stop taking painkillers

I feel like a prisoner; It started because I got some from the doctor and now I have a problem , I want off!

I AM DOING THIS FOR MY SIS. SHE IS HOOKED ON PAIN KILLERS, SHE ASKED FOR MY HELP I’M NOT SURE HOW I CAN HELP HER STOP. SHE SAYS TO ME THAT ITS TAKING CONTROL OF HER LIFE.SHE IS REALLY WORRY FOR HER 4 KIDS. SO SHE IS GOING TO DO THIS ON HER OWN. BUT I THINK THIS IS VERY RISKY.I’M VERY WORRY, SOMETIMES SHE LOOKS REAL ILL.CAN SOMEONE BREAK THIS ON THERE OWN?

I’ll never stop getting headaches, and I’ll probably never stop getting them in the middle of the night, or when I’m really busy. So I’ll keep taking painkillers whenever it’s bad enough. It’s much less often than before – two to four times a month is not that bad. The important fact is to see that it doesn’t become an everyday thing.

Getting stress about that too would only increase the general amount of stress in my life, causing more headaches and more painkillers. So I give up, I’m forgetting about it and hoping that it’ll never get as bad as it was during high school. But even that is enough years ago to not cause any reason for concern.

I have already taken two painkillers in November, but one was because of menstrual pain (that’s a first for me) and the other because I was crying so much that I finally got a headache from it. The good thing is that none of these were caused by stress. Since this goal is mostly about beating stress I think I’m doing good. I won’t stop taking painkillers when my belly aches a lot, for instance, after all I need to be able to work and it happens so rarely that it doesn’t matter.

I’ve lost count this month. Luckily, it was just a couple of difficult days, and now it’s all over. I haven’t gotten a headache for more than a week. I’ll start counting again next month.

September: 2 pills

Not bad at all. I’m quite sure now that it’s all caused by stress. It’s so obvious, when I have an exam coming or much to learn, I get lots of headaches. When not, I’m just fine, even when I’m tired.

July: 1 pill
August: 3 pills
September: 1 pill so far
Doing good. At least this month.

I guess you can’t stop completely. But the goal is as few pills as possible.

I’ve found out that the best way to stop the headaches is to be happy. Really, when I feel happy I’m not stressed and the headache just goes away. Which is why I suspect that nearly all of them are caused only by stress.

I also have to learn how to relax my facial muscles. They are contracted all the time and that causes pain too. It’s again the issue of stress. Hopefully some day I’ll learn to do without it.

I only took one painkiller in July and I have just taken one in August. In the beginning the goal was no more than one painkiller a week, now it is no more than one every month. Now I’m only taking them when I have strong headaches.

Ok, splitting headache at 01:00 in the night. Decided I would get a painkiller this time. Worked fine, at least I could get a good enough night’s sleep. I’m not completely well yet… I guesss I’ll take some more days off… Completely chase my stress away… Try to relax and not worry too much…

I’m wondering what will happen if I go back to Athens. Probably go back to painkillers again. I don’t think I’m strong enough to fight this without a lake, a forest, green fields and my boyfriend around.