Jon...I disagree with your Know Nothing assessment...and that certainly it's better than the opposite. You need to stop putting yourself down and discover that you do have something to give...that you DO know something. Now, that's my verbal lashing for now. Please continue to post. I'll let you know if/when I've determined that, indeed, you've earned the title "Know Nothing"!!!

V

Suzann..great post. Virginia..i cant believe you wake up with the burning too!! it sucks!!! the gabapentin has helped with that and my tremors but I really hate waking up burning!!!! I wonder why that happens.

Markneil...I will attempt to get an answer to our question about the night burning. Interestingly, at my last visit with my internist, she asked if my discomfort/burning occurred mostly at night...I could tell that she expected me to say "yes"...apparently, many of her patients have had this experience. It's just recently that I've been awakened with the burning...really quite painful...so, will see if the will urge me to take the Gabapentin. I am so bad about taking medications that I haven't even taken the Tramadol that she suggested I try if reluctant to take the Gabapentin. I will say, though, that I was very tempted to take the Tramadol when this burning occurred. I do not have a lot off burning during the day, thankfully...although, I'm not quite sure what my choice might be if I had one...burning during the day or at night. I'll see what she says abaout all this and will get back to you after I see her. I'll add this to my list of questions for discussion.

Have I mentioned, here, that I find sitting on ice seems to help with the pain and discomfort? However, today...one of the ice bags that I had been using leaked...never happened before. It just might be that I sat on it too long. It's a rather large one that seems filled with whatever it is they use in the bags. I probably should use a frozen bag of peas or something of that nature...believe it or not, I have done that when I didn't have an ice bag handy!!!

Take care...V

Do you still have constipation with Gralise? I am thinking of switching to it, but I had the same issue you did with Gabapentin...

Welcome JessRod.

I'm sorry you had the procedure of radioactive iodine to treat your mother's hyperthyroidism explained to you in such an inappropriate way. Yes, her thyroid would no longer function, that was the object of giving the radioactive iodine. I was practicing in hospitals in the early 60s and I never heard anyone told to never have children because of "deformities". Your mother did not stay radioactive after the treatment. And the short time she was, wouldn't cause any permanent problems. Someone sure did a bad job of informing you. I'm sorry it affected you and your family so much. Maybe your parents were just afraid to have another child and the treatment. If you don't like this, just erase it.

Hi Virginia, I started @ 300mg/d and did not feel any different, went to 900mg/d and still feel no different. I may have increased my appetite some and am starting to,maybe be a little more forgetful, but the pains are still controlled mostly with Hydrocodone-10-325. Good luck as it seems you can get a different story from everybody. Ken in Texas

Hi Upjo, I had a car accident and have lumbar pain, hip, knees, muscle wasting plus what I call PN pain. the burning, zapping, tenderness, etc in the knees down area. I feel that the knee and up pain is frome the accident and the knee down stuff is Neurapathy. He says it is all nerve pain and Yes, Opiates help w/ the knee and up pain. I take Hydrocodone 10-325 twice daily. Before I started doing this I could not stay still. I could not tolerate more than 30 miles in a car. I seperated the pains in my mind because they seem so unrelated. One is deep and crippling as the other seems more near the saurface of the body but just as maddening. The pain meds helped me but I needed a regimine for constipation control. After some real misery and help from this forum I settled on two Colase every time I take a pain pill plus Miralax at night. Wish you luck, Ken in Texas

Neurontin definitely helped my head and spine burning and pressure a lot. wen I don't take it the pain returns in a day. I am a big pessimist when it comes to pills, but this is the real deal for me.

bran injury caused all these darn problems, I don't know if the difference in cause of pain matters or not...

Does anyone know about real numbers with Lyrica?
Thank you.