My friend has become addicted to morphine. He has degenerative back disease.?

Right now, he’s taking 90mil of Avinza a day and 8 15mil of regular morphine for “breakthrough” pain. (But he takes all 8 of them every day – I think his addiction tells him that he’s having breakthrough pain even if he’s not.) The problem is that my friend is (was) a recovering drug addict and alcoholic with over 20 years in AA. It’s like the “old” Charlie is gone. He is now “sick” a lot, sedated to the point of slurring his words, forgetting stuff, and sometimes not being able to get out of bed. He also suffers from lots of anxiety and says he’s “scared”. Is this the morphine addiction? Those of you who know, is the amount he is taking a lot? Thanks for your input.

I am not sure what you mean by Degenerative Back Disease? DDD is Degenerative Disc Disease and is part of the aging process, where the discs between the vertebra dry out with age. Unless he had damaged a disc or too, this is not a painful problem. The other disease is Osteoporosis, or brittle bones, where the vertebra collapsed, can break, fracture. Their is treatment available for this.
If he is on Morphine he must be seeing a Doctor somewhere and I am surprised the Doctor has not picked up on his addiction. Likewise as a former Alcoholic, he might have returned to the alcohol. I would certainly take him to a Doc or to ER, as this might be something more serious like a Stroke, in disguise?

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This long informative article is something that you should read with a very open mind. Severe anxiety disorder, is this a phase that puts shivers down your spine? I bet it does, and probably the reason for that would be, because you have buried your head in the sand for way to long now, just hoping this condition will get up and go away by itself.

The once off occasional attack has now turned to a regular occurrence. Daily Visits are now a normal part of your day. I am going to be very direct, and brutally honest here, let me explain to you the frightening things that may occur if you stay in denial any longer, and do not find the correct treatment. Believe me it is not a pretty picture.

I bet you still remember the very first episode, where you were standing, the surrounding smells, the exact place it occurred. How could you forget, this was one of the most frightening thing that has ever happened to you. well Surprisingly enough you survived its, you handled it, thinking to yourself it was a 1 off, I have had a bad week, i am just stressed that is all, yes that was the explanation.

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• Excessive sweating.
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• Isolation from the world.
• Major depression.
• Eating disorders like anorexia.
• Fear of just living.
• Fear about dying.
• Paranoia.

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Alcohol problems and severe drug additions, this is usually the final step of symptoms from severe anxiety disorder!

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General anxiety disorder..?

I was diagnosed with GAD this past february. I was prescribed Buspirone to ‘take the edge off’. I don’t really get anxiety attacks anymore, but I still have a lot of the physical side effects of anxiety. But I can’t’ figure out if it’s from the medicine, the anxiety or both. Everyone keeps telling me it’s anxiety, but it’s hard to believe them. GAD has pretty much made me a hypochondriac. I’m scared most of the time, i’m tired and irritable, and I have more bad days than good. I’ve been going through a lot,which is part of what caused the anxiety in the first place. I have stomach problems now which came on with the anxiety. Stomach problems are hereditary, but is there any way I can just stop all of this and try to deal with it? I don’t have anxiety attacks anymore, but the other night scared me. I got in a fight with my mom and I was crying so hard I could barely breathe. She wanted to take me to a stress center, but I don’t want that.I just want to be normal again. Help?

I have severe GAD and I have been in treatment for over a year. I still have bad panic attacks, but with counseling and medication I’m slowing getting better. It’s very possible that the medication isn’t working fully for you and you need to look at other options. I am currently on Prozac and it’s as if I’m unmedicated. It’s easy to get discouraged, but keep in mind that recovery is a slow process, no matter how much you wish it was over.

As well, I feel as though a visit to a psychologist would be highly beneficial, if you don’t see one already. GAD more often than not accompanies a more specific anxiety disorder. I was diagnosed with GAD in March 2006 and in July 2006, and upon visiting a psychologist it was determined that I also suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Knowing the full extent and details of your anxiety can help develop specially tailored treatments. For instance, if I had been given your medication, buspirone, when I was diagnosed with GAD, it wouldn’t have worked very much. That’s because buspirone is for people with mild or limited anxiety. Although it appeared at the time that I was only suffering from that, it later turned out that I had OCD as well. Buspirone does not affect OCD, panic disorder, or severe anxiety. What I’m saying is your medication may not truly be working, either because you have anxiety disorder you haven’t been diagnosed with yet, or because your anxiety is more severe than you initially thought.