As you know I get withdrawal on the Matrifen as it runs out too quickly as I possibly absorb it quicker than some people and I get the chills, sweats and restlessness the night before I change my patch. The Clonidine I was given for withdrawal has stopped being as effective which speaking to others … Read more
I worry often about what will happen when I am no longer able to get the Matrifen or an equivalent.Matrifen is the only thing that touched the pain that I can get on prescription. I get chills and sweats on the night before I change my patch which is awful but that is because it … Read more
The withdrawal I get between patches is getting MUCH worse the last week or so. I get chills and sweats at night, but it has been getting so I wake up in a wet bed from the sweat but too cold to uncover myself as I then shiver. I have also been getting restless or … Read more
Follow up from this post. Went to my GP about the lies in the letter from the doctor at the pain clinic and my own doctor agreed that the side effects and conditions he stated were wrong and told me to complain via PALS which I will be doing. He won’t be reducing my painkillers … Read more
I went to the pain clinic the other week after years of waiting due to a previous person failing to do the referral.As I get chills between patches he gave me Clonidine for the “mild withdrawal” which he gave me at the start of the conversation. He said there isn’t much else to try as … Read more
Well I wasn’t sure if Amitriptyline was doing a thing so I said to the doctor about stopping it and restarting it in a while to see if it was actually doing anything.Pointless being on a drug that makes me even more sleepy if it isn’t doing anything.