I have to say yesterday was rough. I did have a few chills and hot flashes, but worst was the nervous system feeling of restlessness. I have had that before from some of the meds, especially gabapentin, and I just smoke a joint and it seems to go away. I have a little more energy again today, so hopefully I will feel a little better each day as I get used to the change.
I'm in Tuesday to the P Clinic...I hope to start with the baclofen then the nortripyline, then lyrica. followed by the opiates and I'm figuring I will need a 14g /day script for mmj to compensate for all the other shit, and will hopefully get by on 2 grams of oil a day... once I finish tapering everything else..
Still leaves me on a dozen or more meds but still that many less I hope....and frankly its becoming hard to think...
The first time I quit several years ago ,I went off of 3 at once....not something You want to do....trust me.
I have done these tapers before...but just for tolerance so I would not have to increase over the past 10 years...
This time I have to say screw it...and go full guns into mmj oils...
I have gone as much as two years pain med free...but it takes its toll as well...especially when sleep is no longer possible and it just wears you down...
day by day....as anyone with uncontrolled pain will attest..
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Ya you will stop getting the hot cold flashes usually within a week, but the energy takes its sweet time to return.....as does the mental game...
pregablin similar to gabapentin was probably the hardest of them to quit....outright...
There is a pretty good resource on youtube called " the drug classroom". It allows you to research pretty much all the known info on a large majority of pharma and recreational drugs.
Some of the info is pretty eye-opening