Pain & Pain Management - August 2007

I get migraines everyday, I'm only 21 years old, and its ruining my life. I have been taking off from work way too much lately and All I Do is stay in bed with the lights off. I tried taking tylenol, advil, motrin, Almost every OTC medication and NOTHING helps me. I don't know if I should even go to the doctor and waste money just for him to tell me to take something like tylenol ect. Even at 1500mg Of Tylenol, it still dosn't help at all. My boss at work is getting sick of me taking off, but I can't work with this pain. On A scale From one through 10 my pain is like A 9. I have had broken bones before and THIS IS MORE PAIN THAN THAT!!!

What would A doctor do? Would An X-ray show whats wrong? If not, what do they do? I just want to see if going to the doctor would even be worth going to.

2007-08-20 07:17:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-20 07:11:37 · 9 answers · asked by Daniel Q 2

theres a little ball in my hand below my middle finger just above where my wrist meets my hand (i dont know what its called) but thats where all the pain comes from and stems out from there, anyone know what it is? how to treat it?

I dont think its Carpal Tunnel becasue i dont have any numbness, tingling or burning just constant nagging pain.

2007-08-20 07:06:55 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was prescribed it this weekend from my doctor and it's like 5/500mg. When I took it Saturday night It didn't help the pain as much as I would have liked it too, so I took another one 4 hours later. Is that too much to take?

2007-08-20 06:50:40 · 9 answers · asked by supermomof4boys 2

This morning, I hit my right hand (the back side, not palm) fairly hard on the corner of a marble area in the foyer at my work. The pain was very bad when I first hit it, and now each second it is getting worse. It feels like I may have hit a nerve or something, and it's starting to creep down my right arm. I am able to move my hand, fingers and arm (obviously, I'm typing), but like I said, it feels like sharp pains. Any thoughts on what this could be and should I get it checked out? Is this just temporary pain that can be solved with tylenol or something? I use a computer for work, so any advice would be helpful. I can't find anything on-line that doesn't sound like a foreign language to me. Thanks!

2007-08-20 06:50:32 · 1 answers · asked by Ready to Go Home! 5

Only when I take the meds. When they wear off the intense pain returns. I dont want to be on medication for the rest of my life. Any suggestions on how to do with the pain with out meds?

2007-08-20 06:47:56 · 6 answers · asked by Shoes 1

ouch ok im 14 and recently went swimming and campin and swam so much in the frio river in san antonioo and now my ear hurts so much if i try to move my right ear it has pain and i cant a put a cotton tip in it cause it hurts help

2007-08-20 06:12:31 · 2 answers · asked by leo 1

2007-08-20 06:07:08 · 5 answers · asked by Ctwist 2

Has anyone ever experienced pain in the lower back with a burning feeling and very achy arms and legs and the pain eventully moves into the neck.
Anyone have this problem??
I have a Dr. appointment in a few days.
Only serious answers Please.

2007-08-20 06:03:13 · 5 answers · asked by G 2

I have been waking up in the morning with horrid lower back spasms. So bad that I cant get up, hardly walk, bend over...anything really. I have a 5 month old so this has been a problem. I do have DDD so I know some of the pain is coming from there....but this has been going on for weeks. It gets better if I take vicodin, soma and some ibuprofen. My doctors have not been too helpful....say its probabably the "normal" pain from carrying around a baby but I know its not. The pain is unbearable in the AM. It gets better, like I said, but never goes away. Could I have a disk problem? I dont know what to do. Everytime I have seen the docs they just give me more pain meds....and now when I call I think they think that is all I am looking for.

2007-08-20 05:50:10 · 5 answers · asked by Taylor 1

I tried weaning myself but my psychological dependence on the drug gets in my way. Do you have any advice or tips that might lessen the withdrawal or just make it a little easier? I'm taking 2 50mg pills twice a day, how long until the worst part of the withdrawal is over ad how long until i should feel normal again?

2007-08-20 05:23:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am a sufferer of osgoodslater disease or however you spell it...i suffer from real bad pains in the knee...i used never be able to get up and sit bk down or bend my knee much and sometimes ni get an awful pain down the leg at night. ive been to the doctors and they have told me it shud go away if you take ibruprofen ad wear a tubed bandage..it does work but after a while the pain goes right bk again its really bugging me because i have to walk alot as i am a student at college and i hav to walk a mile and bk to the bus stop every working day...anyone have any suggestions that might make life easier or shud i just stick to waht im doing now?

2007-08-20 04:17:32 · 2 answers · asked by ? 2

I have herniated disk, tried all the non surgical options nothing worked. My neurosurgeon recommended surgery. Can anyone tell me what to expect after the procedure???

2007-08-20 03:04:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i just leaned over funnily (well it wasnt that funny) and pulled my back its quite sore do you think ive done some damage to it should i see a doctor or should i leave it a couple of days cos i dont wanna look a fool goin to doctor with nothin up with me

2007-08-20 02:57:42 · 6 answers · asked by big dave 4

i keep on getting this pain in the lower right bit of my stomach its been coming and going for like a month now it doesn't hurt that much yesterday i had a really bad stomach ache after eating loadza cheesecake and 2dai the pain is in the lower right bit i also have a runny nose and a fever(had it for a week) and feel really cold i don't really feel like eating yesterday it got worse but the went away after 3 hours and also have have pushed down on and then let go but i don't have any pain when i let go and also i can jump and it doesn't hurt

2007-08-20 02:48:14 · 9 answers · asked by lesleyheath 1

every time i eat, i start to feel like i'm going to throw up....but then right after i'm done, i'm hungry again. so after almost every meal i feel as if i'm going to throw up but am still starving at the same time. i have also been getting back aches and a few other symptoms. any ideas of what this could be before i go to the doctor?

2007-08-20 02:46:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i know there both codein and there very simular but has any one out there been in the same situation as me? that can answer this question

2007-08-20 02:26:52 · 4 answers · asked by jjayp1771 1

not to sound grose, but every time i pee, i get this really bad pain in my left side. could anybody tell me what this might be?

2007-08-20 02:19:10 · 4 answers · asked by proud mom 1

What type of doctor works on the neck? I was in an auto accident and have had problems with a stiff neck.

2007-08-20 01:43:35 · 3 answers · asked by Sky Hawk 1

i have tried almost everything in the book for osteoarthritis.does anyone know what will help.i was given meds that made me gain weight and i am a type2 diabetic.i didn't need that.i am at a breaking point with this pain.i will take herbs,spices,whatever.any ideas?thanks

2007-08-20 01:04:01 · 2 answers · asked by honeypot0214 4

I've been on and off of it for about 4 years due to chronic back pain.

2007-08-20 00:57:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

She has mussels which are no longer connected to her shoulder, due to mussel wasted and several falls, they are damaged. She has been told by the hospital, that they can not do nothing for her. But she is just in exscusiating pain. She is only taking CO Dydramol. Is there any medication I could ask for her. Or any treatments that could be done. As I am at my wits end, to know who to turn too.

2007-08-19 23:35:21 · 9 answers · asked by PAUL O 1

I have not had sexual intercourse for some time (about 36 hours). My left bollock is throbbing like it has a headache. I very much want to emit it's contents & i feel this desire is causing me pain.

I can't go to the doctor with this problem as he will laugh at me. Maybe a woman porfessional would be better suited to hear my pain. Has anyone else ever got this pain?

How do you make it stop..?

2007-08-19 23:09:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

it has happened at least twice before when I wake up in the middle of the night and my wrist (but mostly my thumb) hurts so bad that I have to cry. The first night it happened I literally thought I had broke it but it was too late to wake up my mom so I just splinted it and went to bed. When I woke up it was fine. It just happened again last night. What could this be from?


Im serious the pain is excruciating, I cant stand to bend my writst or move my thumb when it happens.

2007-08-19 15:12:31 · 1 answers · asked by LindsayS 2

Worse at night, but have it during the day.Relefen,Vicodin , alcohol does not help.Please help!!.

2007-08-19 12:30:13 · 8 answers · asked by sunnyday 1

For quite a while I have had very occasional right side abdominal pain. I can go many months without a symptom, then, for a few days feel right sided pain.

The location is always the same - just above the beltline, a stabbing pain in a single spot that goes stab...stab...STAB... and so on. The episodes last only a bouple of minutes, then goes away, sometimes for hours, and sometimes for months.

I am 62 years old, in otherwise good health, 6' 195 lbs, and have no symptoms associated with this pain.

Yes, I've gone to the doctor (two PCP's and a neuro), and they agree that there is nothing at that location to cause this pain. One sent me to a neuro, thinking it may be referred pain from the spine, but the neuro agreed with the PCP's.. I have no back problems.

Any thoughts? Thanks.

2007-08-19 11:59:37 · 2 answers · asked by Dan M 2

I am on the waiting list to have a spinal cord stimulator implanted for chronic pain. I am really nervous and not sure what it will feel like, and is the operation to implant it horrendous, and is recovery quick?

I have had the trial for a week, and the pain relief was great, but it was uncomfortable - i dont know whether it is because, in the trial, the wire is left hanging out or your back, but when the proper one goes in it is embedded in the spine.

Can anyone tell me what to expect and what it will feel like? Are there any problems with everyday life? Help please.

2007-08-19 11:12:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I believe this is also related to my back not being able to be straight and makes me constipated what should I do/ what does this sound like?

2007-08-19 10:29:40 · 2 answers · asked by Neuzafaah 1

My grandma, age 60 has arthritus in her knees, and is really bad. Is there any herbal remedies you know of that work?

2007-08-19 10:19:16 · 4 answers · asked by natalya_ox 2

I went to a night club lastnight and my ears hurt a lil bit twice today i have had a sharp pain in my ears other than that they feel fine no hearing loss will i be ok???

2007-08-19 10:18:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous