Went through a course of oxycodone and the aftermath was worse than the infection. Would like to compare notes.
The leaflet lists the itchiness as common and then says nothing useful about how long it lasts.
Constipation is the side effect that gets ignored until it becomes the main problem, and it is entirely manageable if you start early.
Am I the only one, or is this the normal shape of three years on something like this?
I would stop trying to convey how bad it is and start saying what you want them to do.
Print the page.
The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.
Same here.
Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point.
Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.
You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves. Same for me with oxycodone, unfortunately.
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.
Function over score. How long have you been on oxycodone?
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going.
Same shape here, different drug. The thing that helped was documenting the refusal rather than re-arguing it. They refer rather than write. Three years in on oxycodone and it lines up.
Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries?
Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately. Three years in on oxycodone and it lines up.