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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 6:37 pm
I used to love Somas. I'd take one, and then within a half hour it felt like I'd had one glass of wine too many. But that would pass within another half hour, and I'd be OK. I never took more than one, though. What used to give me problems was Flexeril. The first time I ever went to a "big box" store was the first day I took a Flexeril. I literally walked around in circles, with a totally dazed and confused expression on my face, not believing what I saw there! I quit taking the Flexeril almost immediately. (The doc had prescribed them because Soma wasn't helping much any more and I didn't want to take more than one pill at a time. After the Flexeril, I quit taking muscle relaxers.)
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Sabbatia
Member
08-15-2005
| Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 7:00 pm
Maybe the difference between this girl, and your friend Stacy....and me too is that she wants to feel zero pain. I was on meds for chronic pain for over a yr and I took the least amount I could get by with to take the edge off of the pain. I can work through pain and deal with it for the most part, and when it got too bad, I would try only taking half to get it back to bearable. Costa, I'm like you, I can take soma, but flexaril puts me under the table. One soma helped, but I can't imagine taking more than that. Maybe I'm just a control freak...and like to stay sharp. BTW, I had a friend die a few yrs back from prescription drugs. The Dr would give her 90 xanax and 90 soma a month, and they would all be gone in a week. She just took one too many once.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 7:11 pm
Yeah, my friend was a fighter, she never complained ever to this day. I wish she would sometimes because I have seen her pain and it is terrible. I had to call her last night and tell her I love her, the show really hit home for me. I just had my 3rd back surgery in 18 months, it is very intimidating to me with the pain medicine, I am over the top about not taking it unless it is really bad.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 8:13 pm
Did anyone watch last night???? I thought it was one of the most powerful episodes I have seen in the series. The girl in the show was trying out for American Idol, as I am watching AI she keeps running through my head.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 8:22 pm
I watched. That family really had some issues but overall was a close, loving family.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 8:31 pm
Yeah Amazing really that there were not more issues Preachers family that I bet growing up hid a lot of stuff
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 8:44 pm
Well, not all preachers families do. LOL They are just like any other family. Some are good and some aren't.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 8:57 pm
Indeed Was sad to see he was drinking again, hopefully she keeps it together
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 11:28 pm
That made me sad, too. I had high hopes for him...no pun intended.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 1:24 am
Me too, but I sure hope she at least stays clean/sober.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 11:55 am
I hope so, too.
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Jodied75
Member
08-26-2004
| Sunday, January 20, 2008 - 4:11 pm
Madelane, I never miss an episode if it can be helped. I used to come here to comment in the Intervention thread, but it seemed to die out. I am glad you started one. Sabbatia, about the girl on prescription drugs - She claimed she was refusing to be treated for Lyme disease because it's supposed to be painful. I don't understand why she couldn't be treated for it if she was on so many painkillers. My guess is she simply didn't want to give up the drugs. I was kind of annoyed over how her family was made to feel guilty (even though they were not so nice to her). Yes, she needed the drugs, but she was abusing them with the double-doctor-dipping. That looks like addiction to me. Not the same as street drugs, of course, but she knew she was taking too many if she had to go to different doctors to get them. The last episode really broke my heart. The guy seemed so sweet.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, January 20, 2008 - 4:26 pm
I've been on prescription painkillers for years for my back. I ONLY take them when I am in terrible pain and I have never taken more than 2 pills at any time. I've never felt so much as a buzz but then I have a very high tolerance for drugs. But that girl was taking handfuls of heavy duty meds! Good grief, she was passing out in her food! That's waaaay over the top.
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Sabbatia
Member
08-15-2005
| Monday, January 21, 2008 - 7:35 pm
Okay, I'm officially OLD! DXM?? WHO KNEW? I thought it was just medicine I take when I'm sick.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 12:17 pm
I enjoy this show but this season the cases seem more over the top. Last night was so sad to watch. That DXM kid was like Jeff Conway on the other rehab show, I honestly don't think he has a chance. I wanted to shake that mother of him too, the kid had to take a poop in a bucket in the basement??? Come on!
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 1:15 pm
He looked so out of it, almost brain damaged... can cough medicine can do that?
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Sabbatia
Member
08-15-2005
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 7:15 pm
What's REALLy sad is he had an IQ of 170+! I wonder what it is NOW? And yeah, that pooping in a bucket was really BAD! I mentioned this to a girl at work today and she said she knew you could drink a whole bottle of cough syrup and have hallucinations. The whole thing just blows me away though. Can you IMAGINE selling your body to buy cough meds? That's just crazy!
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 7:18 pm
I know that it is not a laughable show or situation but I had to laugh out loud (couldn't help it) when he really thought that the crew was going to pay for his prostitute!
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Jodied75
Member
08-26-2004
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 10:29 pm
Anyone watching still? Last week's episode with the meth-shooting lesbian was really something. I can't imagine ever stealing from my family and later cracking jokes about it, and how everything has to be kept locked up from you. I would be so ashamed. It's sad that even though Tressa made it through rehab and is doing well, she has to avoid talking about a major part of who she is as a person. (her sexual preference). Imagine someone telling you that you're going to hell over something you simply can't change.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 7:31 am
this show always makes me uncomfortable. Rarely watch it. In my opinion, there is always a lot of background to the family situation. It creeps me out when one person is targeted for the INtervention when truly, the whole Darn Family need to be straightened out. The alcoholic or drug addicted family member is often just a symptom IMHO.
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Madelane
Member
08-20-2001
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 8:12 am
I agree that it was an interesting way to handle her addiction - to just address it straight on like she did. I could have been someone, now I'm not, I steal from my family, I love the feeling of shooting up, etc. At least she's not in denial! What was also interesting though is what you pointed out, that she had no shame about it. I'm sure she did though, and joking about it was just her way of trying to live through it. The family really did need to get some counselling about how they look at things. They just felt so comfortable telling her how wrong she was, which doesn't seem very tolerant.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Monday, February 18, 2008 - 7:12 pm
Does anyone know if they are still doing new episodes? The last two weeks I had to hand record it as in my DVR didn't recognize it as new. Last week was a follow up thing and to me it was new but I may have missed past stuff. I haven't checked out tonight's yet. Normally the new one comes on at 8 central??? TIA
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, February 18, 2008 - 8:08 pm
Tonight's episode(s) are not new, Stacey. I dunno if they are doling out new eps a few at a time or what.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Monday, February 18, 2008 - 9:21 pm
Thanks Costa, I thought the DVR was playing tricks!
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Monday, February 25, 2008 - 8:32 pm
New Episode tonight, alcoholic kid back from Iraq. Sad
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