Hi folks,
I tried the duragesic patch, neurotin, and one other med like neurotin,
but all of them made me so dizzy I couldn;t drive or even think
straight. I would like to hear from some of you about your day. Here
is a typical day for me: wake up after eight hours of good sleep induced
by amytriptelene and clonipin. Feel no pain n the adhesion area. I
stand up to walk to the bathroom, within one minute the tearing,
pulling, stinging pain is 9 on a scale of 10. I forced byself into the
kitchen to eat breakfast, and try to continue to move around for an hour
or so. By that time, I can;t stand the pain, and I am still groggy from
the amytriptelene, and I go back to bed. Then I get up again after an
hour or so and read the want ads and depressingly acknowledge that there
is no job I can do (I am a nurse) because of the pain. I worked until
Jun 1, over the summer the area of adhesions doubled so that it now
extends totally around by torso. I apreciate all the good information
people have posted lately about the scientific basis of our agony. For
me, gravity also has a lot to do with it--when I lie flat on one side
and don;t move at all, after 15 minutes or so, the pain stops. But I
can;t live my life lying perfectly still! I don;t know what to do. The
pain clinic told me that there is no med that would effective reduce the
pain while still allowing me to think, drive, and work. I am 58 and
pray for a quick death from something else. I am also on celexa. Any
suggestions?