, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, depression, fibromyalgia, off meds, peer support, recovery, tagged alcohol, bipolar, chronic pain, depression, despair, detox, fibromyalgia, happy, immune system, laughing, laughter, off meds, recovery, stress and tension, withdrawal on March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
today i want to bring up one of my pet concepts. being revolutionary…in how we live. the definition of revolutionary that i’m referring to (so we’re on the same page/screen here) is defined, in Merriam-Websters as: “c: constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change”.
yes, all the tools for better living that i may refer [...]
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Posted in alcoholism, chronic pain, depression, fibromyalgia, hope, laughter, off meds, pain medication, quality of life, tagged AA, alcohol, alcoholism, bipolar, chronic pain, depression, despair, detox, fibromyalgia, happy, immune system, klonopin, laughing, laughter, lyrica, off meds, pain relief, recovery, stress, stress and tension, withdrawal on March 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
by now you may know my story….i’m down to apx. .62 of klonopin, (i am on 300mg of lyrica) and am managing my bipolar, alcoholism, fibromyalgia, pain and withdrawal symptoms best as i can. it’s difficult, and work, but i have my secret weapon!
ok this may not seem medically sound (but it is, very). i’m not promoting or selling anything [...]
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