This works fantastic for me, no pain or depression at all. The ONLY hard part is sticking to the initial tapering, you have to WANT the pain-free and monetary rewards of a tolerance reset. Tolerance dictates that us CPP'ers will have to do this occasionaly to avoid diminishing returns as time goes by:

1) taper down .25mg of hydro every 2 days
2) when you're at 3) wake up, take 2-3 temgesic sublingual
4) take small doses of immodium as needed when de-constipation occurs throughout this regimen
5) take one clonidine when heart racing/blood pressure starts, one more as needed at night (no more than 2/day)
6) take 2 more temgesic a couple hours before bed
8) take 1 10mg valium at bedtime
9) repeat this regimen, tapering temgesic by one-half of a pill every 2 days
10) when you taper down past 2 temgesic per day, start the dopamine precursor regimen (1000mg L-phenylalanine x 3 / day, 50mg B6 x 3 / day, 1000mg Vit. C w/ Flavenoids 1 x day)
11) After you have tapered to completion with temgesic, continue the amino/vitamin regimen for 1-2 weeks of until you feel "normaL"
12) Again as noted above, keep immodium around for deconstipation, in the smallest possible dose. It has opoid qualities obviously, but bup is our primary substitute here so go easy on the immodium.
13) stop the valium and clonidine immediately when it is not needed anymore, benzo dependence is extremely dangerous. If this regimen is done in less than a month which it should be in most cases, the valium can be split in half for a couple more nights and then immediately stopped. Clonidine is obviously unneeded as soon as the heart racing / hypertension stops, and also should be halved for a couple days then stopped immediately.
14) Make sure to space the meds apart, all of this works best when you're not taking multiple compounds at the same time, and it's much more safe.

I have done this twice at 6 month intervals, and it worked equally well both times. I am afraid as I continue to do this the overall effectiveness will decrease, but my IC (bladder disease) is not going away unless I go into remission, so I'm just going to have to deal with it one day at a time. Pain mgmt is the only way I can keep my job, and I refuse to give up until I simply cannot make it in. I'm only 30, I'm not nearly done with my legacy.

Good luck to everyone and be careful out there! Sorry so long-winded. Please pipe up if you feel I've stated something wrong or not safe, I researched these doses thoroughly and in my MEDICALLY NONPROFESSIONAL opinion is safe for anyone in reasonably good health.

BTW, great job Legitemate!!!!