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 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, 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 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 benzodiazapine, detox, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lamictal, lyrica, neurontin, off meds, wellbutrinXL, tagged klonopin, neurontin, lyrica, off meds, fibromyalgia, wellbutrin, lamictal, detox, guafinesin, benzodiazapine, cymbalta on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
yesterday was an interesting day…i started off feeling pretty bad….fatigue, anxiety, brain zaps…but i was asked to give a lead so i had to pull it together and get into town in the later afternoon. i went to my women’s mtg (AA) and it was interesting. later i ran into a girl was having a very bad [...]
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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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