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Effectively- post-neuropathy pain after shingles on your head
Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Jan 13 1:16pm | Replies (26)Comment receiving replies
@kathleenintexas My compound cream was ordered by an anesthesiologist/pain specialist. It's Gabapentin 6%, Lidocaine 5%, Amitriptyline 3%, Clonidine 0.2% I've used it for 10 years around my eye. The Lidocaine numbs the area. At bedtime I take Trazodone for sleep and Hydroxyzine for itching. I keep frozen gel compresses in my freezer and frequently sleep with one over my eye/forehead area. They've helped me tremendously. I hate to hear you have the horrible itching. I rubbed my eye so intensely I tore something & had to have eye surgery. After 14 years, I know I have to manage as best I can & live with it. I didn't get the vaccine until After the shingles. I also take Gabapentin. The best of luck to you. Jan
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Thank you so much for the ingredients in the eye cream. I'll work on finding someone to order it. That itching is so bad; it's like 20 mosquito bites in one place. I have reduced the gabapentin from 1800mg a day to 1200mg and so far it's OK. I don't have the intense attacks, but I have 'zinging' in my head and, of course, the itching. I still have hope that eventually the myelin sheath on the nerve may heal. At least it is not the unbearable pain I first experienced. Some people talk about a constant burning pain, so TN takes different routes with different people. Mine were attacks of a couple minutes, but they drove me to my knees and all I could do was scream and cry. Horrible pain. Thankfully the gabapentin stopped them. I was nervous about reducing the dosage, but no attacks so far. I just want to take as little gabapentin as I can; have read about possible dementia from it and that is scary.