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Originally Posted by Mere
Please, if you are thinking about suicide, you need to have immediate care... Go to a hospital immediately if you are considering suicide.
I also have fibromyalgia, arthritis and SFN. It is an extremely hard road... But you already know that. I am under the care of several doctors. For pain, I am prescribed vicoden (up to 4/day), morphine slow release (for during the night), Savella and Humira and low-dose prednisone for the arthritis. I was taking neurontin also but cannot tolerate the high dosage required to tame the SFN pain. So, I will probably try another neuroleptic and hope that I can tolerate it.
Nerve pain usually responds better to a drug like neurontin or Lyrica better than it does to the narcotics. Having said that, everyone is different in the amount or type of pain that they have and different medications work differently for each person. It is a tailor-made recipe - what combination of medications work for you, most effectively.
Please don't consider suicide. I know, I have felt very low before because of ongoing pain. I have been ill for 17 years and can no longer work - and many others on this Board have the same story. Having chronic pain can really do a number on your head and make you feel desperate. That is why you have to take charge and find someone to help you...Sounds like you are trying to help yourself with diet and exercise... that's good.
Remember, you have the right to be treated with respect and dignity. You never asked to be sick.
I would recommend that you get help ASAP. What are your options?
Mere
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Thank you so much for your concern. Right now my only option is to change Doctors which I am going to do. But, my concern is that all these Doctors are County Doctors and they just seem to not care. I just want one of them to refer me to a specialist and to give me the combination of meds that I need. Right now I hurt so bad and my poor husband tries so hard but he just doesn't understand.
I am so depressed. I know that eventually I will get it resolved but how can a Doctor be that way and treat people so badly? It's awful!
I just want to be able to do some everyday things. I can't do anything. I either hurt or I am dizzy or tired or sleepy. I know some of that is from being depressed but my Dr would not even give me anything for that. He said that I needed to get over it and that a lot of people live with it and I can to.
I went to the ER once and all they did was tell me to go home and take a hot shower and follow up with my Dr. I explained about my Dr and I could tell by his face that he thought I was there for drugs.
People has mis-used these medications so bad that honest people are looked at as criminals. It's awful!
Anyway, thank you for your concern and I am sure that I will get it straightened out at some point but I need something now because I hurt so bad.
The other day my hip and leg hurt so bad that I could not even walk or sit. That was the day I went to the ER. My husband was terrified. So was I.
I have to use a cane sometimes. My worse time is at night and in the mornings. I am not sleeping good, I am depressed and I hurt. I just want a Dr that is going to save me.
Geez, I am really long winded today. Thank you for the hug, I needed it and HUGS back.
