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My Opioid Addiction

Chronic Pain | Last Active: May 11 12:29pm | Replies (165)

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@laurine7

ITS VERY HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE THAT MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS NOT BETTER THAN THE DRUGS WE ARE PRESCRIBED. I HAVE BEEN PRESCRIBED SO MANY SLEEP MEDICATIONS DUE TO A HORRIFIC WITHDRAWAL FROM 17 YEARS ON LORAZEPAM FOR RLS. LORAZEPAM IS USED FOR SLEEP, SO, OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU STOP, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP. MY LAST SLEEP MEDICATION WAS DAYVIGO, $138 FOR 30 DAYS. DID NOT WORK, TRIED FOR 5 DAYS AND STOPPED. FINALLY I TRIED KIVA CANNABIS-INFUSED DARK CHOCOLATE 5MG PER SERVING. I HAVE TAKEN IT EVERY NIGHT FOR 2 WEEKS AND I HAVE GONE FROM 3 HRS SLEEP A NIGHT TO 6 HRS. I DON'T THINK THIS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK, BUT I AM THANKFUL FOR THE RELIEF I AM HAVING NOW. ITS LEGAL IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I KNOW MANY ADULTS WHO USE CANNABIS WITH MUCH SUCCESS.

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I am tapering down on xanax now. Taken it since 2011. 1 mg daily. They are 1/2 mg tablets and I take 1 in am and 1 in pm. I an now at 1 in am and 1/2 in pm making it 3/4 mg. I'll soon go to just 1 tablet daily. I had withdrawals when I stopped suddenly because of snafu with new doctor not filling it for a week. I didn't know it was withdrawals until after a week and 2 visits to hospital in 24 hours. My sense of smell was screwed up, I didn't eat for 5 days, physically could not sleep for over 48 hours and could not cry. It was horrible. I'm so done with benzos. I'm ready to feel normal again. Doctor said he could give me non benzo for anxiety if I want but I need something fast acting for when the anxiety attack hits.