Dee/Chelle/Ativan / Valium

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All of those drugs are street drugs – and it is because of

that “good feeling” that they give. I have never had what is called

a “high” or good feeling. I have no idea what that feels like. The

only feeling I have is if I don’t have any pain, which is rare as what I

take only takes the edge off. Narcotics do not help nerve pain – it is a

medically documented fact. But with the combination of those, muscle relaxers,

and Neurontin, I can usually get a level of 5 or 6 out of 10 during the day. This

afternoon, along with my pain pills, the Ativan reduced the pain to a 1. And

although Ativan may be addictive, so are the other drugs I take – which

is why I question my doctors’ hesitation. I guess I will just ask him

next month. I don’t have an addictive personality, but I do have a

dependency because I use them for serious debilitating chronic pain. That is

why I go to a pain management doctor. That is a wonderful new field that

doctors can go in to – and I hope more of the new doctors decide to go

into that field because they are badly needed. It will be two years this May

that I woke up with a pain in my pelvis. And for new members who don’t

know me, I have Vulvodynia, Vestibulitis and a compressed pudendal nerve, none

of which I ever had in my life. I never even had a yeast or UTI before this

happened. I had nerve compression surgery in August, but recovery time is

2-3years for the nerve to heal, and there is no guarantee for complete

recovery. The pain is bad enough that on most days I can only get up to shower

and use the bathroom. I have had a few good days in the last few months, but

they are inconsistent, which is disheartening because you hope that you are

improving and then it returns back to normal.

nne

From:

VulvarDisorders [mailto:VulvarDisorders ] On

Behalf Of Dee Troll

Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:12 PM

To: VulvarDisorders

Subject: Re: Chelle/Ativan / Valium - nne

HI nne.

'Most' doctors unfortunately are usually very reluctant to give out Ativan...

it's considered too addictive..(wasn't Rush Limbaugh on that? or Valium? *same

thing basically* )

Some studies I've read suggest it can be addictive in as

little as 3 days and to not be used for more than 2 weeks at a time...so

it's not for anyone I suppose with chronic pain, I'd think that's probably why

your own doctor, while he'd give you other meds strong enough to kill a

horse but is tentative about Ativan.

How ridiculous in 'my' opinion...

*sigh*(depends on the person of course) but I've got a very good friend

who's been on Xanax (same type) for over 2 yrs and takes it every night for

sleep (I about fell over when she told me that, LOL) and she gets it from her

doctor without a problem and I see nothing happening with her except she has

more energy, and feels better in all ways. Her memory seems fine too.

She's the only person I know on something like that for any

length of time so for what that's worth.

But I guess it's so easy to get hooked on those

because you do feel so good (and is often sold as a 'street drug' too for the

good feeling it can give you)... but it can have it's side effects such as

an amnesia (not sure if it's permanent or temporary with long term use)

and some others. By the way some of the sleep meds out can do the same

thing (forgetfulness).. ummmm I wonder if they'd help with pain?

I'm just so happy to hear it's worked so well for you and

that the party ended up being a nice time to where you didn't even notice the

pain. Hooray for that.

By the way here's some very interesting history about those

types of drugs (minor tranquilizers- benzodiazepines) is here, just

FYI..

http://www.breggin.com/minortranqs.html

Hugs

Dee~