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Originally Posted by painman2009
I wanted to say thank you all for the reach out.. I have been to see two pain management shrinks.. and believe it or not they say I am mentally sound. and there is nothing they see that they can help with. If they really looked they would know Im frickn NUTS. but sanity is really for the crazy people.
I wish I could say Im out of my funk. but I will not insult you all or myself to lie. Im not. ! Im very angry!!! frustrated and I feel trapped. which is very bad for some one like me..I always had anger in me just learned control over it. unfortunately control over showing most of my emotions as well.I did see pain management today and he is taking me off amytryptiline (elavil) and putting me on trazadone...I haven't learned about this drug yet but he said it should still help with some pain but it is changed in hopes to get me some sleep. and he is upping the lyrics. with isn't doing anything for me now. I don't know what upping it will do but gotta try right.. the stress is comp. comp. comp. deny this pay for part of that no more this hearing for that. IME for this . its nerve wracking, confusing, and I lose my positioning. I need a personal gps now.
..I appreciate the words of advice.. its all familiar to me.. lol ohh Ive given that advice before lol..... proof that its easier to show the path than follow it.. so to all that get lost it common amongst us all. Sorry I have to laugh at myself. not the situation. again thank you for your support and helping me find my perspective again.. this is why I call this site my life saver. be well all
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Do I understand correctly; you are only on trazadone and Lyrica for all this pain????
Some years ago, because elavil made me groggy in the a.m., the doctor I was seeing for pain, at that time, put me on trazadone.(trazadone does not make you as groggy in the a.m.) My primary care doctor had given me some blood work and was concerned about my low white blood cell count. I read up side effects of trazadone and one of them was "low white blood cell count". I asked my primary doctor not to do testing and I would ask the pain doctor to discontinue the trazadone and put me back on Elavil. My blood cell count returned to normal. Also another side effect that had worsened for me since being on that med, was additional agitation, irritability, anxiety, hostibility, etc. I know all meds have side effects; but these were too much for me to ignore.
I have since had additional surgery spine, peripheral neuropathy. Much cronic pain and am going to a different Pain management. I do not like taking the narcotics; but without them, I would not get thru each day. They do not remove all the pain; but at least can have some sort of life. When in severe chronic pain, you are not addicted; but dependent on them to control the pain.
For sleep, I now use Ambien CR. I at least get 6 hrs. of sleep with no pain. The regular Ambien did not work long enough and had to go up to the Ambien CR to get a good 6 hrs. sleep.
Lyrica worsened my pain. Many on Neuro Talk have had their Lyrica discontinued because of insufficient help with their pain and in many instances, as in mine, increasing the pain.
I sure hope you are getting better Pain management than just these two meds which are not sufficient for the pain you describe. Proper Pain Management can at least make your life more bearable. You will not be able to do the things you did in the past; but at least lead a life with less pain, thereby making you a better person to be around.
So sorry about all this going on with the attorney, insurance problems.
(Gerry)