Posted 8/20/2017 5:00 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, Jennie I know it's really hard to accept to be on a lot MG of all these medications but let me tell you what you can do to be off a little bit. I, my self, when I did not get a satisfactory result from Neurologist, I stopped to see them, and I went straightforward to the pain clinic, and that is my suggestion is to you, go and continue with the pain clinic. And the other suggestion is, after 21 years with severe pain and two stupid brain surgery, I found out, when the Doctor put me on Medication, I try , that do not take all MG that they told me to take, my meaning is,I will pick up the script from the pharmacy, but for taking, I take little by little, until I notice how much I exactly, needed. Sometimes, for example, for ur situation as it is now, you are on Carbamazepine 200 mg, I do not remember how many times you should take, please fresh my memory, I think it was twice, 200 mg, all over 400 mg, and with Gabapentin 300MG. You take, based on how much you think enough to control your pain. and I do not know how to describe better than this. My mean is you do not need to take 400 mg Carbamazepine with 300 G... that make you at the first place that you are not yourself, as you explain it. divide your medication. this is the best explanation. If you think you need to take all to control ur pain is something, but sometimes, if you have a little bit pain, with less than all these MG, and you can be tolerated, try to take less with some tolerating. I live like this with tolerating, I always have pain, I mean, you can not touch my face, it always has burning and sharp pain, sometimes when my hair even touches my face I jumped but I am taking less with tolerating.Sometimes when I have to visit my doctor and I complain, he says, "I can give you, for example, SYMBALTA", I SAY NO. I DO NOT WANT. I TOLERATED, I AM NOT SAYING I AM NOT ON MEDICATION, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THIS PAIN THAT I HAVE IS KILLING ME. I AM ON 800 MG Lyrica, THAT'S HIGH THOSE, I CAN GO HIGHER BUT I DO NOT WANT IF I GO HIGHER I can not do anything just sleep, and with 80 mg Baclofen, he gave me Ultram on highest those 200 mg, but I do not take Ultram, just once in a while when the pain is too much, I just take 25 mg, just once for one time, that's it. Listen, is hard, is really hard to be this way, but I tried over and over, I play with medication, I take one time this another time that until I found out what is best for my body during 21 years. I mean I did not try it and I did not get it in a just one week, I've got during all these years. I hope this helping you.
and finally, your answer is, yes, I was this way that you are right now at the first place, finally, I saw, I know my body better than any one I DID the best for my self.