PhantomPain
Greenlighter
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2015
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Hey people,
I'm new here. Just registered. I convinced myself to make an account after I have been coming back to this page over and over about questions I had.
I like the idea of this site. Very useful for my likes.
Real quick background and why i'm here...
I served US Marine Corps from 08'-12'. Injured in combat in 2010, lost my left leg (AK), and left eye, and lots of other shit. I suffer from my screenname, which is Phantom Limp Pain (PLP), for those who don't know, basically your brain doesn't understand that your leg is missing and shoots pain signals to activate it, over and over thru out your whole life. Or that's how I make sense of it anyway.
Anyways, I take a few medications.
#1. Lyrica 300mg 2x day for the PLP (only thing that works) - used to take Gabapentin but it stopped being effective
#2. Fentanyl 25mcg/hr for chronic pain - recently switched from Oxy ER 10mg 3x a day.
#3. Oxy IR 5mg 1-2, 2x a day as needed - I take a lot more sometimes.
#4. Sertraline(Zoloft) 100mg 1x/day - Happy pills.
The reason I made an account, other than liking the community discussion was to conversate a bit about my pain management.
I am on good terms with my Pain doc, and he likes me.
My problem is that I don't get the pain relief I would like to have. The only thing that really does it for me, is the Lyrica to stop my Phantom Pain about 90% effective, no euphoria or anything, just stops the PLP.
I have been taking a lot of (comparatively) Oxy IR lately, around 4-5 tabs at once, just to get the euphoric hour or two away from my pain. I am constantly in pain.
I am not a drug addict, or abuser. But I am constantly in pain, when I take 4-5 at once, I get an hour or two of PEACE.
I feel bad for taking so many, but honestly I cannot bear the pain any longer. For years I took no pain meds and gritted the pain. Finally I accepted some pain meds about a year ago and have been on various things.
My doc has me trying Ketamine Infusions. I tried one, I think was 75mg? Didn't phase me at all, felt the slightest bit hazy was all.
I was on Oxy 10mg ER's, but they honestly didn't help much that I could notice. So we switched to Fentanyl. I can KIND of feel it working during the day, but not really. Although occasionally i'll feel it more than other times, and it is kind of nice.
I just want to be pain free, but what started from 1-2 pills of percocet, has 'cascaded' into about 4-5 tabs of oxy IR. I know this may seem small in comparison, but I really don't want to ramp up my tolerance, and get stuck with withdrawals, because I already suffer so much guys.
I am not a crybaby/whiner, really. I just would like to be able to have a euphoric hour or two a day without this crazy life of pain that I live.
Any ideas/suggestions? Appreciate it in advance. Love the idea of this website once again.
V/R
G
I'm new here. Just registered. I convinced myself to make an account after I have been coming back to this page over and over about questions I had.
I like the idea of this site. Very useful for my likes.
Real quick background and why i'm here...
I served US Marine Corps from 08'-12'. Injured in combat in 2010, lost my left leg (AK), and left eye, and lots of other shit. I suffer from my screenname, which is Phantom Limp Pain (PLP), for those who don't know, basically your brain doesn't understand that your leg is missing and shoots pain signals to activate it, over and over thru out your whole life. Or that's how I make sense of it anyway.
Anyways, I take a few medications.
#1. Lyrica 300mg 2x day for the PLP (only thing that works) - used to take Gabapentin but it stopped being effective
#2. Fentanyl 25mcg/hr for chronic pain - recently switched from Oxy ER 10mg 3x a day.
#3. Oxy IR 5mg 1-2, 2x a day as needed - I take a lot more sometimes.
#4. Sertraline(Zoloft) 100mg 1x/day - Happy pills.
The reason I made an account, other than liking the community discussion was to conversate a bit about my pain management.
I am on good terms with my Pain doc, and he likes me.
My problem is that I don't get the pain relief I would like to have. The only thing that really does it for me, is the Lyrica to stop my Phantom Pain about 90% effective, no euphoria or anything, just stops the PLP.
I have been taking a lot of (comparatively) Oxy IR lately, around 4-5 tabs at once, just to get the euphoric hour or two away from my pain. I am constantly in pain.
I am not a drug addict, or abuser. But I am constantly in pain, when I take 4-5 at once, I get an hour or two of PEACE.
I feel bad for taking so many, but honestly I cannot bear the pain any longer. For years I took no pain meds and gritted the pain. Finally I accepted some pain meds about a year ago and have been on various things.
My doc has me trying Ketamine Infusions. I tried one, I think was 75mg? Didn't phase me at all, felt the slightest bit hazy was all.
I was on Oxy 10mg ER's, but they honestly didn't help much that I could notice. So we switched to Fentanyl. I can KIND of feel it working during the day, but not really. Although occasionally i'll feel it more than other times, and it is kind of nice.
I just want to be pain free, but what started from 1-2 pills of percocet, has 'cascaded' into about 4-5 tabs of oxy IR. I know this may seem small in comparison, but I really don't want to ramp up my tolerance, and get stuck with withdrawals, because I already suffer so much guys.
I am not a crybaby/whiner, really. I just would like to be able to have a euphoric hour or two a day without this crazy life of pain that I live.
Any ideas/suggestions? Appreciate it in advance. Love the idea of this website once again.
V/R
G
