[griffin]

After hip surgery I stopped the Oxy pain relievers using a very short rampdown. Hated that crap. Sleeplessness and anxiety attacks happened over the next 2 weeks - it was hell. I can’t imagine having my chemistry messed up that bad over that length of time.

[Lakeshark]

I had a shoulder surgery some years ago (rotator cuff). I woke up the day after, having been given some a strong dose of some kind of powerful opiod. Waking up with the entire universe spinning, not knowing if I was on the floor or the ceiling, I decided not to take one more of those pills.

The disorientation was far worse than the pain, which was awful. I can imagine getting hooked on something like that.