Originally Posted by stressedout

I am so frustrated and physically and mentally drained. I had 6 nerve blocks done that took about 75% of the pain away....for a wk and a half. The pain has returned and the burning, pins and needles is even worse. I feel like my arm is on fire and it hurts at the same time.I got 2 hours of sleep Tues night. The dr won't/can't see me till next Thursday. He had given me Tramadol (Ultram) back in April but that doesn't even touch the pain. Nothing else, Dr says this is very mild...not to me. I can't do this anymore. I tried melatonin last night to sleep and I am not sure if that worked or if I was just so exhausted but I actually got 4 1/2 hours of sleep. After the nerve blocks I was feeling so optimistic, they were planning an FCE to see if and what kind of work I could go back to. Now I am back to square one. I push through therapy because I don't want to go backwards anymore and I think wc is going to cut that off (last approved day is this Thursday). I am allergic to aspirin so am hesitant to try alot of the over the counter meds but is there something that may wk?? I need relief. Moist heat helps too, I found 2 moist heating pads in the store yesterday and wrapped my arm up in them last nite too. I feel like the Dr doesn't believe me. I am ot crazy...yet. I have seen a lawyer, he is requesting a second opinion and counseling but I need help now.