t imagine not having something. I also take Neurontin and Valium. The Valium helps alot with the anxiety and helps the overactive nerves relax which seems to help with the pain some. I've actually found that sleep is my best medicine, but that is hard to come by when the pain levels are high. Ambien helps with that, but my grumpy doctor took that away too! I think if I can get off the morphine, I might be able to get the Ambien back at least on a part-time basis.
I looked up the Thomas recipe, and printed it out, thanks for suggesting it. I do have a script for Valium, I took one this am, it has helped. I'm going to my local health food store in the morning to purchase the ingredients for Thomas's recipe. I've suffered from 5 rupted disks and went to pain management which prescribed 10/325 Norco and 15mg morphine. At first I took as prescribed, then..... More was better, then the vicious circle began.
I've been taking valium for years and I would get too stressed out and wouldn't be able to sleep without it. It's a pretty safe, old school benzo and I usually only take it as needed at night. It looks like it is safe with Harvoni. If I get my tx I will probably never need tylenol but it looks like small doses would be OK. I'll ask the doc but to tell the truth, you folks here know more! And I'm not changing docs now and starting over! Dixielady, sorry about the hi-jack.
thanks so much- strange that xanax is stronger than valium. I've taken both in the past and find that valium REALLY relaxed me and hit me- whereas xanax really did nothing but make me sleepy and they were the strong ones too! I've never had a problem with them though- so am not worried at all about another addiction. But as I said- I have NO idea if I'll even feel wd's after I taper down and then jump.
In 2009 I had a on the job accident a 600 pound machine fell on me and broke my leg in 7 places and broke my back.
I had 3 surgeries a titanium rod that goes from my knee to my ankle and a staple and titanium cage in my spine now.
I have screws in my knee ankle and spine.
I was afraid to take Valium with the Morphine and went 3 days without taking any Valium and I got severe out of the blue panic attacks and I felt like I was going to die on several occassions when driving home from work. The half-life of Klonopin is comparable to Valium (48 to 58 hours) so you won't feel the withdrawals right away. I take 3 mg of Valium a day. I tapered from 5 mg prior to starting Morphine.
I am glad you are experiencing a lot less pain.
I have this 10 mg methadone pills,the morphine 100 mg extended release(Its a capsule,so I can open it and measure approximately,and morphine 30 mg immediate release.
I really hate the sweating of the abstinence,is there something that helps it?what other drug(benzos or else)can help me to stop?
I have time, and I'm not running out of the meds,but really want to quit...help!!!
I recently was on MS Contin (long acting morphine) and my PCP allowed me to take Valium at HS with the MS Contin. Obviously Valium and Xanax are similar. She had me take it first in the day time a few times when my husband was home to see how it would affect me. I did not have a problem with the two medications.
So I think it is a probability that you can take them together but keep in mind that they both depress the respiratory system.
1. Valium (or another benzodiazepine such as Klonopin, Librium, Ativan or Xanax). Of these, Valium and Klonopin are best suited for tapering since they come in tablet form. Librium is also an excellent detox benzo, but comes in capsules, making it hard to taper the dose. Ativan or Xanax should only be used if you can't get one of the others.
2. Imodium (over the counter, any drug or grocery store).
3. L-Tyrosine (500 mg caps) from the health food store.
4.
If at all possible, you really should see a doctor.
But, if you're not going to, then you seem to have an armory of meds available to mitigate withdrawal symptoms--but you are going to have WDs regardless, there's no way around that. I know you know that, but, maybe try (and I'm not a doctor, so this is not medical advice!
I have suspected and confronted him a month or so back b/c I thought he had been high on morphine- which he had easy access to. He said he though he must be having a stroke. He went to the er and they found nothing. They said there was a chance it was i TIA but were not sure. He had been caring for his mother who was on liquid morphine. His mother has now passed and we were sharing a hotel room. We both woke up had coffee, we'd both been up for about 1 and half-hours.
There were some occassions when I forget to take the neurontin in the evening 1 1/2 to 2 hours before bedtime so I would just take it with my valium, morphine, and remeron (anti-depressant) right before bed and when I did that my heart would start racing and pounding like it wanted to jump out of my chest!! It lasted for an hour and I was up tossing and turning because I couldn't sleep!
Ok, I've been doing morphine for 2 years, and have been slowing weening myself off for maybe 2 months but something serious has come up... I have to leave the country in 2weeks (for 7 days). I don't have a perscription for it and I'm taking this as a sign that now is indeed the time. Problem is I'm terrified!
I've been taking around 50mg a day(more or less depending on the day), pill form. I'm wondering what the best way to do this is?
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