What about a morphine pump? It helps me and you don't get "high" from it.

I don't know if I answered this before. I also self medicated, plus drank a lot. Anything to help with the pain. I stopped drinking and abusing my pain meds about a year before I was finally sent to a pain clinic. They put me on an opioid. I did pretty good on it, except for my headaches. They would only give me so many pills, if I ran out early, tough for me!!! I had to suffer. My ex was in the Army so I have been to a few pain clinics and it is always the same.

I know all the Doctors that use medication for people who have addictions usually only have them on it for a year. It sounds like you have been on yours for over that, but I didn't check your medication or where your from. Some people can go on to an opioid after an addiction, and others can't. I am honest with my Doctor. I have told her twice. Please don't give me that again, I love the high I get from it. She didn't make a big deal out of it. Just marked it in BIG red letters in my chart so no one will give it to me again. That is just me and my experiences. Maybe your Doctor might be willing to just lower or stop your addiction medication, and see what happens. Just a thought.

Have you considered methadone? It usually involves clinic visits six days a week some group and individual therapy ..its safe as a pain reliever and is widely used for treating opiate addiction.. I was at a clinic for seven years before I finally found a doctor willing to treat my chronic pain w morphine and oxycodone...if I hadn't gone to treatment and got my life together falling back into my addiction would have followed any attempts at staying clean...since you're working and have a support system this approach might not work for you...it is worth considering though

I am using a non opiate treatment it does the opposite effect to your brain

Hi sweetie, I am a recovering Alcoholic 37 years....when my pain gets bad its hard not to self medicate with something other than my prescriptions.....my old daughter is a recovering addict....she started having fibromyalgia pain and went to a pain doc. She took heavy duty narcotics...then her signifcant other was smoking pot and she started smoking it. She came up dirty on a UA at the pain docs. So she was kicked out. This caused her to eventually use heroine. Along with that comes the life if you know what I mean. Any way she is now clean almost 6 years. She lives with chronic pain and takes subuxion.....if you are seeing a pain doc make sure you take the meds correctly....this could send you back to your old life....big hugs....