Misc The Pain Management Mega Thread version 3.0

[Captain Brewster]

^ heh, I googled what it was, at the top of the search results was one for $9. Thought why not.

Still a bit dumb about knowing how to use it.

 

[*samsonite*]

Best tips are don't forget the salt/packets (burns), use distilled or boiled water, and remember to breathe thru your mouth slow and steady or it runs down your throat, making you gag.

 

[norcophile]

capt your gonna shit the first time you use it, seeing all that shit come out of your nose.

well the wife and i just woke up a bit ago, waiting on the coffee to brew. my pain is at about a six today, pretty alright. nothin much to say yet sorry. still waking up

 

[Hazey420]

I have tried (tramadol, Cymbalta, bad reaction) Flexeril, baclofen, zanaflex, hydrocodone, tylenol 3, Valium, Xanax, gabapentin,
And I think some others.

Right now I'm on soma and norco. At this moment it's working ok if taken as prescribed.

I'm really worried for the next few months. I just went from 1/2 doses to full doses a week or 2 ago to control pain. 1/2 doses still let pain through. Full doses right now stop all pain but for only 2-3 hrs then it's back. I wake up in pain. So I really need 5-6 doses a day to control my pain if I stay on this medication.

I will appeal the decision. I am really hurting and really need this. It's hard to get up in the morning and it takes me hrs to be physically modivated to do anything beside BL. That takes no physical strength.

If I get a job I will be fired in the first 2 months. I will call off. I will be late. I will have a hard time doing anything physical. I can't lift 50lbs. It's a mess. My advice to all young people is don't think your body is invinsible. All the decisions you make in early adult hood will come back on you later in life. I think my problems are from all the drunk driver wrecks I was in in my late teens early 20's.

I have been on Flexeril , hydrocodone , valium, xanax and gabapentin, and Soma,. They work well for me but as most people a tolerance is built so it takes more to get to to that place where you can just breathe for a minute and not be in pain. I wanted to ask about the Norco i have heard of it whats it like? I have the same thing I cant do anything physically cant lift over 10 pounds (work injury), and I agree the body is not Invinsible, I got hurt at a young age and thought I could just bounce back from the injury and go on with my life but it didnt work out that way now my body and the muscles ache all the time, Arthritis x3, plus I tore my shoulder muscle since it was a work injury their payed workmans comp, untill I hear this phrase "end of healing", no way to fix it just live with it I was told. So its been 14 years of this and I am tired of it seriously just tired and exhausted from it. Does your pain wake you up in the morning? I have that problem as well, what I wouldnt give not to be sick. Good Luck to you. ~*Peace*~

 

[Hazey420]

wow, thank you for forwarding that michael, and cane you are one inspirational guy, thank you for sharing your story.

hazey i'm sorry to hear what's going on, when can you get it? i just recently went through something similar with my insurance and them not letting me get my meds, it was rough. that was when i joined bluelight and even though i didn't talk about that, this place helped me tremendously.

Thank you for your concern my friend. Since my percocet script is given to me since I cant call them in anymore for refills, (controlled substance) plus I am on state insurance that is great on the prices for meds are cheap. So I asked my pharmacy, and yes she knows me by name and gets me them as soon as she can but she still cant get around the insurance its some bullshit like 33 days from the last time i picked it up, but they can give me out my valium like nothing no date thing put on that i can get those early even..its just the pain med that drives me insane!!! But I have some good news Mom went to the dr yesterday for her kidney disease and she was and is in great pain and WILL not ask for a pain med I am all WTF ask them she has taken my percs before and they have helped her so she got the same as mine she got 30 I get 180 a month, and she gave me some so the withdrawl doesnt come on, I am happy, and not sick! Its sad but true, I mean I love my opiates but hate the fact they come with with drawl but its cool thank god I can get to the 3rd of September till I can get some more.

 

[Hazey420]

Hazey - wish I could help! I'm almost in the same mess! Too long of a stressful and hot month I think. So many on this thread with shortages on meds. that are hurting!

We need to let our doc's know that the functioning is just not there and try being less afraid and more pro-active in our individual needs! (We also need to save for rainy days more effectively, when and if possible! LOL)

Hey there Friend, Stressful would be an understatement, LOL, but mom listen to me and got some pain meds for her my percs worked well for her so she got a script and got some so I can get to the 3rd to fill mine. I cant believe that she Actually listened to me.

 

[Doomed2pain]

How does methadone compare to oxy for pain relief? Im seeing a specialist next week and Im hoping to change meds as ox no longer helps me. Any advice would be welcome

 

[*samsonite*]

Hi Doomed. We were wondering where you've been. I've never tried methadone but everything I've heard is that it is the holy grail of pain meds. I'm going to the dr this week and will also be asking about changing my oxy. It's not effective for me either and makes me bitchy.

 

[Doomed2pain]

i can take double my usual dose of oxy which is 160mg and still not get adequate relief so i want to try something else, morphine is useless, i am allergic to the glue on fentanyl and probably buprenorphine patches so all i can really ask for is methadone as uk drs will not prescribe oxymorphone or hydromorphone due to "expense" which sucks as i'd love to try opana.

how are you feeling today samsonite? my pain is at 9 and it really is doing my head in as i cannot concentrate on reading my course book for my degree.

 

[Pagey]

I was in an accident 3 years ago and since then my cervicals have been out of place so basically it's more of an effort for my neck to keep my head up, so my muscles are permanently extra-tense, and once in a while my nerves get stuck between cervicals, which hurts like...can't even describe it. Anyway, because of the tension I've had a permanent headache for the past year or so (it's been getting worse with time), regularly my shoulders or arms will sort of seize up and hurt for hours, and whenever the nerves get stuck I literally can't do anything for a couple minutes until it passes. I've been on tetrazepam, xanax, and recently even oxys but none of these have been long-term solutions - I've been seeing a doctor who's working on putting the cervicals back in place but there hasn't been much progress yet. Has anyone had a similar type of pain and found meds that were actually helpful? I'd appreciate any tips

 

[Doomed2pain]

i'd try gabapentin or pregabalin for the nerve pain, or even amitriptyline, also an anti imflammatory like naproxen would help. i was severely injured in a rta 3 years ago too and i have suffered dearly because of it, im on strong medication but the lowest i get on the pain scale is an 8, most days im at a 9 and in complete agony, all day, every day. i would try anything other than opiates first as that is a road you do not want to go down if you can help it. a muslce relaxant like baclofen would be good for the muscle seizures too, i get them and they are horrendous. hope this helps Pagey

 

[*samsonite*]

^^This

I'm doing ok Doomed. At about a 7 from pretty severe spasms on top of joint pain. I only slept about an hour and a half last night so I'm probably going to dose up on cyclobenzaprine to knock myself out for a nap.

 

[Doomed2pain]

i didn't sleep for 6 days last week it was awful, that was with zopiclone and an anti psychotic that is meant to be sedatory, none of my meds make me sleep it sucks.

 

[*samsonite*]

I took too much Lunesta last week bc I had gone about 3 days without sleep. Evidently, I blacked out some pretty interesting things I said and did. It takes pretty high doses of various meds to knock me out. I usually make a fool of myself rather than actually sleeping.

 

[Doomed2pain]

i'm like a rhino nothing will knock me out, i even took 100mg of temazepam one night on top of my diazepam, pain meds, zopiclone and olanzapine and it still didn't knock me out it is ridiculous.

 

[mrflowers00]

because of tolerance it's impossible to have continuous pain relief

 

[tricomb]

i can take double my usual dose of oxy which is 160mg and still not get adequate relief so i want to try something else, morphine is useless, i am allergic to the glue on fentanyl and probably buprenorphine patches so all i can really ask for is methadone as uk drs will not prescribe oxymorphone or hydromorphone due to "expense" which sucks as i'd love to try opana.

how are you feeling today samsonite? my pain is at 9 and it really is doing my head in as i cannot concentrate on reading my course book for my degree.

^You probably would benefit a lot from oxymorphone, what do you mean they won't prescribe them due to "expense"?

 

[Stacianica]

Just wondering what other sufferers of nerve pain have found to be helpful? I've never really had relief with then non-narcotics like off-label antidepressants and anticonvulsants. Really only opiate/opioid based meds. Except, I've found Cymbalta to actually help my mood and for some reason it renders my typically useless legs a little more movement. I don't have to focus so diligently to get them to do what I'd like them to do. But, as far as chronic nerve pain goes, the C2s and 3s have really, honestly been the only thing to bring my pain from a 9-10 down to something where I can actually function, talk and make. Ay way through life. It makes me feel like a damned junkie, but it's true. Thank you poppies and derivatives of those lovely flowers for giving me a chunk of my life back! I fear it's only a matter of time before this relief is deadened by tolerance. Then, I'll have no head room, as there may not be anything stronger. Then, what? One can only be expected to "live" with pain at a ten a short time before either a heart attack or some other tragedy strikes. And what if another accident happens? Another car crash? It makes me a fearful person, where before this I was pretty happy and normal. Eccentric, but functioning. Anyway, I digress...sorry. I guess my actual question is what has worked, or not worked for others. I know everyone is different, but maybe I can learn some other trick to help me. I've been experimenting with various sound waves in an attempt to help pain along with the mess and various relaxation techniques. Just looking for some wisdom from others in the same or similar boat(s). Any ideas?

 

[Doomed2pain]

the govt deem certain meds too expensive for drs to prescribe, that is why I can't get oral fentanyl either it sucks complete ass!

 

[Doomed2pain]

my condition is all my sympathetic nervous system and I haven't found anything that works yet. do you do physical therapy? also have you been offered nerve blocks? they help some people unfortunately they made my condition spread. i really do advocate meditation and gentle exercise though, if i didn't do my physio exercises i would have lost all movement in my arm and legs by now.

Just wondering what other sufferers of nerve pain have found to be helpful? I've never really had relief with then non-narcotics like off-label antidepressants and anticonvulsants. Really only opiate/opioid based meds. Except, I've found Cymbalta to actually help my mood and for some reason it renders my typically useless legs a little more movement. I don't have to focus so diligently to get them to do what I'd like them to do. But, as far as chronic nerve pain goes, the C2s and 3s have really, honestly been the only thing to bring my pain from a 9-10 down to something where I can actually function, talk and make. Ay way through life. It makes me feel like a damned junkie, but it's true. Thank you poppies and derivatives of those lovely flowers for giving me a chunk of my life back! I fear it's only a matter of time before this relief is deadened by tolerance. Then, I'll have no head room, as there may not be anything stronger. Then, what? One can only be expected to "live" with pain at a ten a short time before either a heart attack or some other tragedy strikes. And what if another accident happens? Another car crash? It makes me a fearful person, where before this I was pretty happy and normal. Eccentric, but functioning. Anyway, I digress...sorry. I guess my actual question is what has worked, or not worked for others. I know everyone is different, but maybe I can learn some other trick to help me. I've been experimenting with various sound waves in an attempt to help pain along with the mess and various relaxation techniques. Just looking for some wisdom from others in the same or similar boat(s). Any ideas?