insomniaczzz
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Maybe do a second lumping us together in five year increments, starting with 20-25.
This is the situation my husband is facing. Been on opiates for 10 years now. Stronger and stronger, then try to wean off, have a health setback and go back up stronger and stronger. He has been through this merry go round 4 or 5 times now. Once again he is trying to wean off. Started smoking weed for one month, which was helping tremendously. Wham, gets hits with a urine test by his opiate prescriber and failed. Now caught between a rock and a hard place. He is now on month two of no weed so he can pass next urine test. And still weaning off opiates. He is suffering terribly. It's a F*&^ing nightmare for him.
Been there, done that... that is precisely the reason I was forced to explore using edibles. I had even spoke to my 'pain doctor' about using cannabis to allow me to use a less powerful narcotic. Even provided him with a fair amount of research studies and he expressed that he didn't care one way or the other. Fast forward 4 months and I'm now being called on the carpet for testing pos. for THC. Says that he is going to drop me as a patient. Fortunately, I had been able to stockpile a fair amount of my methadone to taper off with. That's really the point that I decided the Hell with those clowns and I'll grow my own and become an advocate for MMJ.
It's rough being placed in a no-win situation. Alcoholics and addicts know that feeling well but it's really a shame that the medical 'professional' that you rely on to have any quality of life would really be so callous. I just got back from another visit with an ortho surgeon about my shoulder-it was fubar'd 18 months ago in a bad bike accident and I'm facing a total joint replacement and more recovery time. Hard choice to face-4 weeks recovery with one arm and one leg will make life real interesting for awhile.