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  • Author : Owlunar
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05 Jun 2017 03:31 PM
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Hi @Former-Member

 

I can't comment on your BP medication but I do know a lot of pain medication

 

You need to see a pain specialist and they do vary - I might have an idea if you live in Melbourne and this would not really tell me where you live but I know where there are some pain clinics - otherwise you can google this

 

I am older than you and don't fear dying either but not yet - I still have a lot of things to do in my life. Nothing has been bad enough to make me want to leave yet - but if I was not having the medication I have for my pain or they wanted me to go into supported care that might be different - I always feel nervous before seeing my pain specialist

 

I really do understand about the pain making it hard to move though - without my slow release medication I would be having this problem - and people who have never had pain to any degree or think they know something do say the strangest thing - but I know the truth - paralysing pain is horrific - and I remember the days before I had anything done I was in a living nightmare but complex tests proved Degenerative Disc Disease and I think you have the same - its very common

 

If your GP doesn't want to treat this then I can only suggest you get another opinion - I will warn you though if you do see another doctor about your pain that you do not mention medication - this raises red-flags - and causes problems - in fact - you would be sensible to ring an ambulance with the pain that severe but again - do not mention medication - 

 

It's a very unfortunate thing but pain-medication is something with a lot of other problems attached - and it is hard to get past this - but I do think think it's time to start looking for pain relief now

 

In the meantime there is always heat and this is the first go-to for me - and then there are other kinds of treatment besides medication - I have tried everything but that's me - everyone is different

 

I wish you the best - I want to know how you are going

 

Dec

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