Hi dllfo,

I stopped taking ms contin and norco cold turkey. No help with my doctor at all because she gave me one months supply and said cant accept my insurance anymore cya....medi-cal was the insurance.

The first two weeks were absolutely horrendous! After that things would get better day by day with the rls lasting well into the second month. About the second week into the 3rd month I realized that I was feeling quite normal.

It is a very difficult thing to kick, and please dont beat yourself up for taking any pain meds for the rls. I too took a few norco just to get the edge off the intense rls, and flu like symptoms.

I still have the pain, but I am sooo glad to be free of the morphine. I can take the norco when things start getting out of hand, and wont ever get dependant on the other stuff ever again. Everything will improve if the morphine was messin with your breathing, you will even think clearer.

Too bad the pain just wont go away lol.