Medication problems

When I started this blog I promised myself that I would write something every day. It is easy to make promises like that but sometimes life intervenes in ways that you would never expect. My pain specialist started me on a new pain medication that worked wonderful. So wonderful in fact that he asked me to quit taking one of my old medications to see if I still needed it. It was a medication that takes about two weeks to leave your system. At the end of two weeks I was a total disaster. Fighting with my wife, mad at the world, unable to think clearly and lacking in common sense at all. I was like a little boy getting ready to run away from home. I wanted out of my marriage. I wanted away from home. The thing is I had no place to go but I did not even think about that. I have one very dear friend who was able to see what was happening and convinced me to start taking my medication again. I had apologize to the people I hurt and make up with my wife. There is a moral here. If you are taking any medication (this was a pain medication) and are going to stop make sure you have someone watching your moods very carefully. Some one you trust completely. I just did as the doctor suggested with out thinking. My wife was very sick and not feeling well so she did not watch me. I could have lost everything I have because I stopped taking a medication. I am sharing this because it might help someone else even though it is not the kind of thing you do not like to share. If you are having any problems like this and need to talk I am willing to talk or find you someone who can. Remember, a friend is all that stood between me and losing all I cared about.