This is a record kept by a chronic pain patient whose opioid treatment was ended without a taper, in a state where doing that to someone may be a crime. It is written under a pen name.
The entries are in the order they happened. If you found this because it is happening to you, read the one about the pharmacist and the one about what Texas law calls it. Those are the two that tell you where you stand.
- Two Hours of Screaming, and One Dose Left 4 October 2026
- I Wish People Could Live in My Body for a Day
- Stopped Cold: What Happens When a Pain Clinic Ends Opioid Treatment With No Taper
- The Day a Doctor Told Me I Was Done Running and Jumping for the Rest of My Life
- I Asked a Pharmacist if Stopping My Opioids Cold Was Life-Threatening. He Said Yes.
- Opioid Withdrawal When You Already Have Asthma
- The Iron Maiden
- What Texas Law Calls a Crime When a Doctor Stops Your Opioids Cold
- My Groceries Come to the Door. My Pain Medication Does Not.
- Patient Abandonment in Texas: What a Lawful Discharge Looks Like, and What I Got Instead