Hi, Just checking in to check the date since I have been off the Vicodin! Almost 3 full weeks and I am starting to finally feel a bit more like my old self. Still controlling the pain by just getting...
You bring up a good point, I did ask for a longer acting drug. But at the same time I wanted something I felt like I could control by taking as needed. I have not miraculously healed although I did...
...ok it was short lived. Tomorrows another day. s....
You all right ! Exercise helps a bit,, I managed 20 minutes on the elliptical and then got a load of dishes done :) more than I have done in 2 weeks !! The foot is flaring up a bit but so far so...
You guys are great! I do think I need a new PM doc there are so few in this area. I think I am over the worse of the physical symptoms...now its just mental. And Lexi, I agree, the pain screws me up...
No it has not been resolved. It never will be. I just hate them, I hate that I am not myself. I hate that I look at things incorrectly when I am on them. I am a professional business woman and I cant...
got the VitaCoCo - not bad.....at least not horrible :)...
I had intended to go to the doc originally, but my insurance is such that I jst didn't want to waste a visit. What can go wrong at this point? I am working my way through all symptoms,,,was starting...
Thanks, I was hoping that was what you would say. I have one near the office, I will go find it tomorrow ! Thank you ! Su...
Where do you get VitaCoCo? I don't think I have ever saw that....
Well, I am feeling a bit better, I don't really feel like I am being rolled over any more, still some symptoms like running nose and eyes and confusion. Mostly now just absolutley no drive. AND...
Thanks again, all of you have offered great information. Which is why I come here when I am having trouble. :) Su...
Thanks so much everyone, you have given me a lot to think about and a bit of direction. Grateful, Su...
Well, its about half in half Id say, half nerve pain (sometimes more depending on circumstances) and half just due severe muscle and soft tissue damage from the injury. Probably much like chronic...
Thanks! I will start a B vitamin. No I didn't contact my doc. His answer Im sure would have been Methadone and I just didn't want to go there. I was approved fro a SCS but don't know if I wan to go...
Thanks for chiming in....I don't know what is tapering proper, I just reduced by as much as I could as fast as I could and did not go back up. When I hit my first 0 day I felt as though Id been...
Hi, been a long time since I have been on. I have been on prescribed Vicodin 10 for 6 years...ranging from 4 - to 8 half doses per day I decided a couple weeks ago I had enough and started tapering....
Thanks so much for all the info! I was asked if i took any controlled substances, and they said when the lab was finished I would be contacted in order to fax the valid info from the pharmacy. Thanks...
Well I have never really had a job working for anyone other than myself, so i just dont know the protacol. I dont know how not only this company but any company handles such matters. This is why I...
Hello all, Happy Halloween ! I have been on Narcotic Pain reliever for several years, and have worked inside the family business so I have never experienced a drug test or even an interview. I have...
Hi, can you get in the water? Water jogging or walking is very theraputic. I have nerve damage and it when i go often I am able to reduce the amount of pan meds I take. Hang in there ! Su...
Sandi, thank you so much for your input. All of your info is great but one thing you said really caught my attn. You said you had CRPS - id it better? or are your symptoms improved? Thanks a bunch !...
Yes, I have tried most drugs. I just do not tolerate very much. I have been reducing my pain meds to half this week so the withdrawl feeling i have been getting is gone and I am holding up oK for...
....this is exactly what I am talking about....I have withdrawed from my current meds so many times and it sucks...early on I kept stopping it, convinced I was better, only to find out i was not...
Hi I was tried on Nerontin and Lyrica and could not tollerate it. I just did today get a new topical I am trying that was made for me containing 3 drugs. I am going to continue to reduce the Vicodin...
Thank you ! I shall speak with my doc about the stimulator again. I realize the difference between Methadone and the street drug, I just kind of feel like my doc made a huge jump from Vicodin 10 - 4...
Yes, that is my diagnosis. It is directly caused by the crush injury to 5 years ago and other than some mirroring to my left foot and pain in my right ankle leg and hip, it has not spread to other...
Hello all, thanks so much for the feedback. I have decided to not take it. I have also decided to try cut the amount of Vicodin I take in half. Today was my first day to 1/2 it and I am feelin...
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Please do not forget to investigate what you are eating. Many preservatives and additives are often a culprit. Especially MSG (otherwise known as monsodium glutamate) found in sausage, salami's...
:nono: I too avoid things that cause me great pain, which is almost everything, however, when duties that much be done come into play as they always do. I rest up a bit prior to, get through it, come...
Mine,, cause I think I have really been dealt a bad hand. PieceOfCRPS wat a piece !! A stupid kid hit me, no body will want to take reaponsibility,, and in the end I am sure everyone one...
Hi Skeeter, I feel for ya, I too have nerve pain that brings me to tears, constant burning aching, relentless pain aggravated by everything and relieved by nothing. Mine is only in my foot and up my...
I am sorry I have no knowledge of that med, but I had to respond with a question. Why do we all fear telling our pain doc's that we need something better? because we think they are going to think us...
Once nerves are damaged, and there is no chance of them getting better, do they get worse, or is my increase in pain just all in my mind. My pain doc has made it perfectly clear that his job is not...
Tom, you are right it is true. In true reference to your post, though I dont spend a lot of time waiting at the docs office,, I do see the folks lined up out the door pacing around waiting for their...
I guess I am lucky my PM doc doesnt keep me waiting too awefull long and they always have my scrip ready when i walk out the door as he is typing it in when we are talking and so i just have to walk...
denial -- it works for me. /community/emoticons/yeah.gif Su...
Thats awesome. I think way to many doctors diagose firbro cause they cant figure out what is really wrong. I'd be willing to bet you may be able to lose that one....
watch you emotional status. that stuff makes a lot of folks over moody. good luck...
Thanks Mike, My docs have at least warned me against any kind of corrective surgery. I am relying instead on correstive orthotics to put my foot in a better position as it doesnt lay right anymore. I...
Mike, one more thing, I just have to know. My docs said my symptoms will not get any worse. But they also told me the ECT was painless !! Has your symptoms worsend any since your diagnosis? Please be...
wow, i am unwilling to take, but i do take against my will. I have to or I would never get up. But because I dont want to be addicted I reserve the very mild pain pill that I do take (darvacet) which...
Hi , i have crps type II, which is similar or the same. Mine is caused from an injury so my diagnosis is based on the severe nerve damage from the injury but my syptoms are the same. Where should I...
Anyone have pain from nerve damage due to an injury of an extremity. I am interested in hearing what relieves and worsens your symptoms. Su...
I was on 8 - 10 or more per 24 hours 2 at a time altternated with advil every 2 hours to ease the pain of a serious crush injury. I was on them over 45 days. I could feel myself getting addicted when...
Wow, that is awesome. Good for you for not settling on what the idiot docs told you! Unfortunatly, there are so many of them that just dont listen to their patients. If you condition doesnt improve...
In my case, I have learned that I can take a hellofalot. After my injury, I held on to the recovery time told me by my orthopedic doctors, even after my diagnosis of CRPS by the neurologist. I guess...
for me, not yet. but some day. Good luck to you Mel in whatever you decide. Su...