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Sciatica nightmare

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jan 19 9:59am | Replies (57)

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@heisenberg34
Thanks "Walter" 🙂
and I hope you find a better solution soon.

I was in agony for months before given Tramadol, I'd even resorted to taking very hot baths for a few mins of worth of relief. The intense heat just overwhelmed the nerves. I also used ice packs a lot. I'd had virtually no sleep and by then so the Doc could actually see how bad I looked and relented.

Yep that's the problem, I've now built up a tolerance with opioids and upping the dose just makes me itch like hell if I take any more than 4x10mg Xomorph per day.

I actually fear for having a severe injury or an operation as most of what they'd give a "normal" person would work on me now.

All the long term drugs like Pregabalin ( horrendous side affects...just weird felt like I was trying to wade through water and was dropping things), Amitriptyline caused bad headaches, didn't get any side effects from Gabapentin or Duloxetine but they didn't work at all. I've also tried Nefopam which lead to excruciating pain trying to urinate.

All the best.

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@jason321 Has anyone suggested a spinal cord stimulator? When my meds began to lose their efficacy, I did a trial which went very well. The permanent implant gave me my life back for a couple of years. Unfortunately, the paddle lead shorted out and it stopped working. It doesn’t help everyone but it helps quite a few.