Pain & Pain Management - January 2007

Since june, I've been having on and off lower back pain/ leg/butt pain. I'm not athletic or anything. I recently gained weight due to stress. I'm 5'8 180 lbs. I've always been around 150lbs. Anyway, I went to my doctor & all she said was to take two aspirins a day & use a a heating pad to sit down for now. I did take the aspirin once a day. It does seem to help somewhat, but recently it has gotten worse. To the point where the pain feels like it's pulsating down my lower back, legs, and butt the most. It hurts 2 walk sometimes and I can't stand for very long, because I feel like the piercing pain will make me lose my balance. The pain even seems to worsen when I take a shower with hot water. Oddly not so much when I sit. Now I take 800mg of ibuprofen 1 a day- I really am the type of person who doesnt like to take medication because I've never needed to rely on any until now. I'm 18, recent blood tests show i'm perfectly healthy. What's wrong w me? Wat should I do? I'm really worried =(

2007-01-21 07:39:08 · 15 answers · asked by oh joy! 2

my mom has a stiff neck and she don't know what to do

2007-01-21 06:56:11 · 5 answers · asked by evildoing_popart_girl 1

ive went through almost EVERY deodarent... nothing helps my from sweating. i sweat really bad. Should i try a men's deodarent???

please HELPP!!

2007-01-21 06:42:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Whenever I squat any amount of weight i hear/feel a strong poping in my right knee. Almost as if it is shifting from left to right. What can be done to fix it. I am worried I am hurting the cartilidge in my knee when I increase the weight.

2007-01-21 06:31:30 · 3 answers · asked by pooponfire12345 2

2007-01-21 06:31:07 · 5 answers · asked by Sandy G 2

I have exams coming up in a week or so and for the past 3 days i have had a minor constant headache, but it doesn't really hurt like a migrane or anything. my head just feels weird. any suggestions. is this because of the exams, im in grade 12.

2007-01-21 06:23:44 · 3 answers · asked by inside and out 1

I did not do well with the Amitryptaline treatment. I don't think the anti-depressant properties agreed with me. I'm tired of feeling bad all the time. Help!

2007-01-21 06:00:32 · 9 answers · asked by ehadana 2

i have had moderate to severe chronic back pain for several months and recently went to the doctor. after an exam in her office she she prescribed muscle relaxers,prednisone,and percocet. then sent me for an mri. about a week later she called me into her office to review the mri results. she told me that i had minor bulging of my discs but nothing that should cause as much pain as i say i have.she also told me that she saw nothing to explain the leg weakness i have. she refused to refill my prescriptions,and she sent me to a physiatrist who performed an emg. he said that the emg was fairly normal with the exception of a few abnormal nerve impulses. he diagnosed me with myofascial pain,and an inflamed sacrum due to a misalignment. he set me up with physical therapy,but also refused to treat my pain symptoms.
my question is whether or not doctors can toss you around for months and months while you are suffering or do they have to do whatever gives you relief in a timely fashion?

2007-01-21 05:59:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

my neck and my upper back hurt like hell. it all started once i got a cold for the 4th time since September. it won't go awya-tried yoga, stretching,arnica.Nada!my doctor says i'm tired..help?

2007-01-21 05:39:40 · 6 answers · asked by disco ball 4

this girl on my apartment floor took 3250 mg of tylenol... i told her it was dumb could anything serious happen? whats the limit before seriosness happens

2007-01-21 05:33:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had suegery on my back Nov.28,2005 within 4 days I had a seizures.I have had 7 more since then, there is on history of gpilepsy in my family.I am now on daily medication for seizues and pain. I feel it is caused from the surgery,but I could not get a doctor to testify to it.I still have pain in my back and leg gives out on me.
Thank You
Ralph Ellsworth Jr
E-Mail deer_butcher_hunter@yahoo.com

2007-01-21 05:23:46 · 2 answers · asked by ralph ellsworth 1

2007-01-21 05:22:14 · 13 answers · asked by urmyfavorite 2

2007-01-21 04:58:27 · 2 answers · asked by jose m 1

back has been hurting for a month now off and on. No injuries or strain I can recall. It's my lower middle back and mid back.

2007-01-21 04:36:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have heard several people say that they really need methadone for pain, because their doctors would not give them strong enough medicine for pain, so they had to "fake" addiction in order to get the medicine at the methadone clinics. Some say that they are still dependent, but they still need it for pain also.

2007-01-21 04:17:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

yesterday i played raquetball nad my knee was slightly aching. When i woke up this morning my left knee hurts a lot. it hurts when i bend it and i and support my weight on it with it being totaly staight. could i have torn a ligiment or something and should i go to a doctor??

2007-01-21 03:52:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone know what it's from and how I can treat it?

2007-01-21 03:15:16 · 8 answers · asked by Nathalie 1

last night my ear started to hurt like mad I took and asprine but that only worked for alittle while, HELP!! it's hurting again!!

2007-01-21 03:13:41 · 7 answers · asked by Finally together 1

I woke up in the morning at 6AM and felt the urge to vomit. Once I did, I still felt the vomit coming out, so I continued to vomit. Yesterday, I ate french fries (McD). I can't stop vomiting, and now I have diahhrea.
What can I do to stop it?

2007-01-21 01:09:11 · 6 answers · asked by omgluv 1

i"ve already had a discectomy, and 5 shots pre surgery, plus one (so far) post surgery. The DR. wants to try more, but they don't seem to help.

2007-01-21 01:04:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is there any drug better than morphine sulfate syrup to control the pain due to cancer. The pain comes back within 2 hours after taking morphine or sometimes the pain is reduced only a little bit.

2007-01-21 00:47:44 · 4 answers · asked by Chancs 1

2007-01-20 23:51:20 · 2 answers · asked by beautiful flowers 1

Sometimes when I am at work I feel so hot even if it is winter time and I feel so uncomfortable after that I feel so dizzy. Is it due to lack of sleep or high or low blood pressure?

2007-01-20 23:16:17 · 6 answers · asked by Czarina B 1

2007-01-20 22:50:10 · 2 answers · asked by Czarina B 1

2007-01-20 22:30:01 · 3 answers · asked by swoogydew 1

I always go to office on empty stomach which is wrong and after sipping a cup of coffee I always feel heartburn and to suppress it I just drink a lot of water but the main problem I have is the bulging and aching muscle on my left shoulder. I do not know what causes my left shoulder (just below the left side of my nape) to react like that. Can somebody help me please?

2007-01-20 22:04:36 · 6 answers · asked by Czarina B 1

So I figured I slept wrong but awhile ago it started to worsen now it's REALLY hurting and I'm afraid tomorrow I won't be able to move my head. Anything I can do?

2007-01-20 19:54:29 · 6 answers · asked by And For A Moment I Am Happy 6

2007-01-20 18:14:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-20 18:07:04 · 8 answers · asked by needsanswers 1

from my upper right gums to my right ear. This pain is comes and goes like contractions..as I remember when I was pregant. I did have a cough a few weeks ago, maybe this is a sinus infection that I needed to get treated? I am about to go to the ER...any idea's? I would be greatful....

2007-01-20 17:24:16 · 6 answers · asked by LeeLynn 5