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Yes x 10000saccade said:none of the substances I have ever taken habitually have ever reduced me to "non-functional", (eg, "calling in sick to 'work'") except tramadol - and especially when running out of it.
(I was even able to somewhat function on benzo WDs, I only had to call in once, when it was peaking, but other then that, it was just a feeling of being in wonderland, I was like another dimension, I hated to drive (was part of my job a long time ago), I was shaking like a bitch, and chestpainz everywhurr!
With Trams, even with the Effexor's help (which is huge), I've had to call in sick 4-5 days in a row, I just couldn't make it, I could barely climb up the hill from the parking lot, I was sweating cold, I didn't/couldn't want to talk to anyone, and felt like I had a fever of a 105...
Just...no. Never again.
Last time around, I did too go up to 8-10x200mg, but only for 3-4 weeks of so. And that was a bitch. Even if the WDs won't really kill you, like benzos' can, and it won't last up to a year, it's an absolute nightmare.
It's interesting, 50% of the dickheads won't even prescribe any opiates, when you CLEARLY need it, but write you a Motrin script as an outpatient.
It was my first year at a hospital as a student, 20-25ish guy comes in, of course pain level 8/10 .. he "accidentally fell on the ice and his back hurts". Of course he walked in to the ER own his own. Whatever, doctor orders IV Morphine right away (I was like, are you fucking kidding me?) and then CT scan and we'll go from there. Xray came back negative..., hmm. "let's make sure he's not bleeding internally", typical routine stomach exams, poking round his belly, "does it hurt here"? no, "how about here?" a little. "How about here?" Aaaawww, yes!!!
I was like great... I guess nobody was that gullible, to waste an 8k MRI exam on the guy, so I was told to put him in a bay for 4 hours, and keep him under observation, and keep the Morphine drip going... The guy walked (or should I say, floated) out of the ER circa 4 hours later with a huge smile on his face. But, people double-triple his age, can't get Hydro, Oxy, because "we're not there yet". Obviously not there yet, the guy hadn't slept in 3 days, because of his chronic back pain, a few slipped disks. They'll never write you a script, unless the ambulance brings you in. Yeah, a lot of 75-year olds deal with Oxys, because they can't even make it of the front door without it.
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