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I express feeling better in writing. When I speak, I get way too emotional. Most of my most emotional outcries to my hub have been in letters. So in essence, I love forums, letters, email etc. It helps me to get everything out and stay on track, as i get very angry/upset/hurt/ etc etc. So please again excuse the incessant posts here.
Addiction:
How do you know the line between needing a medication and being dependant upon it for comfort, or pure addiction.
My hubby has a condition. . .it is an arachnoid cyst. It means that a small bit of spinal fluid has built up in his spine causing nerve pain, back pain, headaches, and other general pain. It was caused by a pipe falling on his back, on the job years ago, and it worsened when he had a brain hemmhorage.
I know, and understand, that he genuinely NEEDS this medication for pain. I am sincere in hoping that it gets better. Until he qualifies for surgery, he is unable to get off the pain medication for any amount of time without severe pain and withdrawl.
I don't know what to do to help the situation. . .I have done pain management research, doing his homework for him. I pass it all along. . . .I find doctors, I find referrals, I do everything I can to help, but everything in my heart tells me he is more than dependent on the medication.
I wish I could know if he needed it more than he wanted it. I cannot stress how much I understand that he genuinely is in pain, and that I don't mind him taking the medication. But how much I hate the behavior that comes with it. . .it is literally like an addict out on the streets looking for drugs if he doesnt have or cant afford the medications. . . .
How do you know when dependency becomes addiction???
Addiction:
How do you know the line between needing a medication and being dependant upon it for comfort, or pure addiction.
My hubby has a condition. . .it is an arachnoid cyst. It means that a small bit of spinal fluid has built up in his spine causing nerve pain, back pain, headaches, and other general pain. It was caused by a pipe falling on his back, on the job years ago, and it worsened when he had a brain hemmhorage.
I know, and understand, that he genuinely NEEDS this medication for pain. I am sincere in hoping that it gets better. Until he qualifies for surgery, he is unable to get off the pain medication for any amount of time without severe pain and withdrawl.
I don't know what to do to help the situation. . .I have done pain management research, doing his homework for him. I pass it all along. . . .I find doctors, I find referrals, I do everything I can to help, but everything in my heart tells me he is more than dependent on the medication.
I wish I could know if he needed it more than he wanted it. I cannot stress how much I understand that he genuinely is in pain, and that I don't mind him taking the medication. But how much I hate the behavior that comes with it. . .it is literally like an addict out on the streets looking for drugs if he doesnt have or cant afford the medications. . . .
How do you know when dependency becomes addiction???