drug withdrawls are not so bad

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i few months ago i went off trazodone a sleep aid i took, it gave me withdrawls, so i had to stay on small doses. but eventually i went off cold turkey, i didn't want to take that damn pill any longer losing sleep a few nights was the only real downside.

but yeah i went through drug related withdrawls that were easier to endure then how much effort and time it took to get off WoW. the pill i took for way longer and i got over it like nothing compared to WoW. i quit 4 times and it was torture at the time thanks to my bro and fallout 3 i got off and got over it. but even years later i would get small panic attacks and have to take anti anzity meds to get through the day

i still have issues when i see the term mmo, like my dad can't enter a bar because he was an alcoholic. i see this damn term and my mind just goes berserk. i get insane fits of rage. heaven help me if anyone ever suggests i go back, i'd tear them a new hole.

doesn't help most don't think mmo addiction happens at all or it was my choice to get addicted. bs complete bs.

and yeah someone brought up mmos on minecraft, i freaking lost it. if minecraft ever turns bad like that i will shoot myself with the strongest pistol my dad owns. be a lot less painful to have a bullet rip through my skull then to go through that again.

needed to rant.

I was on an opiate pain med about 6 years ago , for about a week or two, after cancer surgery. It was one that was combined with tylenol. Tylenol has never done anything for pain for me, so I don't use it. In the case of the opiate combo, again, no real pain relief. It just made me groggy, sleepy, and added to the massive, monster constipation caused by the pain meds they used on me in the hospital, before I was released. After about a week or two, of no real pain relief, and staggering around in a groggy daze, at real risk of falling, I took a couple of days to wean myself off of them, and then did without. There were some effects on my emotions, but other than that, I managed okay.

A year or two after that I got shingles, and was on the same opiate, but combined with Ibuprofen. That one also made me dangerously groggy, and sleepy, but it did help the pain a little. However, I did take myself off again, as soon as I felt able to handle the pain on my own, as I didn't want to fall. I had also noticed it had an even stronger negative effect on my emotions than the other one had had. It also bothered me more when I stopped taking that one, but I still managed to get off okay. Being on them was worse than the withdrawal symptoms.

Part of me understands that withdrawal symptoms can be tough for some people, but when I remember my own experiences, I have some trouble relating to it.

I have arthritis and take one adult enteric coated aspirin with every meal to help with the pain, along with glucosamine/chondroitin/hyluronic acid/MSM supplements. I had been taking prescription strength Ibuprofen, but the aspirin works just as well and is easier on my stomach. I prefer these milder pain meds, as they have less severe side effects, and are not addictive.

My mother was addicted to cigarettes for over 50 years. When her first heart attack put her in the hospital, the doctors kept her there several days longer than usual, to keep her medicated longer, so they could help her through the worst of the withdrawal symptoms. They put a stent in her heart, and she lived another ten years. Without that, she would have died a lot sooner. I know she wasn't able to quit on her own, so I appreciate what the doctors did to help my mother.

By the way, my mother had a brand new carton of cigarettes at home, and I found the receipt and returned them, unopened. My older brother had taken her to the hospital, and he removed all the cigarettes she had with her, and I ditched the rest of the ones left at home. Since she was no longer driving, my mother had no way to go out and get more on her own, and none of us would buy them for her when she returned from the hospital. WE HELPED MOM QUIT SMOKING! HURRAY! On the down side, she took up Wrigley's spearmint gum after that, but at least there is no such thing as second hand sugar.

withdrawals can be as deadly as an overdose!