Welcome Sensitive Gal! I've been a member here for years and you hit the nail on the head with regards to the donations being a small price to pay for an invaluable community. The members and the information here are fantastic!
It took me a while to get a donation sent using Bitcoins but...
I have been working on this for over a week, but still have some questions. Yikes, I feel like an idiot! I downloaded Electrum and then purchased Bitcoins and finally today I was able to send over a donation but it did come up and say pending. So I don't know what that's all about. Does it...
Your doc sure had you on a high dose of pain meds. After being on such a high dose I wouldn't think it would even be safe just to go cold turkey! I agree with Poppyseed123 that your best bet is to make a donation so you can get access to the SY area. If this Dr. had a fairly large practice...
I've been picking it up at the local office off and on for years! That way I can get my hands on it sooner instead of waiting around all day. :13_upside_down:
Wow, what a great topic! Just when you think you've read just about everything something like this pops up. Nothing irks me more than a newbie's first post is one asking where a certain drug can be found. When I first started here I did so much reading I thought my eyeballs were going to pop...
Unfortunately you're right about resistance going up! I've found that the best thing to do is to not take them for 4-5 days (which is very hard to do). Once they are out of your system when you start taking them again you will notice a huge difference in how they work. I have done this...
There are some good pain management doctors out there but, they are few and far between. The majority of them love to push steroid injections and personally I don't see how steroids are any safer than pain medications. Personally, I get terrible side effects from steroids.
I had an ACDF (anterior cervical discectomy and fusion) about 1 1/2 years ago and have been having a lot of pain issues in my neck, shoulders and upper back. When I went to pain management they suggested steroid injections which I had already tried before having the surgery done. It helped...
Sorry for the late review but, better late than never!
Sent donation 6/13/17
My friend Vic was at my door 6/19
Very good communication!
Oh, one more thing. My friend Vic is a good quality kind of guy!
I totally agree that it's virtually impossible to not run out of meds before it's time for a refill. My PM doctor changed my script to 2 5mg oxys a day which is 60 a month. Some days are worse than others so on those days I take more than 2. The problem is if I tell them that 2 a day is not...
I didn't have a microdiscectomy however, I did an Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. I was in such misery before the surgery that I felt anything was worth a try, so I went ahead with the surgery. At first it helped immensely but within a couple of months the pain returned and actually...
You won't get in any trouble as long as you let the PM doctor know that you are receiving the prescription. I see a PM doctor and he had me sign a contract that states that I have to let him know what all of the medications are that I receive from another doctor. If I'm not up front with the...
@xenxra:
@WTF7218 it may as well be that way with how little effort some of the people on here make to find information that's exactly where you would expect it to be.
@ontovzik:
When I had long term shingles, lasting two months. All he could give me was a 10 day supply of dilaudid. He looked at the ground while we were talking about it. I could tell he was ashamed but it was the legislature and the governor that tied his hands. He was very upset that non-medical political people, the media, and the scared public were controlling how he treated his patients. Someday those people will need meds and a hospital bed and they will be gone.
@ontovzik:
I had a great doctor, he had the true gift of a healer and he stayed on top of all the science. He straight up told me that for many people opiods work for managing short and long term pain.
@WTF7218:
@xenxra 😆😂. Yes, but only a few brave souls will ever find the number. You must first order a Dirty Shirley from the bartender. Then you must discreetly take the cocktail napkin from under your drink and unfold it. There you will find the map to the location of the phone number, and clues to decipher the code that it is written in.
@xenxra:
he left his phone number scribbled in a stall at the pub three blocks down
N@NYStateofMind:
@Alkazar I would try one of those easy online ones .. reddit gives useful info about that
@Alkazar:
@NYStateofMind I dont really have a history of abusing things, my docotr is just really stingy. I am thinking of switching.
N@NYStateofMind:
I didnt really tell him but he knew I needed a new script since my dr went to jail
N@NYStateofMind:
@xenxra I was on Adderall since 15 years ago so my dr prescribed that w no problems and then when I lost my best friend my doctor rxed the valiums but
@xenxra:
@NYStateofMind my doctor's have always been pretty open minded if i can actually come in and explain the pharmacological action of the drugs im seeking instead of just telling them why i think i should be prescribed. the only time it didn't work out for me is when i was trying pharmaceuticals for depression ten years ago and suggested they let me try testosterone instead (turns out i was hypogonadal so they made a mistake denying my request at face value)
T@Testisthebest:
Even down here in Florida when the pill mill docs all switched over to Suboxone and/or retired you can still find some pretty liberal docs but you gotta know what to look for. Mine does "pain management, detox, anxiety,etc. And no insurance. My doc writes me 60 5mg Valium, 14 2mg Xanax and asked if I had ever tried adderal to get more focus at work as I told him I run my own business.
N@NYStateofMind:
@Alkazar do they know your history? Like I dont tell my doctor anything about myself except what they need to know,...I was able to get my dr to rx the highest dose of adderall along with valiums ..... if they dont know your history or there is no history I would just come out and ask what is the reason for their mistreatment.... they have no problem billing your insurance or taking a payment for the visit