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Can stress trigger shingles? How to treat?
Skin Health | Last Active: Dec 1 8:56am | Replies (21)Comment receiving replies
I am so sorry for you. I would not wish shingles pain on my worst enemy. I am still dealing with postherpetic neuralgia 8 months after having shingles. At times, the shooting pains stop me in my tracks. The itching can also be extreme. At the beginning, I put calamine lotion on the blisters/scabs multiple times a day to dry them up. Then I started using coconut oil because as they dried, they got itchier. It was a vicious circle. Ibuprofen helped some. I tried Gabapentin unsuccessfully (nasty side effects) and had a little more success with Lyrica. I wish I could say time heals all wounds, but my neurologist said it’s possible the pain will never go away because of my age (73). I’m trying alpha lipoic acid supplements at his suggestion and may or may not notice some difference. I hope you have better success than I have had. I truly wish you well.
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Ramona, are you feeling better now? You wrote in November, and I am wondering if the shingle pain is gone!
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Im sorry you have been going through this as well...you wouldn't think at our age this could happen..I'm turning 69 next month and this has been the worse journey of my life it seems ..even my sciatica didn't last this long . I too have been using alpha lipoic acid for the pain but very little relief .I'm not crazy about gabapentin either but I also have fibromyalgia so this is the only thing my doctor offered for it at this point. Taking Tylenol and ibuprofen doesn't help but a bit and I'm not a person who likes to rely on meds either. When you and I were younger there were no vaccines for chicken pox so that leaves us open to many childhood disease affects...it is sad we have to deal with these issues at our age..I pray you get relief soon as I'm praying for us all myself included...🙏🙏healing for us both take care my dear