Hi all,
What is the mechanism of neurontin when used for adhesion pain? A more
basic question: When you have adhesions, what exactly causes the
burning, tearing, pulling, stinging pain? My belief is that parts of you
are stuck and other parts are not, and when you move, the parts that are
not stuck move downward because of gravity, causing the "tearing" pain
to the areas that can;t move down because they are adhesed. Or maybe,
in the case of a person like me with a very long scar (3o inches) nerves
got severed when the incision was made? I have been to doctors, physical
therapists, acupuncturists, massage therapists, and Rieke thearapists,
and as you know, I leave for Germany in exactly two weeks for surgery by
Dr. Kruschinski. I am reminding myself to give myself postivie
affirmations and make plans for WHEN I am pain-free from this hideous
adhesion pain rather than IF I ever can get pain--free. To those of you
who are concerned about taking other medications besides
antidepressants, it is OK. EVERONE who experiences chronic pain also
has depression, not just because of being physically tortured by pain,
but also because of all the losses associated with being in the state of
chronic pain. Many of us cannot even find a bodily position that is
tolerable.
Well, if anyone has any answers, please let us know.
thanks, Mary Lou