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When I started reading your comment, I had to look to see if I wrote it. I'm also fused C2-T2. I also have nerve damage on the right side. My hand is sensitive and burns. My foot is partially numb so I walk with cane. I'm currently taking 3600mg Gabapentin and Nucynta. This combo seems to work, most of the time. But now my insurance won't cover the Nucynta, so I'm looking for a replacement pain med. My dr is suggesting Oxycodone, but I don't want to start taking it. I don't like the way it makes me feel. What are you taking for pain?
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I can't tolerate gabapentin, it makes me crazy. I'm currently using medical cannabis. Oral extracts, Topical, Bath salts infused. And I do Smoke cannabis. My recently stopped my tramadolol and realize that medication was making me crazy too. I'm very sensitive to meds so using medical cannabis has worked the best. I also take Soma, Cymbalta, Flexiril and Trazodome to sleep. I do a short exercise program that with all the PT I've had over the years for my neck seems to be helping pain and spasms. I've resolved that I will always be in pain and just have to learn to live with it and accept it. I also walk every morning at least a 1/2 hour whether I want to or not. I find if I don't I am stiffer throughout the day and have more pain. My pain is up to a 6 to 8. I also have fibermyalgia so I've gotten used to it.