Showing posts with label addictive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label addictive. Show all posts

Saturday, 2 July 2016

Valium (diazepam)


I had a dream one night that if I could relax my muscle in my arm, I could reduce some of the pain by reducing the signals I was sending down my arm.

May have been influenced by the phantom pain treatment on the 'Tyrant' episode of 'House'

So after some research, I may have *cough* acquired *cough* some 5mg Valium to test if it helped stopped the arm pain after exercise. 
< Don't try this yourself! I am a trained professional who can make these educated choices only for myself, knowing my own personal blood chemistry and drug interactions. DON'T COPY ME! >

And... it worked! Yes, I have to go to bed afterward (because it knocks me out), but I get a painless night sleep.


You can't take it everyday, tolerance builds fast and addiction is a big issue. 
But for me, it is a little piece of peace on the rare occasion.

If you are in a similar neuropathy filled heck hole, and want to try this, TALK TO YOUR DAMN DOCTOR! 
You don't have the drug knowledge I have (and no, I didn't learn it from 'House').

Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Endone


Nerve pain (at least in the case of my arm and shoulder) is like pressing on a tack and having that signal of pain travelling up your limb, over and over again. It cannot be ignored. No paracetamol or ibuprofen can reduce it. It works through a mostly unavoidable messenger pathway that is responsible for your motion and senses. 


The only thing that helped when the pain was at its worst was oxycodone (Endone).
It is a strong pain killer and came with it's own draw-backs. 
It made me tired and sleep a lot. 
It made me less useful, less active, and dulled my ambition.
It has been linked with addiction (not something I personally experienced  after a month of use and not something I want to experience). 
It gave me dull headaches in the frontal lobe (with constant use) which stopped me from ever getting the taste for it.

But all these negatives were fine, if only the pain stopped.

I have other management systems now and will see the neurologist soon, but this was an angel in a time of need.

Price: Controlled medicine ($16.92 for 20 tablets)
Effectiveness: 5/5
Warnings: Addictive (you don't want to get addicted to opiates! I have seen someone weaning off them, it isn't nice), looses effectiveness over time.