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Old 02-15-2013, 07:16 PM #11
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My SCS is buzzing the pain away but having a lot of withdrawal issues. I have dropped from 250er nucynta and 4 15mg roxy to 200er nucynta (2 x daily) and 2 15 mg roxy (split in half or quarter) daily for first taper.

Any tips, thoughts. Having rough time sleeping and other issues.
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Some of the meds I take make me drowsy and I know how this can be a nuisance. I'm not familiar with clonidine or how you take it, so I'm not much help here, but if I have something going on which requires being fully alert, I try my best to wait to take the med until I'm at home and hopefully later in the day.
I have become used to a couple of the meds and can tolerate them better than I did at first.
9 times outta 10, I end up falling asleep during a movie me and my husband are watching. .....not such a fun date

I also notice that if I have eaten, I tend to get sleepier easier when I take the drousy meds.
Drinking a fizzy soda sometimes helps as a 'kicker'.

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Of fizzy lifting drink!! Yeah from the wonka movie years ago..... it would perk a person right up
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Just try to go slow in scaling down the meds. Hope you are being helped enough. I would rather be sleepy, than jittery as I was for 6 months coming off morphine. It is worth the trouble to reduce the medications. I will be thinking of you and hoping it doesn't last long. All of us are behind you. ginnie
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Clonidine has helped ALOT with the withdrawal (.1 mg twice daily) but so sleepy. Tried the energy drinks (5 hour type) but not working. I did call the doc but sleepiness is better than the other issues. Thank you all again for thoughts and prayers.
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Oh, btw, next week I taper down to 150 mg nucynta. So, only 4 more steps, I hope.
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This is definitely one of those items regarding which the wait is well worth it. Getting there carefully and with doc's care as you are is the only prudent way. Pulling for you, praying for you!!
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This is definitely one of those items regarding which the wait is well worth it. Getting there carefully and with doc's care as you are is the only prudent way. Pulling for you, praying for you!!
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