This is absolutely Criminal! For those of us who suffer day in and day out 24/7, 365 days a year with chronic pain, fibromyalgia, lupus and the list goes on and on.
So many of us struggle day in and day out just to exist . Compared to how we once lived and were able to function now we have play it day by day, minute by minute. It is extremely difficult if not impossible to make any kind of plans ahead of time never knowing you are going to feel if your body is going to give out on you. Many get frustrated with us not understanding that this is not something that we want to do. Cancelling plans at the last minute or just refusing/ declining invitations. But, this is our life now. It is so frustrating as we are barely hanging on struggling to get through each day with the medications we currently do have. Many of us including myself will not be able to function or have any quality of life if the minuscule amount of medications I currently receive from my pain management doctor are cut down or eradicated in any shape or form. Doctors are so incredibly paranoid to prescribe medications now because of the DEA /government intruding in an area they have no business really intruding in. They have no concept what it is like having these illnesses / diseases. In fact, a large majority of individuals that are not afflicted with these illnesses judge and make their own assumptions about her health, pain and health condition. We are classified as drug addicts, lazy, not motivated, seeking attention, which are all Ludacris. Who in the world would want to live this kind of existence? I am no longer who I used to be. I can no longer function in the capacity I used to. You don't think that doesn't cause depression, self esteem issues, frustration, lack of confidence. And then when the judgments come from family, friends, the medical community and the public-at-large it's all too overwhelming. It's no wonder a large majority of invisible chronic pain, chronic illness individuals end up committing suicide. It's a vicious cycle
Are We Near an Opioid Tipping Point?: By Roger Chriss, Columnist
We are fast approaching a tipping point in the opioid medication crisis.
Consider all that is happening:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Research (CMS) wants to adopt the CDC
guidelines as mandatory rules for prescribing opioids to Medicare
recipients. C
