Hello @judyinthesky.....Let's see, I may have complicated matters without intending to. I'm on xanax b/c of anxiety at this point. Buspar worked very well in that dept., but then just didn't. So I had to move up into the big league for help.
I couldn't take much more in the way of anxiety than I was already dealing with (got worse with passing of the years...in the early years I controlled it myself), but then became panic attacks, etc.
Now what does help with pain is gabapentin or one of its children, lyrica, for e.g. In the early days, gaba was given to us in huge doses b/c no one knew the right one for us. Even the pharmaceutical cos. didn't b/c it was used for seizures initially. Little by little, and from reports from patients and doctors, the doses were tailored to the patient.
I have rather severe neurological pain from two illnesses (both requiring surgery) that did a lot of damage long before the days of gabapentin. My only savior was ice...and I've written before about Ace having fabric covered ice packs that are most effective. If you haven't read that, do contact me and I'll write it again. That helped numb the pain to almost blotto, but that was it. Nothing else worked and we had nothing for years. Well, gaba did work, it took mos., during which my mind wasn't functioning, but then one day a breakthrough came. I'm now on lyrica and it works very well, although I still have rather high pain levels.
So xanax is used for another purpose, but why put my family through that bit of action if they don't have to witness it? Why put myself through it? At least I have a doctor who and always has believed me, so I'm ahead of the game as far as that goes. Besides, he's heard the exact same type of story many times from his very ill neurological patients to not believe it. So I've been present for all of the meds, not that we've had that many, going back to elavil, which never did anything for me. My advice would be to take what works for you, and to always be on guard for dependence. I used to take frequent vacations from my low dose fentanyl even, but even though it didn't take the pain away totally, I believe it worked synergestically with perhaps gaba or lyrica. Maybe even some vitamin....I don't know, I have no proof and can only say what did help me, or what I was using at the time.
I wish you well, because I remember so well what it was like to be wandering in the darkness myself. Over the years, I'm far more accepting of what is. I don't disaparage anything that people try...perhaps their bodies really require it. If a specialist doesn't know, then how do I? For me this is enough: I'm not a hypochondriac. My family, my doctor and I know it plus a few select friends. I have always helped others, so I certainly try to do the same today....used to do far more many years ago, but now age is catching up with me. Life passes so very fast, and all we can do is our best. Take good care of yourself. Yours, Lenora.
I couldn't take much more in the way of anxiety than I was already dealing with (got worse with passing of the years...in the early years I controlled it myself), but then became panic attacks, etc.
Now what does help with pain is gabapentin or one of its children, lyrica, for e.g. In the early days, gaba was given to us in huge doses b/c no one knew the right one for us. Even the pharmaceutical cos. didn't b/c it was used for seizures initially. Little by little, and from reports from patients and doctors, the doses were tailored to the patient.
I have rather severe neurological pain from two illnesses (both requiring surgery) that did a lot of damage long before the days of gabapentin. My only savior was ice...and I've written before about Ace having fabric covered ice packs that are most effective. If you haven't read that, do contact me and I'll write it again. That helped numb the pain to almost blotto, but that was it. Nothing else worked and we had nothing for years. Well, gaba did work, it took mos., during which my mind wasn't functioning, but then one day a breakthrough came. I'm now on lyrica and it works very well, although I still have rather high pain levels.
So xanax is used for another purpose, but why put my family through that bit of action if they don't have to witness it? Why put myself through it? At least I have a doctor who and always has believed me, so I'm ahead of the game as far as that goes. Besides, he's heard the exact same type of story many times from his very ill neurological patients to not believe it. So I've been present for all of the meds, not that we've had that many, going back to elavil, which never did anything for me. My advice would be to take what works for you, and to always be on guard for dependence. I used to take frequent vacations from my low dose fentanyl even, but even though it didn't take the pain away totally, I believe it worked synergestically with perhaps gaba or lyrica. Maybe even some vitamin....I don't know, I have no proof and can only say what did help me, or what I was using at the time.
I wish you well, because I remember so well what it was like to be wandering in the darkness myself. Over the years, I'm far more accepting of what is. I don't disaparage anything that people try...perhaps their bodies really require it. If a specialist doesn't know, then how do I? For me this is enough: I'm not a hypochondriac. My family, my doctor and I know it plus a few select friends. I have always helped others, so I certainly try to do the same today....used to do far more many years ago, but now age is catching up with me. Life passes so very fast, and all we can do is our best. Take good care of yourself. Yours, Lenora.
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