Misc The Pain Management Mega Thread version 3.0

[brighton]

for those of you using TENS or have used TENS, what did you find better for pain -

1. having it turned on all the time
2. turning it on for short periods when in pain
3. using it in continuous mode or burst mode

I just got my tens unit yesterday ! It was cool showing off my robotic looking arm to my friends

 

[BiggDirty01]

for those of you using TENS or have used TENS, what did you find better for pain -

1. having it turned on all the time
2. turning it on for short periods when in pain
3. using it in continuous mode or burst mode

I just got my tens unit yesterday ! It was cool showing off my robotic looking arm to my friends

For my back, I use the burst mode at a very high setting. The continuous mode made it somewhat painful to use at the necessary levels for me to feel relief after having my spine fused the first time.

Also, make sure to get plenty of replacement pads as reusing the same ones over and over is not hygenic and a potential source for a future bacterial infection.

PM me if you have any further questions about your TENS unit.

 

[Bluefrogger]

I like the tens unit burst setting, for RSD pain anyhow in the lower leg/foot. I tend to change it up a lot though.

does anyone else have fibromyalgia with TMJ; what was the best thing that helped with either of them? diet, exercise, or medications?

i am on suboxone, gabapentin, and hydroxyzine and im still in pain; i exercise 4-5 times a week, eat healthy, i stopped chewing gum/yawning loud, and i tried using a mouth guard at night, but im still in pain...i just got swtiched to lyrica and hopefully it will help much more.

i was curious about muscle-relaxers though, do they help with TMJ and fibromyalgia ?

thanks
-lac

The right muscle relaxer for you and Yoga for the fibro/arthritis pain has helped me the best over time. I also unfortunately wear a nite splint and have TMJ problems that have been fair for awhile now. I am an advocate for massage therapy! Anyhow, and any place! I have found experienced therapists that have, sp? (myofacial release) knowledge also know how to do jaw trigger points. They actually get inside you're mouth (wearing latex gloves) and do some really helpful work. Best overall for both, correct stretching and self-focused relaxation of the varied muscle groups. This takes time and a lot of practice. Caution: dont stretch youre jaw without good, reliable, taught experience! Good luck & be well!

 

[muvolution]

DooMmed, Ty, Yteek, tricomb, and others:

I just wanted to make it clear I deleted those posts. We need to keep this thread on topic, and any fighting, bickering, bitching, or squabbling will not be tolerated, even (and especially) by staff.
Take it to PM. If you would like to file some formal complaint, there is a process for that.

 

[BiggDirty01]

On another note, my body is aching like no other after my 2-hour wait for a 2 minute CT-scan. Might brake down and take some extra oxycodone I have reserved for emergency purposes.

 

[Bluefrogger]

On another note, my body is aching like no other after my 2-hour wait for a 2 minute CT-scan. Might brake down and take some extra oxycodone I have reserved for emergency purposes.

It's really terrible when you're in severe pain and all you want is help, so you go thru extra agony to get it and they make you wait!!! So sorry that happened to you - that really sucks! I know you would rather wait the extra hour & a half at home. I hope the CT scan results are not a waste though and give you some info. On a good note - YEAH! ! ! Reserve oxycodone!!!
Feel better!

 

[lady_stardust]

CT scans and such (have anither MRI coming up)

from NOW ON - i too will teserve meds for such ridicous situations...

let us knoe hoe it turned out - if it was worth it a tho i'd hate see any NEW problems for u to have to deal with....q

peace
g

 

[Doomed2pain]

i have crps too and get awful muscle seizures which i am prescribed diazepam for but i am hoping to get soma when i see my new dr, they are so painful. my legs are usually frozen too, the crps means we do not get adequate blood flow to affected limbs due to the nerves not sending the correct signals. it has a neurovascular aspect to it, so that is what causes the cold limbs mine are rarely warm, always mottled, purple and swollen. i hope your pain isnt too bad today.

My bones are aching and the RSD is really sensitive, burning, and swollen today. Then for two dam hours, my foot and leg turn freakishly cold. While still burning! ! ! I get so frustrated!
LOL "freakishly!" Is that a word? The weather keeps changing, right now just the humidity that keeps changing and still hot! Not good for a lot of us.

I got a break and received some good news though! That always helps to know you have something good to look forward to - good for the depression, you all know what I mean.

I have a shout out to all of the leg pain sufferers on the thread:
(There has been a lot of talk earlier in thread about nerve type pain in limbs and jolts, jumping, stuff like that.) I have sleep apnea - snoring really bad, and can't sleep at all without a bi-pap machine, blowing forced air down my throat all nite to keep my airway open. This is due to the relaxers, opiates, one partially collapsed sinus, etc.
Anyway, getting to the point, during a sleep study, they told me that I had RLS (restless leg syndrome) showing up on the test! My sleep doc. gave me Ropinirole , a generic for Requip, and my legs feel great in the a.m. now. They were feeling like crap before and I didn't really know why? The doc. also told me that increasing the dose when I was tapering or in a withdrawal, would help the jerks and spasms. The medicine works differently than a muscle relaxer. It specifically targeted for muscle spasms. (Said to take neurontin also for w/d relief.)
Anyway, I didn't notice that Requip had been mentioned before in the Thread, so just wanted to put it out there for anyone in need.
Hope everyone's done the best they can for the day That's all we can do!entioned before in the Thread, so just wanted to put it out there for anyone in need.

Zoeylynn, hopes this info. can help the leg problems and just remember that the S.S., and tried and proven IME Dr's are all very corrupt!
Doomed, Hope it's getting better for you!
Samsonite, so disturbed that after all you've waited for was more waiting. So sorry, hang-in there!
Tricomb, this yteek, sounds like a hurtful idiot that only likes to pick on someone, so they think it will make makes themselves feel better. Hope someone can find a good home for him/her someday soon.

Hope everyone's done the best they can for the pain today!!! That's all we can do!

 

[Doomed2pain]

Im sorry i argued i just didn't like seeing a friend being singled out and some quite hurtful comments being made. it want happen again

 

[Jktm]

New Regimen:

BuTrans 20µg/hr transdermal patch, 30 flexeril (which fucking sucks getting cut down from 90), 150mg lyrica BID, and I don't know if you'd say it's for pain, but 3mg clonazepam BID...

Finally got a fucking benzo script...I can take my days worth and still not really get high, but oh well, at least I don't have to deal with anxiety as much...no more panic attacks...had to go to urgent care, get a shot of ativan in my ass (and even though they prolly wouldn't have been able to hit a vein the way I was shaking, it would have been nice to get it IV with as shaken as I was lol; who wouldn't be thought after having 5 back-to-back attacks the night before causing them to pass out and then it starting again the next day lmao) and that still didn't even calm me down...wonder if it was just a really small dose since they really don't know how tolerant you are unless you've been Rx'ed them...

I do have a question, could anyone rank (in their opinion) muscle relaxers...I know Soma is gonna be most people's #1, but that's a C-IV and I'd rather not ask for that...feel free to throw in controlled muscle relaxers...I just know I prolly won't get that...

Gotta move my PM appt again too I keep smoking...

Got denied by SS for disability, however, I need to see quite a few more doctors...and hopefully whatever is causing this epididymitis is benign...I'm dreading my urologist appt.

 

[Jktm]

DooMmed, Ty, Yteek, tricomb, and others:

I just wanted to make it clear I deleted those posts. We need to keep this thread on topic, and any fighting, bickering, bitching, or squabbling will not be tolerated, even (and especially) by staff.
Take it to PM. If you would like to file some formal complaint, there is a process for that.

Just to be a smartass...

isn't this thread kinda reserved for bitching about life/supporting others while they bitch about life? lol

 

[illmantos]

LOL!^ Man I have been hurting really bad and the whole process of getting a appointment was tedious and long but I finally got one on monday.

 

[*samsonite*]

Hey guys! Had to buy a new wireless router so I've been MIA. Finally got my Soma so I'm back to my dream number of a 6! Hope you guys are doing ok. Evidently I missed some drama, huh? I read all of your posts that I missed and you guys for the support. I'm sorry you're in the same boat lady stardust.

As far as the Soma dilemma, Drs here avoid prescribing it too. I was basically grandfathered in. My pm doc is cool but the bitch nurse I just had an appt with would take it away too if it weren't for my cool Dr. She is so stupid that she actually argued with me saying that the formula for Opana hasn't changed so my GI issues couldn't be from that! Dumbass.

jktm, are you tapering bc you are going to run out early or are you trying to permanently lower your dosage? I have kratom stored to help if I have to taper again as well. Haven't tried it yet tho. As far as the order of muscle relaxers, everyone is different, but mine is: Soma,
methocarbamol, skelaxin, then flexeril. Valium is ok too but its hard to get it from Drs here.

Missed you guys! Have a less painful day!

 

[Coraline]

I ran out of soma a week a go. I have no I'll effects. I don't crave it. I don't miss it. I do notice a difference in my pain relief and that euphoria from taking it is gone. I have replaced it with Flexeril or skelaxin. I take maybe 1 a day in the mornings. Not every day.

I would take 2-3 Somas a day by breaking them in 1/2 and taking 1/2 at a time every 3-5 hrs or some times every 2 hrs while awake of course.

My question is; Is this normal? What are the wd from soma like? I could google it but I want answers from my OD friends.

 

[tricomb]

With the tiny amount of carisoprodol you were consuming, I would not be concerned with WD symptoms. If you were taking 2800mg like me, religiously and sometimes even more than that, then it's time to talk game-plans, but I don't think you'll have to worry about any withdrawal symptoms so long as you keep your daily dose under 1400mg.

Basically, if you take 1400mg (4x350mg) in ONE DOSE, and you're going about your day without it phasing you, without a nod, without that overwhelming euphoria, then, you're going to have withdrawal symptoms.

But you, Zoeylynn, you can get off on 175 (half a soma) so I don't think you'll have any WD symptoms whatsoever, it's when you're taking a lot, and frequently, that it's a problem.

Goodmorning all, I'm working on getting my pain managed to an acceptable number, I'm going to try my best to get down to 6 before lunch but that's so ambitious, I know...

 

[phenethylo J]

Yeah I too am currently in the middle of the SS Disability process. Since I had my first application denied, I've had two more spine surgeries and hired a disability attorney who, although taking 25%, has me feeling almost over confident that my appeal will be won. The sad thing is that the government is so far behind that they told me it could take a year to get a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge.

Combined with my litigation against the makers of the defective bone graft I received, and my whole future in terms of supporting myself are tied up in some form of legal mumbo jumbo.

Other than that, I find myself having a tough time doing some simple pool exercise I learned a few surgeries back, as the pain gets much worse each time I've been in the pool the last 2 weeks.

I wish you luck and hope it works out. I recently got on SS disability after a long battle. It was so fucking stressfully being without insurance when you have multiple chronic health issues. I had lost mine when I had to quit college due to my health issues because I had a student plan.

 

[brighton]

I have had a good few days finally. Yay for TENS ! I think Im in love! So great that I can use every day, and the doctors can't call me a drug seeker for using it ! Plus Im getting my opiate tolerance down - I got nauseous from 10mg of oxy!

I still feel a bit off, somewhat traumatized by the last month of pain. How is everyone else?

 

[tricomb]

hydrotherapy helping. how are you doing brighton? How long does the ultrasound work for?

 

[Coraline]

I love hydrotherapy I went swimming yesterday and while in the water I didn't notice any real pain. It also gave me a sort of "after glow" feel so relaxed today.

I also mowed the grass today. I noticed the clouds rolling in and checked the weather. I was like oh no! I dropped everything and started mowing. It rained on me hard in the middle of it. So if you don't see me on here for a few days I'm probably ill from it

Have you ever noticed that you can swim in a pool ocean or lake and not get sick but if you get rained on you get sick almost every time?

 

[brighton]

hydrotherapy helping. how are you doing brighton? How long does the ultrasound work for?

Cool, Im alright, it lovely to not being crying all the time from pain, a bit exhausted really. The ultrasound lasts about 4 or 5 days. The first 2 or 3 days are amazing, after my physio worked out the right dose I can go from an 8 to a 4 (or sometimes even lower!)