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Anyone else has been diagnosed with central sensitization syndrome?
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I had a bad reaction to Tramadol. Maybe I could try a different manufacturer. Sometimes it is the fillers I react to. Also reacted to gabapentin. I can take Baclofen but start reacting if I take too much too often (I tried that for the neuralgias). Klonopin helps with muscle spasms. I can't take a lot of meds or have to lower dose due to kidney disease. Flurbiprofen helps but is bad for kidneys. Tizanidine isn't great for kidneys. The other meds that I do take (Baclofen, Klonopin) can back up with kidney disease so I take 1/4 dose. Topicals like Ben Gay and BioFreeze help with some things.
It sounds like Tizanidine and Tramadol help you- and I hope they help you enough! Have you ever tried a tricyclic antidepressant? It is on a lot of pain mgmt. charts.
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I truly feel for you. To date, my kidneys and liver have been great. I did have some GI bleeding two years ago, but that has been controlled with yet, another pill. I could write a book on how deeply I despise pills. I have not tried the antidepressant route because of the real side affects. Ever other drug has been tried and failed. Nerve pain is REAL, and any doctor that says pain is not a disease is an idiot. Here is where my world opened up. This is a Ted Talk that makes sense in simple terms. This allowed me to have a clear and honest conversation with my pain management team. Knowing is powerful. To learn that this pain is being triggered by a faulty brain switch, is maddening. https://www.npr.org/2017/02/10/514142569/is-pain-a-symptom-or-a-disease