Today, I am 10 years clean from an opiate addiction. It’s also been 10 years since I began suffering from severe restless legs syndrome, to the point I cry from frustration and sleep deprivation almost every night. I’ve tried several medications, they don’t help. A recent injury has made me realize opiates do. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I started my cure from my opioid addiction. My whole body is so sore, I'm lying in bed and I'm still hurting to the point that I cried half the day, and nothing will make me feel any better. FML
Today, thanks to America's opiate epidemic, I can no receive the pain management I require for broken ribs. FML
Today, I broke my right leg. I've had one shot of morphine, and even that only relieved the pain a little. It's now totally worn off and I have yet to get pain medication of any kind. My leg has been broken for over nine hours now. FML
Today, I found that I have a rare side effect to the hydrocodone prescribed after surgery. One pill keeps me up for almost 24 hours. Either I'm in tremendous pain and try to sleep, or I'm not in much pain and stay awake. I can't win. FML
Today, after a lifelong struggle with suicidal depression and heroin abuse, I've been clean for six months. This is the healthiest I've been in ages, and naturally, I've gained weight. My whole family constantly talks about how I’ve let myself go, and how I should go back on heroin to be thin. FML
Today, my mother-in-law flushed my pain medicine because she believes I’ve been using it too long and I’m addicted. I had surgery four days ago. FML
Today, I'm on opioids due to severe pelvic pain. Taking them makes me constipated and increases my pain, which leads to taking more painkillers. I can choose to be in agony and the possibility of pooping, or be in slightly less pain and completely bunged up. FML
Today, after two years of chronic usage, I’m 26 days sober off weed. About 2 months off nicotine. One year off psychedelics. But I’m more bored, lonely, sad, and frustrated than ever. Connections scares me as much as I crave them, and what connections I do make barely scratch the surface. I'm doing my best but it feels the worst. FML
Today, I'm a recovering self-harm addict (yes, that’s a thing). I’ve been doing well for years, but lately I’ve had intense urges to hurt myself by biting or scratching. I know the urges would go away if I acted on them, but I don’t want to hurt my family by hurting myself. FML
Today, after finally breaking my addiction to sleeping pills, right as I was drifting off to sleep at my first decent drug-free time in over 4 years... I got the hiccups. FML
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Marcella1016 32
Anxiety meds may help. There are non-narcotic ones. For example, this medication typically prescribed for blood pressure called propranolol is also prescribed to help with essential tremors and generally helps chill you out without getting you high. I am not a doctor - this is an anecdote based on my own experience, and I suggest you conduct your own research and speak with your physician. I suffer from restless legs, too, especially when highly stressed, and there are options. Good luck!! And sorry you’re going through what you’re going through :( Hope you find some safe relief! EDIT: Sorry - your post says you’ve already tried several medications and I somehow missed that. I’ll leave this as written anyway in case there’s anything new to you in it. Still wishing you the best!
Charlie Given 28
hey OP I understand you're dilemma in a similar situation well I should say I was, if you live in a state where marijuana is legal you can try using CBG's and CBR's they will help. The CBG's work is good as opioids and the CBR's will help with the insomnia and you can get them in a non THC form but the THCA does help a lot. GOOD LUCK OP 👍🙂
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Marcella1016 32
Anxiety meds may help. There are non-narcotic ones. For example, this medication typically prescribed for blood pressure called propranolol is also prescribed to help with essential tremors and generally helps chill you out without getting you high. I am not a doctor - this is an anecdote based on my own experience, and I suggest you conduct your own research and speak with your physician. I suffer from restless legs, too, especially when highly stressed, and there are options. Good luck!! And sorry you’re going through what you’re going through :( Hope you find some safe relief! EDIT: Sorry - your post says you’ve already tried several medications and I somehow missed that. I’ll leave this as written anyway in case there’s anything new to you in it. Still wishing you the best!
Charlie Given 28
hey OP I understand you're dilemma in a similar situation well I should say I was, if you live in a state where marijuana is legal you can try using CBG's and CBR's they will help. The CBG's work is good as opioids and the CBR's will help with the insomnia and you can get them in a non THC form but the THCA does help a lot. GOOD LUCK OP 👍🙂
Chazzster 32
Magnesium can help Restless Leg Syndrome. If you take antacids your stomach doesn’t provide enough acid to digest the common magnesium sources. You can either rub your legs with “oil of magnesium” (actually MgCl in water) at bedtime or take a magnesium citrate supplement daily. I had RLS myself.
lalalaila777 24
CBD might help as well, helps my partner sleep when they have restless leg.