re: Forget Spice.. It's now Shatter

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It makes me feel like crap in the morning. I also use melatonin sometimes. But if I screwed up and took too long if a nap after work, I need a baseball bat up side the head to get to sleep. That's shatter, a reefer bat across the head. 

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Maybe I need to look into other means. Right now I can't sleep without an opiate of some sort in my system. Withdrawals are a bitch. But I'm usually on Norco, and it acts as an upper for me. Tramadol will knock me out...after awhile, but I have to take somewhere around 600mg at one sitting for it to even think about producing an effect. I need 60mg of Norco right now to be comfortable for more than 1 hour.

I apparently have a major enzyme issue that we cant figure out. My tolerance levels escalate at an amazing rate. It happens with all medications, but it's the worst with opiates. My doctor actually said a scientific study needs to be done on me because neither he, nor his industry friends, have ever heard of someone like me. Earlier this year I went from needing a single 10mg Norco to give me relief for 2.5 hours to needing 60mg of oxycodone for the same effect.

How long did that take? 5 months. Norco for 2. Percocet for 2. Then Oxy for 1. I actually needed the Oxy sooner, but I tried to stay on both Norco and Percocet a month too long.

All of that being said.

Any advice on pain relief and sleep? I have a bad hip, bad shoulder, and joint nerve pain that is excruciating (when I'm withdrawing from Opiates). I need to do something else. All of this acetaminophen is wrecking my body.