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Originally Posted by BellaLea
Thanks for the help. I'm on a large dose of Fentanyl patches for chronic pain and I think I may have to take a lesser dose. I got up to 900mg and started having balance prob and dizziness, as well as vision problems which is causing me to miss work, so guess I need to taper up slower.
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Hi Bella,
I take gabapentin (Neurontin) 300mg-2 capsules 3 x day, so that is 1800mg a day. I space mine out. 2 in the morning, 2 in the afternoon and 2 before I go to bed for nerve pain. And I take Baclofen 1-2 every 8 hours for muscle spasms. I also take Ultram (tramadol) 2 every 6 hours for pain.
I recently found out that not only do I have RRMS, I also have a degenerating spine from the neck to the sacrum. And I might have to have surgery on my back for crowding of nerves in the S4,S5 and S1 area.
I am seeing a neurosurgeon on Nov 4th to see what we want to do. It is affecting my left leg pretty bad and I have issues with my going to the bathroom.
I asked my MS Neuro if this was my problem all along and its not MS.
He said he wished he could tell me no, but not, the lesions are associated with MS.
So now I have to see where I go from here.
Ahhh, just another day in paradise lol
