#ChronicPain

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Many PM MDs are NOT requiring weekly/monthly urine tests. MDs are using telemedicine.We’re gonna see a HUGE increase in ODs/deaths from LEGAL #opioids.Why?As adults & #chronicpain pts, we’re apparently unable

MamaBear (she/her)

Our governor just addressed prescription #opioid abuse with over 3,000 people watching. I am furious. He perpetuated the narrative that opioid pain meds bad and changed brain chemistry and

🦋Learn to Swim🦋

Coming off of this Lyrica without any cannabis is going to be absolute hell. Just one skipped dose and the arches of my feet are already fluttering. In a few

Kerryn Groves 💙

No idea how to fit all these in, so will share one note under each reply. 18 years today I got ill & I always feel the need to digest

Really struggling with my self worth. I feel like I do nothing. Every day is a struggle. It just feels like nonstop suffering. The worst part is, no one knows

Maria Munir (they/them)

CW: ableism, chronic painWe urgently need your help. #NICE is changing its #NHS guidelines on which meds and treatments are available for those with #ChronicPain and #ChronicIllness, which can affect

GinaMcGalliard 🧜🏻‍♀️🌕🍀

Alright, I’m just going to announce this: cognitive behavior therapy CBT is NOT an appropriate first-line treatment for poorly understood physical conditions such as #insomnia, #chronicpain, #MECFS, etc. It is

I’ve tried to avoid writing this thread all day but as I lie here in pain trying to get to sleep I feel compelled to add my voice to the

Tain (She/They)

thechroniccurly

I kind of want to do a thread on something I never experienced before chronic pain, that I call "secondary pain wave" My bad if this is old news to

Solutions for Kids in Pain

#WorldSickleCellDay Adam’s Story (1/7): “My name is Adam. I am 13 years old…I like music , basketball and learning new things for example, this year, I have started

MonroesBodyTalk

Today I want to come out. I have schizoaffective disorder. A condition that is characterized by both bipolar(mania and depression) and psychosis-schizophrenia symptoms. I hear things, yes. I see things,

Kristin Siân Bingham

Some things happened in the last 2 weeks that led to some unbearable pain (ended up in hospital), and unbearable hopelessness and anxiety. I’m pretty good at keeping my social

#PatientsAreNotFakingHmm ok..., where to begin with this...? Maybe as a child when my "growing pains" & Alopecia was put down to being "jealous of my brother's" by my GP or

Thank you so much for sharing & I must share with you; I was first told I had #Fibromyalgia aged 19 after years of "it must be growing pains or

Miss T #ShieldingSavesLives

MissT_Shielding

Not only is living with a chronic illness or disability rough.After years of battling for equality & still facing discrimination regularly, those of us in the #shielding group now face

Marissa 至佳 Cummings

Over the past year, I have been doing a research project on #digital #design for #health #storytelling, so I wanted to put together a short thread on what I learned.