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Greenlighter
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Hi, None Recreational use for Trapped Nerve.
Ok, So I've been having pain like cramp but constant for 2 weeks and only able to get an hours sleep a night so looking to at least relive pain so I don't wake up at 1.am not able to sleep and meds have only after 2 weeks started to reduce pain but would like advice on a few things as it seems there is a vast knowledge base on this forum as I've browsed a read quite a bit on here over the past few days especially as I'm not sleeping.
Ok so firstly. Seems excessive to be on so many pills to relieve pain. I started with Doctors prescribed meds as follows.
Naproxen 500mg x 2 daily and Omeprazole which he only gave as thought I was on other meds which is another story. Have diagnosed bipolar and been off meds so quite some months. No problems there. NO PAIN RELIEF what so ever, so I was Given Zapain. 2x30mg 4x daily. First 2 days not much in Pain relief just sort of felt uncomfortable. Don't know how else to explain.
I will say I don't ever hardly take pain killers don't drink alcohol anymore and have had numerous variations of meds in past for Bipolar. Too many to mention. I'm 46 and holding a fair bit or weight but have not always been big, Thus why I stopped my last meds. Depikote and Respiridone. Was one this for 8 months since my last relapse in hospital. My Bipolar is not really the issue here as been diagnosed since i was 20 and now pretty stable and have a fairly ok team who regularly check my situation.
I digress, So was intense for the first few days or more and I was also given Amotriptoline to take at night 30mg starting at 10mg dose first night. Still no relief so I was told to give them time but after anther 2 days still nothing. So out of hours GP gave me Tramadol as initially the Zapain wasn't helping too much. I only took 2 x 50mg as prescribed but I was had some strange reactions and anxieties with breathing and numbness in arm. I was advised to go to A and E but it turned out all routine and I was sent home with more Zapain. I stirred from the tramadol but it was not said that I should not be taking it or could have had a bad reaction to it. So as it turns out I ran out of zapping and had 2x 50 mg tramadol yesterday at about 11am Not much change in the pain but I just kept popping the pills in hope They might eventually help. Well last might I fell asleep and woke an hour later gasping for air. Bit uncomfortable as was struggling to breath every 5 mins so I wasn't going back to sleep. So Not taken any pain killers since my last dose of Amatriptaline last night. I'm guessing from what I later looked into Tramadol probably doesn't agree with me. Pain actually dropped a but today as I went for long walk but stating t creep back. It's no way near as intense as it was initially but I'm not going to take to Tramadol and I'm not even sure to take the Amotriptoline and it I get really desperate just take one 30mg on Zapine. I will see my local GP on Monday but I know when I went to see my Ostepath he said that oromorph would be my best bet. i not sure wether the GP would prescribe it as anyway. So at least the pain is not so bad but i can only sleep on back and as soon as I move I can't sleep for shit. Sorry for the long windedness of this. But I guess I'd like to know on what people might think of these meds to the pain I'm having and the fact last night I woke gasping for air which was a bit concerning. What would be the best way forward and If I can shift pain or it comes back and I can't get Oromoph would Zomorph help as I would get elsewhere. The fact I've not sleep more than an hour a night in 2 weeks and I usually sleep easy 8 - 10 hours so its less than ideal for my bipolar as lack of sleep tends to drive manic episodes.
Any thoughts or advise will be gratefully received. Great forum by the way and so glad to find it as reading through some of the threads here is actually so helpful. wish I had this resource 20 plus years ago
Thanks again.
K
Ok, So I've been having pain like cramp but constant for 2 weeks and only able to get an hours sleep a night so looking to at least relive pain so I don't wake up at 1.am not able to sleep and meds have only after 2 weeks started to reduce pain but would like advice on a few things as it seems there is a vast knowledge base on this forum as I've browsed a read quite a bit on here over the past few days especially as I'm not sleeping.
Ok so firstly. Seems excessive to be on so many pills to relieve pain. I started with Doctors prescribed meds as follows.
Naproxen 500mg x 2 daily and Omeprazole which he only gave as thought I was on other meds which is another story. Have diagnosed bipolar and been off meds so quite some months. No problems there. NO PAIN RELIEF what so ever, so I was Given Zapain. 2x30mg 4x daily. First 2 days not much in Pain relief just sort of felt uncomfortable. Don't know how else to explain.
I will say I don't ever hardly take pain killers don't drink alcohol anymore and have had numerous variations of meds in past for Bipolar. Too many to mention. I'm 46 and holding a fair bit or weight but have not always been big, Thus why I stopped my last meds. Depikote and Respiridone. Was one this for 8 months since my last relapse in hospital. My Bipolar is not really the issue here as been diagnosed since i was 20 and now pretty stable and have a fairly ok team who regularly check my situation.
I digress, So was intense for the first few days or more and I was also given Amotriptoline to take at night 30mg starting at 10mg dose first night. Still no relief so I was told to give them time but after anther 2 days still nothing. So out of hours GP gave me Tramadol as initially the Zapain wasn't helping too much. I only took 2 x 50mg as prescribed but I was had some strange reactions and anxieties with breathing and numbness in arm. I was advised to go to A and E but it turned out all routine and I was sent home with more Zapain. I stirred from the tramadol but it was not said that I should not be taking it or could have had a bad reaction to it. So as it turns out I ran out of zapping and had 2x 50 mg tramadol yesterday at about 11am Not much change in the pain but I just kept popping the pills in hope They might eventually help. Well last might I fell asleep and woke an hour later gasping for air. Bit uncomfortable as was struggling to breath every 5 mins so I wasn't going back to sleep. So Not taken any pain killers since my last dose of Amatriptaline last night. I'm guessing from what I later looked into Tramadol probably doesn't agree with me. Pain actually dropped a but today as I went for long walk but stating t creep back. It's no way near as intense as it was initially but I'm not going to take to Tramadol and I'm not even sure to take the Amotriptoline and it I get really desperate just take one 30mg on Zapine. I will see my local GP on Monday but I know when I went to see my Ostepath he said that oromorph would be my best bet. i not sure wether the GP would prescribe it as anyway. So at least the pain is not so bad but i can only sleep on back and as soon as I move I can't sleep for shit. Sorry for the long windedness of this. But I guess I'd like to know on what people might think of these meds to the pain I'm having and the fact last night I woke gasping for air which was a bit concerning. What would be the best way forward and If I can shift pain or it comes back and I can't get Oromoph would Zomorph help as I would get elsewhere. The fact I've not sleep more than an hour a night in 2 weeks and I usually sleep easy 8 - 10 hours so its less than ideal for my bipolar as lack of sleep tends to drive manic episodes.
Any thoughts or advise will be gratefully received. Great forum by the way and so glad to find it as reading through some of the threads here is actually so helpful. wish I had this resource 20 plus years ago
Thanks again.
K