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 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 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 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 benzodiazapine, chronic fatigue, fatigue, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lyrica, melatonin, off meds, peer support, sleep, withdrawal, tagged klonopin, melatonin, lyrica, fibromyalgia, withdrawal, fatigue, benzodiazapine, addiction, sleep, life skills, sleep disorders on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
april 25, 2008…hopefully that will be the day i can say was the first day i went with out taking a benzodiazapine, klonopin. it would be tempting to say that today ends an 11+ year addiction and a several month struggle to safely off the drug. no, today is really the beginning of this new [...]
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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, 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 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 anxiety, benzodiazapine, chronic fatigue, depression, detox, fatigue, fibromyalgia, off meds, tagged anxiety, chronic fatigue, depression, detpxong off benzos, fatigie, fibromyalgia, getting off meds, lonliness, lyrica on April 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
today i thought i’d just share a letter i wrote to my counselor this morning…maybe you can relate to it and maybe it’s really scattered and makes no sense but…this is one of those rough mornings….
hi d.,
i’m slow to getting around to things, but i’m sending you this e-mail so you have my address.
i’m struggling [...]
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