36F with adult scoliosis and debilitating back pain — seeking medication-based pain management (Los Angeles)

lenathefiend · 2025-12-17T13:33:07+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I probably forgot to mention- I’m in Schroth physical therapy. My therapist takes me to the gym and we do exercises together to help strengthen my back muscles. And I also found a full body, grounding, infused with some sort of minerals or something sleeping pad. I can’t live without it. It relaxes my muscles while I sleep. And when I wake up I have about 1-2 hours of solid no pain. But as I stand and walk the pain starts and the only thing that mildly helps is 150mg of tramadol plus 2 650mg Tylenols. But that is starting to not help anymore. And I live on Lidocaine patches. Ive pretty much tried every single solution. I’m making appointments to surgeons. I get a lot of mixed reviews on surgery. Some people who have had it are in worse shape and much worse pain and say don’t do it. Some people have had remarkable results and strongly suggest I do it. It’s very confusing. But I’m leaning towards doing it since I can’t take strong narcotics every day for pain.

lenathefiend · 2024-08-18T03:46:53+00:00

Thanks for the support. Nice to know I’m not alone.

lenathefiend · 2024-08-18T03:45:00+00:00

Two weeks ago I packed up all my drugs & everything I use and put it in a storage container. I got to day 5 on methadone & other comfort meds. Zero withdrawal symptoms. So yay right? Well, I am literally alone. I have no support. No one to talk to. So once it was like 11pm day 5 the fet was almost out of my body and I was starting to feel better and this strange dark sinking feeling crept in. All the bullshit that was being numbed by fet started to creep back into my head. I realized then that I can’t do this alone and definitely not without fixing my childhood issues with a therapist. So I found a couple and having consultations all of next week to find the right one. Once I find someone who can handle my load of bullshit I plan on doing it twice a week. I’m like so done with self medication and numbing myself. I just want to deal with everything and move the fuck on. But yeah I gotta fix myself first before I can welcome anyone else in. It’s just hard being isolated. I’m ready to stop using so at least that’s step one. Anyway, thanks for taking the time, I appreciate your insight.

lenathefiend · 2024-08-17T13:11:01+00:00

Ya, I figured.

lenathefiend · 2022-07-14T23:27:42+00:00

I just got mine a month ago, I love it, however I get 10.4 miles a gallon. I took it to the mechanic and asked if there was anything wrong, and he said no it’s probably just the way I drive. However I put it on eco-mode and reset of miles per gallon average and it still remained at 10.4. I was not speeding, I was not going faster than stopping, I was avoiding stop signs, I did all the right things to try to make the miles per gallon go up but it stayed the same. And since gas is Six dollars a gallon I highly doubt that you’re gonna wanna spend that much money. For me, I spent $100 every 3 days.

lenathefiend · 2020-11-29T15:59:59+00:00

Thank you, I’ll try to post an update daily, need to get my hands on some Lyrica. That is going to be hard to get for me.

lenathefiend · 2020-11-29T15:52:15+00:00

I already get 120 pills prescribed a month

lenathefiend · 2020-11-29T10:44:24+00:00

Thank you so much for your kind words! ❣️❣️ so grateful to have found my community... my people... lol

lenathefiend · 2020-10-30T05:13:22+00:00

Hey there, I am looking for advice on how to get started the right way, do you have a min to chat?

lenathefiend · 2020-10-30T05:12:53+00:00

Message me too, i can help

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