The Downfall of Us All
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I have to take pregablin and co-codamol daily (and have done for years) for my chronic pains and it sucks but it really helps get me out of bed. It’s a rock and a hard place100% this. If you have an addictive nature (Gabbie is addicted to food) then you’re obviously at a higher risk for becoming addicted to meds like Tramadol and other opiates.
I have a chronic pain condition and am on monthly prescriptions of co-codamol and pregabalin (a nervigesic), both of these come with a warning that they could become addictive, so I only take mine when I can no longer handle the pain. It happens and if you do need to take them, that’s what they’re for. Tramadol did absolutely zilch for me it didn’t even make me sleepy, a paracetamol had more effect.
A lot of us have had to fight tooth and nail to get doctors to take our pain seriously (add in being a woman — it’s maddening!). I don’t know what Gabbie’s pain levels are but if she is faking then she is adding to all of this.
Knowing I’m hooked on them, and the horrible feeling that if I want to become pregnant then I have to make a decision especially with pregablin. Have my baby addicted and weaned off, or come off them before pregnancy and suffer? I’m terrified about making that decision, when asking doctors about my risks either way and being shamed by them for even asking in the first place. One doctor said “why wouldn’t you come off them?” Without offering an alternative plan for my health. The meds help me a lot, I couldn’t get out of bed before. But it weighs heavily on my mind so much
Oh really? That would suck if that’s true as I have to take it daily for my genetic disorder. I wonder if you’ve already got a prescription then it doesn’t apply, but will be recommended to buy if the gp thinks you need it. Hmmfrom what i hear at my job omeprazole will soon be stopped being given on the NHS and a form of it will start being sold at pharmacy’s.