hello all, The best sleep aid I have tried is AMBIEN CR 12.5. It works great. My wife says it makes me snore, but as everyone should now by now, the ONLY time I am not in pain is when I am sleeping...
Hi, I was taking Opana er and ir. It worked good on the pain but started to make me dizzy after a week or two and kind of nausus (wrong spelling). I'm sure its different with everyone though. Good...
Suzie, Are you talking about the pill form of dillaudid or the liquid form for a pain pump? Mike...
Thank You Everone Hear At H.W. I Know Palady Was asking about the cost of the treatments,They ae between $150.00 to $200.00 per session.Also the sessions last between 1-1/2 hours to 2 hours. The...
Thanks Susie, I leave April 5th and return May 5th. I cant tell you how great I would feel telling everyone that it worked wounderfull. Thanks for the support. Hope Everyone Has A Pain Free Day, Kind...
Palady, That is definatly one of the things they say it does, amoung many other things as well. There are quite a few oxygen places around these days, but I have been talking to Dr Spegeil in Tampa...
Hello everyone at H.W., Has any one ever heard or tried Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy? Their has been alot of talk about it within the last year or so. Some things are FDA approved and covered by...
Thanks Susie, I will do that, I'm sure I can get alot of info doing this than you repeating yorself probably 100 times........ Have you heard of ketemine coma's??? or hyperbaric oxygen tanks???? How...
Hello H.W., Hope everyone is doing the best for pain free time, Anyway my doctors are kind of interested in giong with a pain pump for me again as well. I have had at least 15 surgerys and procedures...
Peat'sTrip, AWSOME!!!!!!! Hope you and your wife and sons will have a great holiday being home, even just for a little bit. Tell them to, Have A Beer On Me!!!!!!! Tell them we appreciate everything...
Hi Pam, How long have you been taking methadone? I have been taking it for about 4 weeks now, but obviosly lower mg's. I'm not sure about the med. Itake dillaudid as well and I think it might be the...
I take Ambien CR. It works great. I dont ever think I am going to get in 10-12 hours sleep with my rsd burning and stabbing me all night, but it is definatly better than not taking it at all, thats...
Palady, what kind of medication?? /community/emoticons/idea.gif ...
Yes she said it was! I forget the exact words she used, but I just wanted to see if any one else has them. Very smart Palady!!!!...
Hello, I take 60mg at night and then 30mg in the morning. Total is 90mg. I have taken 2 60's for a while,but when my insurance questioned it we just went to 90 instead of 120mg. For me it's one of...
Does anyone have full body spasms?? I have back spasms and leg spasms from all the diferent procedures I have had done, but this is not like them. This shakes your whole body for a second or two and...
HI straydog, Incredable post!!!! These are rhe kind of things that have so much importance to anyone(which is alot i believe) that has been staring at the cieling all night contemplating the pumps...
Glad to hear the shots are giving you some relief! it for tonight but If anyone has questions about[b] procedures and operations,Pysical Therapy or anything else on CRPS I would be glad to share the...
Hi Straydog, Its great to here someone that has a good resolvment from ungodly amounts of injuries. Sounds like you can have a little taste of freedom when shopping and doing the things that you have...
Pamalaneckpain, I remember you saying you took methadone. What dose are you on, now that it's been a while. (sorry if it is too personal) Also do they approve medical marijuana in LA?...
Hello BlizzardLizzard, Yes the ketemine infusions where the new hot thing at the Beth Isreal Boston. Might still be, I was only the second person they ever tried it on. Like I said they take like...
Hello Skeye, I have been taking dillaudid 4mg for about 2 years now. Usually around 8 per day. I tried every med under the sun and so many are not cracked up to be the savor I have heard before I...
Hello H.W., Thanks for the reply BL , I live in Boston MA, and was going to the Beth Isreal Decones Medical Center. They have a pain management ward there that is very popular in this area. That is...
Hi Guys, Thanks Pamala and suzie I really appreciate your help and support. Man, at this point I have had soooo many surgeries and am scared to death of them now. I used to not loose a blink of...
Hello H.W. Thank You Shannon,pamela and tina for the eperiences.I have Complex Pegional Pain Syndrom(CRPS), its a nerve disease that is at this point uncurable. All this condition does is cause...
Most of the time it is a year, but you just have to make sure your not refilling early cause the insurance company picks up on that and they wont fill until the last script is done according to the...
Has anyone had sucsess with methodone? And if so how does it start, like do you increase gradually, or do you just start right away? Also do you get breakthru meds as well? I have tried everything...
Hi Guys, I guess it's the same old deal, East coast is so lame and slow to get with it. I remember the stress and my anxiety just floated away, could actually have the patience to listen to some good...
Hi Jen, Your post reads running out of meds AGAIN, If this is true, then that is probably why you are having a problem. I have never been reschedualed without being seen by a covering doctor or been...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif ello H.W. Hello Smokie, I have had CRPS going on 4 years now, and unfortunatly I have the absolute unbearable pain kind......... I just whant to say I have never heard...
Thanks Raven67, I went as far as telling my pain mngmt about it,they all agree, but the problem is its still illegal and it will come out in the urine tests. Although they all do agree that it does...
jj from canada, whats up with the medical marijuana? Is that only in canada? I have quit for some time now, and of all the time its starting to really get the best of me!!!!! I wish i could just...
/community/emoticons/shocked.gif ello H.w. Allong with the agony of Cronic Pain is the confusion,forgfetfulness,inability to finish little progects,(in the time you said).Also for me, anyway what is...
Thanks Pam, Chronic pain is so difficult to deal with, it's nice to know we can read,listen and learn from everyone here at healing well. Sometimes we even might find comfort and understanding, just...
Hello H.W., Most of the time there is reason for a doctor to stop a patient so abruptly with pain meds. Two years ago I had a spinal cord stimulator put in my back, the pain was horrible and I ended...
Sorry to hear that. Thats just a suck all the way around. Dont have too many connections upstairs, but I will Try to help out! God Bless /community/emoticons/mad.gif ...
Steelchick, How do they respond If the thc inside pot is illegal. I understand people smoking because it takes the anxiety away for some. But I know at my pain clinic if you smoke when you first...
[color=#800080> open my eyes he jumps with excitement and is ready to go!!!!! [img]/community/emoticons/turn.gif [color=#800080> my pain at an 8or9 and give me some meds!!!!!!! thing....
4 weeks old and so far, have been living in our closet.They are making thier way into the hallway a litle bit but not much. gone! [img]/community/emoticons/cry.gif [color=#008000> [color=#008000>...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif That is a great post! I cant remember many of them, but this one will stick in my mind for ever. I have a hardshell cover of it and its name is "The Giving Tree" by...
My Goodness, I did'nt realize so many people had the pain punps in. I know there was alot of chat about them and so forth but I guess i dont Check in enough, because It seems like everyone has went...
Hi Straydog, sorry I took so much time to get to your question. I've been out of the detox ctr for about a little over a year. While I was in there I recieved no meds that I was taking before I went...
Thamks H. W. with allyour great or interesting(more like it)Stories. When it was all said and done about the withdrawrals we met him for more conseltations and just expresse It was one of th...
excellent replies from everyone I thank you. After hearing all of them I think I'm going to stick with my dilaudid for a little while longer and see where that brings me along with P.T Pamela, Iwould...
Just Wanted To Say Thanks To mrsm123 andmomto6boys for thier replies. It seems like this med has the same type of life as some of the other long term meds. By increasing slowly and trying to get off...
After trying every long acting pain med, which ALL made me sick, dizzy and felt like puking. My doctor had mentioned that this drug methodone takes 6-7 weeks to get into your system, and the same 6-7...
Excellent stuff everybody. Thats the kind of info I was looking for. I know in my past I have tried everything thier is and alot of them worked well, but within a day or two I was puking my guts up...
Thanks d2parrotperson I appreciate the story. Good luck!! I cant believe nobody else wants to chime in on this lyrica. I read stuff about it almost every day???????????...
In the past I have read different people talk about lyrica and there sucsess stories and thier failures. Some people claim that it is an excellent drug that is working incredable for me. Some other...
Hi Shannon, Ya I did to get sick off of opana and oxcycntns too so they cant be an option. The ketemine is wierd, at first the infusion took five and a half hours and wasnt too bad, but I wanted to...