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Posted 11/6/2012 1:23 AM (GMT 0)
I have changed so many meds over the past few months and I think my body is still confused. I am finally off of the butrans because I was having a lot of side effects but I still cannot sleep. I am back on my normal dose of seroquel for sleep and still tossed and turned most of last night. I started the trileptal last night too which is supposed to also be sedating. I cannot live like this. It is making school and work so hard because I feel like a zombie. It obviously isn't helping my pain any to not be sleeping. I lost a lot of weight recently due to problems with my gastroparesis and I think that is affecting my sleep as well - I am having a lot more skeletal pain during the night and I think it is because I am too thin. Not really sure but I can no longer sleep on my stomach at all because it makes my low back hurt too much, even with a pillow under my feet. I cannot sleep on my side because it hurts my stomach - not sure what that's about as it is a relatively new problem. Thus I am mostly sleeping on my back but my back gets stiff after a few hours of being in the same position. I do not really know how to fix this but I am at the end of my rope. Pain levels are super high since stopping the butrans - I am back on opana for now and I am taking 2-3 a day. Before starting the butrans I took maybe 1-2 a day and some days went without it. Not that I was pain free but was able to get by. Not entirely sure why the pain is so much worse lately, maybe weather change? Maybe as a result of all the med changes and problems with sleep and appetite. All I know is I need to get my body under control!
Anyone have rebound pain after stopping butrans?
Posted 11/6/2012 2:08 AM (GMT 0)
You might need a extra layer of foam on top of your mattress. I've found that sleeping on top of 8 inches of memory foam has helped my joints a lot.

Can you take melintonin? It helps of your natural melintonin is low.
Posted 11/6/2012 2:09 AM (GMT 0)
that's a good idea. I will look into the memory foam. I can take melatonin but it doesn't keep me asleep. only lasts for a few hours. worth trying again though! I just need to sleep.

thanks for the advice Joy!
Posted 11/6/2012 3:18 AM (GMT 0)
I agree give the melatonin a try and maybe if you have a recliner try sleeping in that till your back into sleeping in bed, any way you can get sleep will do wonders, Memory foam can heat you up so maybe just a mattress padding that is soft, kohl's or bed bath and beyond to start your search...and you can look on-line at these places too...Hope you can get some restful sleep soon...keep us posted, we do care..
Posted 11/6/2012 3:57 AM (GMT 0)
I found my memory foam at walmart.

I bought a 6 inch combo topper. It is four inches of regular foam and two inches of memory foam. I use a mattress cover to cover it and my regular mattress. Next I placed a two inch memory foam pad with a mattress cover on top. I use the cotton t-shirt type sheets.

All of this combines to keep me cool on the memory foam and not get overheated.
Posted 11/7/2012 5:06 AM (GMT 0)
you are on a great med combo but if you do not have any neurotransmitters left or you have gland exhaustion maybe a month or two with l-glutamine, l-tryptotphan or 5HTP, l-tyrosine, and maybe dl-phenylalanine and some other gland,(endocrine)system nourishers such as the b vitamin complex and some herbs like rhodiola rosea. with the meds this may get you better but talk to your doc first. have a great evening, NICK
Posted 11/7/2012 5:07 AM (GMT 0)
thanks Nick. how do I get those? what do they do?
Posted 11/7/2012 12:40 PM (GMT 0)
You might also try a body pillow. It's the only way I can sleep. On my side, with the pillow between my knees, kind of a fetal position. The support from the pillow may help your stomach as well.

If you can't find a body pillow (they can be hard to find sometimes), do what I did when I was traveling by plane all the time. Instead of lugging one around and taking up all the room in a bag, I got a body pillow cover ($8 from Walmart, and a lot less room taken up in my luggage), and a couple of extra pillows from the hotel. Two pillows inside the body pillow cover work wonderfully. I still have that setup, and some nights, it works better for me.
Posted 11/8/2012 11:00 AM (GMT 0)
How are you doing? anything helping yet?
Hope you've found something to help!
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