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Originally Posted by ShellySC
My name is Shelly. I live in Greenville, SC. I was diagnosed with neuropathy in my feet 2 years ago. So far "idiopathic". I was going to a neurologist for a while but he couldn't give me anything stronger than Lortab 7.5's so he sent me to pain management. There, I was put on Roxicodone 15 mgs three times a day which for once in 2 years my life started to take a turn for the better. I am a mom of an 18 year old and an 8 year old. Both girls. So when my new doc started me on the stronger pain meds, I was able to "live" again. Last month we had an accident in the bathroom with the dog and I lost almost 60 of my teeny tiny pills, down the toilet!! I was too concerned with getting the few that made it to the floor so that the dog wouldn't eat them and lost the rest. 
Being the honest person I am (which I will NEVER do again) I went straight to the doctors office. After 3 drug tests and 400 dollars later..I decided to leave this doctor. The first 3 drug screens-passed. The doctor told me he could not give me my script early. I started my cold turkey withdrawls. After 3 weeks on the couch I lost 25 lbs. and feel like I am loosing my mind!!! 
They told me I could not go to the ER or he would drop me as a patient. So I suffered. I refrained from getting any meds and did what they told me to do. My mother in law came over and gave me something to help me sleep, I had not slept in days. Today I went for my follow up appt., expecting my script because I knew I would pass my drug screen. Ativan showed up and he told me that I could come back in 90 days, drug test, and if all was ok he would give me my meds! I didn't even know what the Ativan was until I remembered that my MIL had given me something to help me sleep. I withdrew myself as his patient and am now looking for a new one.
Has anyone been through this before? I had a taste of a "good life" for 3 months and then it was taken away from me Very depressed, anxious, and in horrific neuropathy pain! Need a new doc somewhere in Greenville, SC or the surrrounding areas. HELP!!! |
This is going to sound extremely harsh, but needs to be said. If you came into the ED or Dr's office around here with that story you would not have gotten your script and probably summarily "fired" as a patient. And the ativan certainly would have gotten you "fired". If your records follow you, you will have a VERY hard time getting a new doc to give you opiates AT ALL.
good luck