Thank you Everyone

@Former-Member feel free to read from the start 🙂

Yes @Former-Member I have medication which is meant to be quite effective for nerve pain. I am not able to mention specific medications here, but it is actually a low dose old fashioned AD which has incidentally been found to be highly effective for many people when it comes to severe nerve pain. It could be worth asking your GP about it. It is a long term thing though, and not just taken when the pain is bad, its most effective when taken over time. And of course I still have times when the pain is substantially increased, just from everything living really. So I have a supply of really strong painkillers which I use when I am very desperate. But as they are highly addictive I usually I just try to ride it out. Anti-inflamatory meds help some people, but they seem to do nothing whatsoever for me.

Sherry

@Former-Member the first msg but your welcome to read the rest of the thread

Hello @Former-Member, I've read your thread all the way through. I was a bit worried at first, but then saw you had a horse accident - not belittling your situation at all - but I was able to read through it. It made me cry all over the place, no offence, but I don't think it was the pain - your so afraid.

I've had a similar experience with Doctors, it seems the moment mental health issues were put on my record, that was the reason for everything. For 10 years or more, I told doctors my neck hurt - they basically told me it was in my head; I was contracting my muscles all the time, I was too alert to sleep properly - go through the patterns or something like that. They convinced me, so I ignored it because it wasn't real. About a year ago I was diagnosed with arthritis, psoric spondilitus (can't spell it) - from what I can gather it's like I'm growing extra bone in my spine, it's on my joint membranes as well and I knew it was on my skin . . . that's quite obvious. I actually had one doctor tell me I was too young for neck problems! Your not too young for anything, you know you better than anybody else.

I might not be a butterfly, I might just be the grub, but I feel for you, your pain and your fear, I might just understand a little.

oh ok, i kinda dont want to go onto any more meds as im on 4-5 tablets a day already and its long term. so im kinda trying to just take things as i need them and i dont find anti inflamatories work either.

you dont have any stretches that work by any chance? @Former-Member

Hi @Former-Member

Thank you for the tag. My husband has similar nerve pain and does take medication such as @Former-Member but can't take anti-inflamatories because it effects his heart. My husband was experiencing nerve pain in his neck, back and down his legs. He did find that an ultrasound guided cortisone injection fixed the nerve pain in his back for over 12 months. But may not work for everyone. I hope you find relief soon.

no @Former-Member Thank you.

thank you for being there for me for everything, even in spirit it means so much to me

Aww @Former-Member im sorry. i didnt mean to make you cry, hopefully it wasnt triggering for you in anyway and neither has any of my other threads. your not a grub, your a beautiful butterfly too, just remember some grubs turn into butterflies

Always here for you @Former-Member ❤️

I did forget to mention that my friends have received relief from certain nerve pain in their backs, necks, legs etc from receiving physiotherapy and/or acupuncture. May be an alternative if you don't want to take meds xx

thank you @Former-Member i really appreciate it, your such a kind caring person

i had physio to start with but i found it wasnt helping me. ive been told that accupuncture can be very beneficial as well as dry needling but im too scared of needles to get it done.

Glad the news was not too bad @Former-Member and you are getting to know people and settling in.

This is a Matisse Still Life for you to celebrate facing your fear. Its only the ones who know they are afraid who have courage. Take care Bella