Some signs: pain seems like it is not helped any more, craving for the pill
just because you think it will make things better, temptation to use
recreationally, lying about it if you do take an extra one, a feeling that
everything sucks until ya get another one, irritabilty(sp?)...even the
nicest
Symptoms of addiction to painkillers are:
Needing increasing doses to achieve pain control long after any
serious pain should be gone (post-surgical injury pain shouldn't last
more than 48 hours, but bone surgery pain can last a couple weeks at
uncomfortable levels)
Being unable to
A good way to sum it up I think.
Chemical dependancy works on your body, it makes you FEEL like you need
more.
Addiction works on your brain, it makes you THINK that you need more.
Comments?
Mike
On Mar 24, 2013 10:54 AM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote:
Symptoms of addiction to
My own personal experiences with strong painkillers are very limited
-- had a kidney stone in 2002, NOT fun, but one percocet was more than
enough, tossed the rest. The pain goes away, the drugs last all day.
After my auto accident, I had some severe pain from bruised nerves,
and those
That stuff scares the heck out of me. I am understandably concerned about the
wife's upcoming hip replacement surgery, as I know there will be a lot of post
operative pain, and she has a pretty low threshold for it.
I rarely even take something for a headache, as I would rather tough it out
Some painkillers affect people differently. For example, after a few doses
of Percoset I stopped taking them because of unpredictable side effects.
Hydrocodone was far more predictable but I also only took a few. I am
like Dan, would rather tough it out.
Pain medication is supposed to reduce,
Correct. Nothing eliminates pain. Pain is there to keep us from
hurting ourselves and to allow healing.
I do not even let the dentist use Novocaine. The drill is annoying,
but the pain is not that bad. When I get out of the chair, it is
over. When they use Novocaine, you are out of
One of the really bad things about modern medicine is that they tell
you pain killers will make you totally pain free. I've got
arthritis in my hands now, and believe me, you have to be totally
unconcious to be pain free! Livable, yes, free of pain like you were
18, not a chance.
Holy. You sound like my dad, who's aversion to needles was so powerful he never
took any sort of pain medication for dental work. I can't even begin to imagine.
As for the Novocaine issue, do what I do - always schedule the work late in the
day, then go home and sleep it off.
Dan
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I don't have an aversion to needles. I just don't believe in
painkillers unless it is necessary, and then for a very short time.
Most of them are bad news. I have an uncle in law who was an olympic
silver medalist, who later became a dentist. I went to him a couple
of times, and he was the
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Correct. Nothing eliminates pain. Pain is there to keep us from
hurting ourselves and to allow healing.
I do not even let the dentist use Novocaine. The drill is annoying,
but the pain is not that bad
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Correct. Nothing eliminates pain. Pain is there to keep us from
hurting
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