@A MyChronicPainTeam Member, call the clinic and explain the situation. Say you aren't feeling well enough to drive. (Do you have someone who can take you?) Is there a lab near you?

You absolutely CANNOT stop cold turkey. It's pure HELL.

Poor health and COVID don't go together.

And, yes, I am in your corner.

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@A MyChronicPainTeam Member THC is the active ingredient of Medical Marijuana. There are two types of Marijuana, Indica and Sativa. Sativa affects the head and gets you stoned. Indica affects the body and can help with pain. You can find it as an oil, gummies, brownies or bud (flower). There are many different strains so you can find one that works on what you need help with.
I will be happy to answer any questions.
Don

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I'm taking hydromorphone since March 2020 before I had Tridural once a day. But with my cut nerves I have to take Cymbalta and with generalized anxiety disorders, the last Dr gave me Effexor, it does help a bit but I hate taking too much medication. But, they are a tool to feel better with less pain. I do see a physiotherapist twice a week and start with an ergo this week. I try to take every possibility to help to move. Otherwise, I'll be in pain all day and won't move. I was a woman who walks more than an hour a day, and I was always like Speedy Gonzales. Now, I'm more like in the story of the hare and the turtle, now I'm the turtle. Anyway, I try my best to focus on the good things and try to accept what I can't do anymore. But there are some days I'm crying to have lost so much of mobility and the strength to do all the things I did before. Since my 18 years old I was suffering from polycystic ovaries which exploded every two months, I was in extreme pain until I was 50 years old. So the pain, I know. I was not taking any medication, I was very steadfast but with all the problems that have been added over the years, I need effective medication or I don't think I will be there anymore. Because there is a personal tolerance rate for each of us, we cannot compare ourselves to others. And if the tolerance is largely exceeded, dark thoughts can arise ... Keep moving, keep smiling, and trying the best to stay positive.

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I was on Fentanyl and Morphine for years. Decided the new hips brought my pain down to a 5, so I would stop. Withdrawal was crazy. Couldn't sleep which gets bothersome real quick.
Good Luck with it.
Don