@grandmar

I'm happy you are healing from your fusion surgery. As far as your concern about getting addicted to painkillers, my experience is that even though I was "dependent" on Tramadol after taking it for a year, it was easy enough to withdraw from. Uncomfortable for a couple of weeks yes, but very doable. I think it's important for you to take care of your pain as your doctor prescribed, and stop worrying about your addictive personality.

As I have said before, I too have an addictive personality. I have been able to take pain medications over the years and withdraw from them. I had the RnY 4.5 yrs ago; I lost 80 pounds, and I've gained 7 pounds this year. It's making me a little crazy that I've gained weight again! I think it's possible that taking your pain medications and relaxing about doing that may keep you from eating to relieve your pain/anxiety. I also have noticed that when my husband is critical of me or is angry about something I did or didn't do, I find myself looking for something to eat. I had never put the 2 together before a couple of months ago. My husband is a wonderful man who is real. He's not mean, but my PTSD kicks in immediately and I worry about being left again. It takes me a day to run through my scripts around that, and then I'm OK. Now that I know that I turn to food during those times that I worry about things, I am careful with what I eat. Of course I'm not perfect, but I'm workingto stay aware and take action on my eating disorder.

One thing I have learned about you Ronnie, is that you work on anything that comes up for you, and you have an incredibly positive attitude about yourself and others. You are a very strong and obviously very smart woman who can withdraw from any pain medication you need to at the time you no longer need it. I was prescribed Cyclobenzyprine in the past for my back spasms, but I hated taking it because it made me a little crazy mentally. I got paranoid and was aggressive/anxious while taking it. When i had my last spasm issue 3 years ago, the doctor prescribed Baclofen, which worked much better for me. It worked immediately, and I had no problem withdrawing from it at the right time. You might want to ask your surgeon about taking Baclofen.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you that you're not in as much pain because you're taking your medicatons as your doctor prescribed. I'm hoping you will stop worrying about addiction/dependence as you will be able to withdraw from the medications when it is time due to your conscientiousness and awareness. Your doctor will help you, as will your pharmacist if you ask him/her about how best to withdraw at the time. Big, gentle hug Ronnie.

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