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Originally Posted by Pixie Girl
Hey Russ!
I am currently taking Gapapentin and Effexor as well - the Percocet is for when the pain gets intense. Unfortunately it seems I have about 1 or 2 good days a week, the rest are pretty poor. Mostly the Perc's help me dull down the pain enough to sleep more than anything, but there are days when I can tell you exactly what time they stop working.......
Thank you for your input - I appreciate any and all insight from others going through this!
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Pixie Girl,
Opiates worked really really well for me early on as well. Brought the pain from an 8 average to like a 2 or 3. I could time the 4 hour window of pain reduction
exactly. I used that window to do a whole lot of mirror and massage therapy. And a whole lot of other stuff if you're interested:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread205597.html)
I was fortunate to be able to wean myself off of them gradually, since I could tell the potency was beginning to wane, plus I'd read many sources online that indicated that pain directly results from withdrawal symptoms over longer term use. The Hooshmand site references this.
All in all - my opinion is that opiates are awesome if used "appropriately" - but highly dangerous and addictive over anything more than the short term. I'm so sorry that your doctor is straight cutting you off like that - it is very difficult to go cold turkey in my experience. Maybe you could talk to him about the fact that this is the ONLY thing that helps and you would appreciate the opportunity to discontinue your use
gradually instead of all at once causing further fear and stress and pain.
