yes I think you ought to call your pdoc too. and keep him in the loop.
He is your doctor...even if you can't get in to see him call the office and let them know that you are having a major event right now and need to be seen sooner. they will most likely try very hard to get you in sooner.
bizi

CBlue, even if he doesn't get you in sooner, your psychiatrists may give you information over the phone to help you, and/or get you hooked up with a center fast, and/or prescribe something for the moment, to avoid your ending up with acute withdrawal symptoms, at home, with no resources.

DO, PLEASE, CALL him right away... PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAASE...

it's not like calling is going to hurt you in any way. so pleaaaaaase.... do it...

i beseech you!

please please please please? on my knees....

waves worrying

CBlue,
I just am thinking out loud as if I were talking to someone in my family asking about past experiance.
Sometimes it is a person is drug dependant due to pain and needs a good pain management person, then the others may have addictive personality.

When I knew my drug dependant daughter was seeking stonger medications, I knew she was in pain, but the medications were becoming her life.
We addressed it with the doctor that took care of her medications and he did a taper down of the meds, oxycotin and perscribed valium for the side effects.

This was a strong supportive family doctor. We did try to get her in a program to detox, but even the programs that were geared to the street addicts on court ordered treatment did not have openings. It was in her records that she detoxed under home care and new pain management was in place. The new pain doc tried methadone which is used for drug abuse patients as it was inexpensive and did have excellant pain management. But, he liver could not handle to dose.

The oxycotin would never be persctibed again because of the terrible addiction side effects.

There is a medication suboxen that will address the pain, and the addition. BECAUSE it does NOT have the addictive proprieties of the other opiates.
If you have a family doctor that perscribed the Vicodin, and can address your comcerns that it is having an addictive quality with you, and would like to withdraw from it safely.
Then see if he knows of the use to suboxen and/or a doctor that could oversee your management.

If this can be done in a medical way there nothing in your file for any future need of pain issues if you have a need. BUT if you feel that this plan is not aggressive enough and need impatient then that is the route is you need and how wonderful for you to address your health now.

Getting addicted to Oxycotin, even at 10mg is a serious thing, and withdrawal can be terrible. You health is so important Cblue.

Cblue,

I think Donna, Waves, etc. have analyzed this well. I, too, would suggest that you ask your pdoc to move up your appt due to an emergency situation. Pdoc can help with finding a situatuion that will accomodate insurance requirements.

I know this is scary & exhausting. I'm so glad you're staying pretty much on track. Don't let yourself get scared out of it. I promise you that you will either die down the road from drugs or you will have to travel down this same road again if you wiggle out of it now. No way can you avoid the trip.


C.G.

Sometimes my brain and body scream for help inside. Sometimes I am ok. My back hurts so much, I don't care about that..or rather, I don't want to care about that. Sometimes I wish I didn't throw them away and sometimes ... I don't know.

(((Cblue)))

i am sorry this is so rough. we are here for you.

have you got in touch with pdoc yet?

he can really help you through this... in concrete ways...

waves

CBlue,

You can work out your complicated emoitions about the dependency later. The first order of business is to get a team lined up that can help you.

You have people and resources to help you. Make as many phone calls as you need until you get what you need.

M

You DO know. Every time you post here, you demonstrate that you know. There's no sense putting it off. Come on, Cblue....get on with it. Make that call.

You Can Do This!!!!!!

I know you Can!!!!!!


Let us Know when you Have!!!!!!!!!!!



Donna

Hey CBlue,

how are you doing? if you can, please check in.

(((hugs)))

~ waves ~