You say 'done has saved your life more than once. Well, it has done me a lot of good, also. But, i've had 2 neck surgeries and back problems and have been mainly using it for pain for a few years. Tired of paying $100 a week for no relief, so went to a pain clinic. They want to ween me off and probably put me on oxy 40's or so once i'm weened. The problem is, is that the pain clinic doc is the biggest, dumbest prick (excuse my French, but that best describes this idiot), who thinks he's God and my opinion accounts for nill. He was going to do a block on me Wednesday after they liked to killed me with physical therapy. When he was going out to get it set up, I told him I thought he might need to know something if the block involved steroids. The first words out of his mouth were "I don't need to hear about it." I explained he might want to listen, since I was put on the steroid pack once for something unrelated to my neck, and thought I was going to end up beating my dog or have a bad case of road rage. My famiy doc explained they have that effect on some, and never wrote anymore. Well, I explained to this pain doc that if it was a different dose, steroid, etc., explain it to me and maybe i'd be OK with it. He rushed out the door and yelled at his RN to "Cancel the block, my patient can't handle it." He then came back in and explained I would probably have no ill effects since it was about one tenth the dose I was given before, and would only be going to one area, my neck. I then said, "Well if that's the case, I trust you, you can proceed." NOOOOOO!!!! Not now. I could be sued if something went wrong and you killed someone or something. I told him I would sign a release, but still, NO! Why could he not have explained this before,when I asked (about the dose levels, etc.), I don't know. He then said, "Your going to have a rough time now with the weening now that you can't handle the block." He really rubbed it in. Now, I have absolutely no confidence in this guy, and if I quit the 'done clinic now like he says I must and we have a fallling out, i'm screwed. Long story short, what's the easiest way to ween myself off and just see a regular doc, (I know one who has no problem treating pain, with compassion, with the appropriate drugs needed for my level 8-9 pain levels.) This guy even went so far as to say smoking is not addictive, and once when I missed my dose and started getting withdrawel symptoms after about 36 hours, "That was impossible." "Can't happen." What method did you use to ween off comfortably with as little witdrawals as possible. Would you mind sharing it with me? Now, i'd just as soon do it slow myself, and then just see the other doc. And i've not even said all the smart ass remarks he had stored up for me. Any advise? I'd really, really appreciate it. Thanks.
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