[MorganPat Disanza]

My name is Pat I use Morgan Pat in memory of my dog and best friend who died 18 months ago. I don't know much about belonging yo a support group so be patient with me. I have had this perif neuropathy now for over 12 years now. At first it hit me by surprise and could not hardly walk or drive. I did finally find a pain Doctor that would give me something for the pain. I think I have tried every pill there is and nothing works like the Ambian. Since I only get the 30 pill ea month I cant waste them. But what got me is when I saw that most of you clam that the Ambian helps with your pain too. I'll usually that a half of a 10mg and that will really help me out until I take one at bed time. I really would like to discuss this with you guys and find out what you do to stay sain. Because I sometimes feel I'll lose my mind if I don't get my prescription. I'm really tuff on pain but it seems to be getting worst as time goes on and I'm not feeling so tuff these days. Anyway, looking forward to get to know all of you. Hope your all feeling better now!!

[Lara]

Hello Pat,

Welcome to the NeuroTalk Support Groups.

I'm sorry for the reasons that bring you here, but I'm sure you will find information and support.
I'll leave the links below to a couple of the forums that you may find helpful.

Peripheral Neuropathy Forum

PN Tips, Resources, Supplements & Other Treatments SubForum

[zkrp01]

Originally Posted by MorganPat Disanza

My name is Pat I use Morgan Pat in memory of my dog and best friend who died 18 months ago. I don't know much about belonging yo a support group so be patient with me. I have had this perif neuropathy now for over 12 years now. At first it hit me by surprise and could not hardly walk or drive. I did finally find a pain Doctor that would give me something for the pain. I think I have tried every pill there is and nothing works like the Ambian. Since I only get the 30 pill ea month I cant waste them. But what got me is when I saw that most of you clam that the Ambian helps with your pain too. I'll usually that a half of a 10mg and that will really help me out until I take one at bed time. I really would like to discuss this with you guys and find out what you do to stay sain. Because I sometimes feel I'll lose my mind if I don't get my prescription. I'm really tuff on pain but it seems to be getting worst as time goes on and I'm not feeling so tuff these days. Anyway, looking forward to get to know all of you. Hope your all feeling better now!!

I don't think I could take Ambien in the daytime. Sometimes I barely made it to the bed before I was asleep. My pain meds covered me until about 6 or 7 pm and by bedtime, I was twisting in the wind with pain. Yes there is a definite relationship involved. After two and a half years I have been off Ambien for 4 or 5 months. If you decide you want to quit Ambien, be ready to have disrupted sleep pattern. I also would get anxious if I was down to the last pill and looking at a long weekend where pharmacy was closed. At first I was sleeping around 4 hrs a night interrupted. Now I am getting six or seven hrs interrupted. I am slowly returning to decent sleep. I reserve the right to start back up on pain meds and or Ambien any time I feel that they would improve quality of life. If the daytime Ambien is a dangerous thing for you(sleepy while driving) you might need to get regular pain meds. Good Luck and Happy New Year. Ken in Texas.P.S. Come join us in the Periferal Neuropathy forum.

[MorganPat Disanza]

Nice to here back from you, Ken. If I take a half of an Ambian during the day, I'll wait till about 3:00 or 4:00pm. I never take it and then drive my car. I have tried all kinds of pain medication throughout the years and nothing seems to help. I only take the Ambian as a last resource. Believe me I don't want to be taking pain medication that I might get addicted to that doesn't even relieve the slightest bit of pain. I'm no scientist but I keep thinking that there is something in the Ambian that relieves our pain and why can't they make a pill that contains that but not make you sleepy. I don't know it's just that after 20 years of this I just would like some relief. I'm not complaining cause I know their are people out there that are in way worst condition then me and I am thankful for what I have but I do think that maybe it could help out a lot of people with other kinds of nerve pain. Well thanks again for you reply and hope to hear from you again and anyone else that reads this. Hope you have a really Happy Holiday's.


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[MorganPat Disanza]

P.S. How do I find the Periferal Neuropathy forum. I'm new at this and I get kind of lost trying to find different sites.


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[Lara]

I'll leave the links below to a couple of the forums that you may find helpful.

Peripheral Neuropathy Forum

PN Tips, Resources, Supplements & Other Treatments SubForum

Also, here is the information from the FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
regarding subscriptions. That may help you keep track of any threads that you post on.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/fa..._subscriptions

take care.

[MorganPat Disanza]

Thank you for the info. Hope to talk again soon


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[Diandra]

Hi Pat,
Welcome to the forums.
I am sorry about your dog....it is tough to lose our buddies.

Please talk to your pain doc about using something other than Ambien for pain. Ambien is prescribed for sleep and obviously that is why they only give you 30 a month. Have you tried a muscle relaxer like Soma or for neuropathy Neurontin or Lyrica or pain meds Hydrocodone.,I have been going to a pain mgmt doc for 11 years and he let me try all kinds of things until we found what worked best. I used to take Ambien a lot but with better pain control, I rarely use it.

Do pain medications not work at all for your pain or is it side effects that are the issue?

It does take a bit to learn your way around the forums but everyone was new once and we all have patience with each other and everyone is happy to help.
There are great moderators here and they are very helpful.

Welcome,
Diandra

[zkrp01]

Originally Posted by MorganPat Disanza

Nice to here back from you, Ken. If I take a half of an Ambian during the day, I'll wait till about 3:00 or 4:00pm. I never take it and then drive my car. I have tried all kinds of pain medication throughout the years and nothing seems to help. I only take the Ambian as a last resource. Believe me I don't want to be taking pain medication that I might get addicted to that doesn't even relieve the slightest bit of pain. I'm no scientist but I keep thinking that there is something in the Ambian that relieves our pain and why can't they make a pill that contains that but not make you sleepy. I don't know it's just that after 20 years of this I just would like some relief. I'm not complaining cause I know their are people out there that are in way worst condition then me and I am thankful for what I have but I do think that maybe it could help out a lot of people with other kinds of nerve pain. Well thanks again for you reply and hope to hear from you again and anyone else that reads this. Hope you have a really Happy Holiday's.


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I"m slow going back sometimes. If I am not mistaken, Ambien is in the opioid family. My day used to be covered by Hydrocodone for 12 hrs and then an Ambien for the night. I am now off the Hydro, it wasn't that tough to quit. The first 24 hrs was a little nail-biting kinda. I am also off the Ambien, it has proven to be a deeper relationship than the Hydro. The Hydro was the first med that actually gave relief to me. Gabapentin,a little,Tramadol, a little. There is pain relief out there if your pain is great enough to go to pain management. You have to have a pain Dr now to get the Hydro. My pain was driving me to depression so my PCP RX'd it before the laws changed in 2015. In summation, don't fear anything that will get you to another day, time is needed for healing and you can always quit pain meds later. Good Luck, Ken in Texas.

[MorganPat Disanza]

Hi Diandra,

Sorry I haven't responded sooner but this web site was hard for me to navigate the other day and then today it was easy. Anyway, thanks so much for responding to what I wrote it does make you feel better when you know someone understands how you feel. I have been going to this pain Doctor for over twenty years and she has tried all those medications and none seem to work. I take Cymbalta (spelling wrong) now but I'm still in lots of pain. I have other pain medications but they just don't cut it. I may try the Lyrica again because I know the Ambian is not a good idea for me. I was only asking if anyone else had the same results from Ambian. Because I just figured it was strange that when I took my Ambian at night that the pain, numbing and ice cold feeling in my feet seemed to almost go away. And a few months ago I took half of my 10mg Ambian at around 7:00pm and I was able to function, out of pain and was not even tired. I ordered some cream from the internet that swears it works on the pain within 45 seconds. I don't believe that of course, but maybe it will help a little. I'll let you know if this miracle cream works and what the name of it is when I get it.

Well got to go, you would not believe how many times I switched this email around. I'm always correcting myself. Hope I can find you again on this website. Thanks again for writing me.


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