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Pain in the butt - Can't sit down
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Nov 6, 2023 | Replies (276)Comment receiving replies
I have similar symptoms. Have seen a pain specialist for 10 years with little help. They talked me into the nerve implant stimulator. Turned out that I was allergic to it. Had that removed. Countless injections.
Lyrica for lower leg pain and foot neuropathy. That drug helped me to gain more weight than was I was in labor with my kids. Did hardly anything for my pain.
Now I've developed unmanageable pain in my hips and femur bones and muscles. My pain dr refuses to address this because he started treating me for low back pain from a work injury.
I'm a 56 year old woman and trying my best to find a solution other than pills that aren't helping anyway. P.S. I live in the snow belt and its adding to it. I wish you best of luck in everything.
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@wandamiller I did use nortriptyline at either 10, 20 or 30 mg doses for nerve pain for a while. It helped. My pain was never that bad, though (perhaps 2 or 3 while sitting and now I use cushions and can sit a lot longer). Only tricyclic antidepressants or the other meds work well for nerve pain (and tight myofascia can trigger nerve pain). Keep trying different things if you can. Have you tried an inversion table and other core exercises, too?