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, 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 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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Posted in chronic fatigue, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, gaba, klonopin, lyrica, neurontin, off meds, osteoporosis, pain medication, pregabalin, wellbutrinXL, tagged chronic pain, degenrative disk, detoxing off meds, fibromyalgia, gaba, gabapentin, klonopin, lyrica, neurontin, osteoporosis, pregabalin on March 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »
well last night started about week 6 of my detox off my psych meds. i went to taking .75mg of my klonopin whch i’m hoping signals 3 weeks left. from what i’ve read on others’ blogs, this can be the time when it’s going to get a little rougher. i’m not really feeling the change from 1mg to [...]
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Posted in PTSD, alcoholism, bipolar, borderline personality disorder, chronic fatigue, depression, fibromyalgia, hydrocodone, off meds, osteomyelitis, pain medication, peer support, quality of life, suicide, tagged klonopin, neurontin, lyrica, wellbutrin, lamictal, detoxing, fribromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, mind fog, drug holiday, chronic pain, sucide on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
writing for the blog and keeping up with everyone has been doubly difficult to jump into right now. just at a time when i need the support, experience, strength and hope of others as well as the need to put my own out there i’ve been confronted my an old “monster in the closet”.
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Posted in ADHD, PTSD, alcoholism, anorexia, chronic fatigue, depression, eating disorders, fibromyalgia, hydrocodone, klonopin, lamictal, lyrica, mental health and the family, neurontin, nexium, pain medication, post partum depression, provigil, trazadone, vicodone, wellbutrinXL on March 17, 2008 | No Comments »
my new “about me” is on the correct page. i will continue to fill in and update as i can.
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