Some thoughts: pain levels and medications RX

[Guest guest]

I can look back years ago and recall that I had fibro though it was not

diagnosed. The symptoms were mild then and I could brush them off for the most

part. Up until 5 years ago when it hit me really hard, I never had a pain that

Tylenol would not take care of. Had a doctor have told me I had fibro back

then, I would have thought, well I can take this without medication. It was not

bad then. Matter of fact, pain was not even an issue at the time... it was just

some numbness and tingling in my fingers, some fibro fog (which I did not know

it was then), and being overly tired. The pain did not hit me bad until that

flare from hell about 5 years ago. Then I found that no amount of over the

counter meds would take care of it or touch it. I remember being at work one

day several weeks before the diagnosis.... I thought I was getting a " virus " . I

was aching all over. I remember taking Tylenol.... no relief. Added some Advil

to it.... no relief.... took some

naproxen.... no relief. I thought to myself... " that is strange.... wonder why

these medicines don't work... must be a really bad virus coming on " .

I would not have imagined that within a week I would be in such pain that I

would think I was dying and had some terminal illness. Thus, I went to doctor

after doctor and finally got the diagnosis of fibromyalgia.

So, let me just say that this disease certainly has its stages and its

difference in severity from one person to the next. And when the pain gets so

bad, and over the counter meds no longer work, I promise that any human being

will take a RX medication to try to help it or they will become non functional

and lay in misery.

Hopefully, some people will never progress to this stage and will continue to

have mild symptoms because I don't wish this on anyone. BUT, from my own

experience... I know that without RX pain killers I would not be able to get up

and go to work or do anything.

COST issues-- I do not have insurance, but the cheapest and oldest drugs for

narcotic pain relief are cheap. Hydrocodone compared to some other drugs is

definately not expensive. (unless you get them off the street.. then the price

will be very high).

Also, lets just look at the facts. Rx drugs work on the pain before they get

you " high " or " zombied " . If you take a RX that is really too strong for the

amount of pain, yes you will probably get wasted on it. But if the pain is bad

enough, the medication will work on the pain and will not put you out of it and

into neverland.

Just some thoughts.

love and hugs,

Debra V.

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