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The taper plan I got off the internet,the tramadols were my idea I hope that works out. Best Wishes and thanks for the response.
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It never ceases to amaze me that so many people seem to be unwilling or unable to involve their doctors in their withdrawal plans. HELLO; how do you think that so many of us got into trouble in the first place? We played doctor and neglected to cooperate with medical professionals so that we could get larger and larger quantities and dosages of stronger and stronger narcotics. Yes, I know that many of us -- myself included -- started our opiod use because of chronic pain and/or severe pain following an accident or injury. But if more of us were more honest, we would have to admit that the need to continue that medication probably came to an end when the injury healed or the chronic pain issue may have gradually improved. I started narcotics to treat migraines and began asking for stronger opiods -- Dilaudid -- to treat a troublesome condition called pudendal nerve neuralgia. Yes, I did need these drugs for a while -- but after menopause, the migraines nearly disappeared and the pudendal nerve neuralgia was probably the result of a tailbone injury which eventually resolved. So what I'm saying is that eventually, I didn't need opiods for either condition because one got much better on its own while the other resolved completely. But of course, I didn't tell the doctor about that because I was addicted and in fact, my legally prescribed drugs were no longer enough for me and I had become buying them on the streets. My HMO has a very good chemical dependency program and I know that they would had helped me long ago if only I had been willing to be honest about my addiction. I finally started with that program in April of this year and have been on 16 mg of Suboxone -- I've been very, very happy with the results and have no plans to quit in the near future. If I wanted to taper or to quit entirely, I know that I would be helped through the process from beginning to end. I can only assume that many of you must have terrible health insurance or none at all if you are refusing to involve your health care provider(s) with your withdrawal plans. But if your provider WOULD be willing to help you through this, I strongly recommend that you form a partnership with your physician so you don't risk going through an uncomfortable or possibly even dangerous withdrawal because your own "formula" didn't work. Unless you're a doctor or a chemist, I think you're doing yourself a real disservice if you try to withdraw on your own or worse, by following some other addict's plan -- what works for that person may cause you a lot of unnecessary discomfort.
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