Pain control…

Anonymous
March 3, 2007 at 12:07 am

I think first & foremost is to try to do anything you can to get this pain under control. But it certainly sounds like you have tried. The first few years my feet were so painful, especially after 3:00, that I would cry & ask my husband to amputate them, I’m not joking. I was on 3600 mg of neurontin then. I would also get chest, shoulder & upper arm pain that only vicadin would touch.

After 3 years I was down to 1800 mg of gabapentin a day & that cuts most of my foot pain. I also get the muscle pain once in awhile & will either take 3 Advil if it is during the day, or 1/2 a vicadin at night to alleviate it. I have lower back pain that I have just learned to live with. But I used to beat myself up if I took any vicidin, but not anymore, life is too short to be in severe pain all of the time. I hope you find what works for you…