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Gluteal tendinopathy - endless pain - losing my mind
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@lynmen
Hi. Have not tried a TENS machine. Please let me know if it helps. Besides tylenol, some advil, gabapentin...I'm now on duloxetine. Also trying some oral CBG/CBD and some CBD salve. Pain a little less today, but hard to tell what's helping, and it never completely goes away. Totally get the depressed and tearful thing. I'm so sorry you're going through that. The duloxetine is supposed to help with depression as well as the pain. I hope so. And yes, feels like it will never go away. Totally ruins one's life, right? Waking up every day to another day of pain. It's pretty miserable.
Good luck, and let's stay in touch.
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@emarks
Hi, thanks for responding. Please let me know how you get on with duloxetine - I believe the side effects are pretty rough. I have always found Advil to be effective in the past and a painkiller I am able to tolerate, but it's not touching this pain. I also take a very low dose of pregabalin for a different problem so I'm going to increase that. My sister takes co-codamol and advil for chronic back pain - I don't know whether you have it in the States. It's 500 tylenol + codeine. It causes constipation! The TENS machine is a precursor to shockwave therapy. The idea is to desensitise the area first. I'll let you know if it gives any relief.