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Originally Posted by mrsD
...so far I have avoided RX medications for my pain, except for a little tramadol on very bad days. I get by with Aleve and Tylenol. I use topical products often, with quite a bit of success.
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Wow.. I'm impressed. I wish I could do that. I am currently taking Tylenol with codeine #4 for pain and it barely helps for pain... I wouldn't get any relief from regular tylenol. Tramadol used to help me (for my back), but when I took it after surgery, it gave me migraines, so my doctor took me off of it. He said that until my body stops losing weight rapidly, he is going to keep me on a narcotic because the non-narcotics were giving me such horrible migraines (it wasn't just tramadol--there were two or three others as well). I tried topical products as well, but they irritated me so much that I couldn't use them--I have extremely sensitive skin. I can't wait until my pain eases up and I can go off of these strong pain medications.
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My name is Sarah and I am 25 years old. I have a lot of chronic health problems. Peripheral neuropathy and POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) keep me bedridden the majority of the time. I also struggle with degenerative disc disease, disc desiccation, spondylolisthesis, arthritis, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) with insulin resistance, allergies, sound sensitivities, and other health problems.