Jody Ford talks about her personal experiences tapering Gabapentin. Jody is author of the book My Drug Taper Journey; a practical and inspirational book that can be a great benefit to anyone managing a taper protocol.
My name is jody and i will be reading on august 1st 2017, i began an this sent me on a profound, life-altering i took this drug as prescribed for seven years by that seventh year i realized the drug had been affecting me negatively and that is why i decided to come off of it. gabapentin, like many other prescribed drugs,
Is powerful and unforgiving. i experienced shocking and severe withdrawal symptoms. and i desperately sought help from doctors. vast majority who have found themselves in i was told all of this was my original symptoms returning, this is called ‘medical gaslighting’ and to say that they had no idea how to
Help me i stopped telling or asking, and instead looked to where i eventually found help and where i was able to understand what was happening to me in the meantime, i reinstated my full dose, hoping to return to a normal state, which never happened. and that was all i could tolerate for the nearly four-year duration
Of my taper journey. due to the injury of my central go out to eat, exercise, travel, to my family when they needed me and for for two years i had no reading comprehension and could barely form sentences while speaking. the stress, sleep deprivation and brain injury ignited more than one autoimmune illness,
Become a burden to those around me and to myself. what i had come to call and still refer to as to make the arrangements i thought would ease strain on my family for my planned absence. what ultimately kept me from doing so, was the reality of what my family would go through, myself to see the taper through to
The end. i was very fortunate to have a supportive and loving partner, which is not always the case for many. moderators and some wonderful members to lean on. as i finish my last dose on april 4th 2021. during that challenging time, in addition to i journaled daily about how i was feeling, were any
Reactions to food or supplements, each day i graded my overall condition and in this way moving forward. i could potentially avoid making symptoms worse and i could see that small steps of progress had been made, even when it didn’t feel that way. this gave me a modicum of control, a better understanding of
What was happening to me and instilled the feeling that i was not alone. it created a record of what i was going through. available but not much for people taking this was the impetus for me to create a series of three personal journal work and resource books, which i would have liked to have had during my taper, called
My drug taper journey. i’m still on the healing path and within this for change and support in the prescribed harm community. and most of all, i want to offer hope tell you, your experience is real, your feelings and everyone supporting and educating those in need of tapering resources. thank you.
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Jody Ford talks about tapering Gabapentin By World Tapering Day Channel
