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@artscaping
Thank you for responding. I am so glad to hear you have found the right regimen for your pain control from SFN. I have been on the same dose of 600mg/ day of Gabapentin for over 3 years. Side effects have been steadily increasing, especially cognitive impairment. I now have been diagnosed with gastroparesis as well. I have pudendal neuralgia as well as SFN, and do need pain management. I have been with Mayo Clinic for 3 years, seeing GI, PT, pain management psychologist, pain management course, pudendal nerve block from anesthesiologist, and a host of tests. At the end of 2023 they are no longer taking my insurance , so I now have to start over with new doctors. I would love to get off Gabapentin, Your experience with medical cannabis is encouraging. I have only tried a small amount of CBD oil and that was several years ago, and it made me very irritable, Do you have any side effects with it. I can’t take ibuprofen due to stomach irritation. I would also love to be able to locate a pt who does myofascial release. I appreciate any fir their info you have to offer. Thx.
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Good evening @romans8. I am so devastated to hear about your insurance denial. I have been caught up in that issue also. To maintain my financial support for my "neuropathic itch" situation I cannot change my insurance in any way. To receive support for my new and helpful incontinence medication, I must change my insurance. So I feel like I am being caught between that famous rock and a hard place.
Let's get you some MFR information. As you and I both know, SFN and other neuropathies are progressively painful. Two years ago I realized that it was time to add another MFR session to my weekly calendar. I also now have two therapists at every session. To introduce you, @jenniferhunter has created a discussion about MFR on Connect. Here is the link.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/myofascial-release-therapy-mfr-for-treating-compression-and-pain/
I have counted on MFR for 10 years to keep me active and physically self-supporting. At one point, I jumped away......thinking I could just do more of my Mayo rehab routines. That was quite a lesson and I will no longer be caught trying to deny the increasing pain.
So take a look at MFR and I will see if I can help a little bit more with medical cannabis. Because you create your own prescriptions it does take some time to learn how to stay on top of the available options. I use only tinctures and topicals. Gummies are popular and yet I find them more inconsistent.
I use a get-up-and-go tincture "recipe" for the morning, combining CBD and THC at a 1:1 level. Then in the evening, I slow it down a bit to a 2:1 CBD/THC which permits an uninterrupted and restful sleep. Do you live in MN? If not.....where do you live? I try to keep a state-by-state list of the legal issues. I do strive to make sure that I include enough THC to create the entourage effect.
In the last year or so, I have reduced my Gabapentin to 200 mg at bedtime from 2400 mg. Together with my PCP, we are keeping up with the demand for more control without side effects or irritants.
So....that's about it. Let me know if you have additional questions.
May you hold yourself in great compassion.
Chris