Posted by Lindsay Rae on January 3, 2004, at 22:24:25
In reply to Re: To Lindsay..., posted by krazybirdlady on December 26, 2003, at 17:27:50
With all due respect, KBL, I don't think it's necessary for me to feel any unnecessary pain. My Methadone use is not directly related to being a drug addict. About five years ago, I saw an Orthopeodic surgeon because my left leg was going numb, and my lower back was keeping me bedridden. After going over X Rays and MRI results with me, he said, "You have the back of a ninety-year-old." He prescribed Darvocet and Flexeril, which helped with the pain while at the same time unlocking a pleasant feeling I had been searching for since I was a tween. There are people, believe it or not, who are lacking in the natural chemistry that triggers the opiate neurons firing. As I previously stated, I didn't ever take more than one pill at a time, and I was essentially self medicating for depression while also using the pain pills as prescribed for excruciating back pain. I did dabble in the hard stuff for about a month in 2001, right after 9/11. It wasn't normal behavior for me. There are plenty of people who use opiates to feel normal but don't abuse drugs. Methadone is the best option for me because it doesn't cause highs and lows, and it is miraculous for pain. I could have any narcotic painkiller I want, but I choose the one that doesn't make you high. So going through a painful detoxification from the drug is neither humane nor necessary. To wish that upon someone is evil, unless you yourself have no idea what it feels like to withdraw from such a drug. I feel awful most of the day, but I trudge through life without turning to drugs. I wish there wasn't such a negative stigma attached to Methadone.
Lindsay
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