Your last sentence says it all, Anne... but of course the key word there is 'seems', because it will all end one day soon. I can't speak personally about difficulties coming down from painkillers because I had none. And I took a lot of them, too.

As far as my own problems, thanks for the kind words but what I've gone through is nothing compared to some of the people here. They're the ones with real courage.

Glad things are improving!

D.