Does anyone know how I can get some sleep with a pain level 10+...due to a collapsed L-Spine and scarring HELP

Question

Due to collapsed L-Spine and scar tissue from a previous 2 disk removal surgery? I cannot sleep. Help?

Answer 1

BOOZE

Answer 2

I don't know about your injury, I'm sure it's far worse than mine was. But I was in a car wreck last year and broke my collar bone in exactly the place where the tendon of my neck attatched to it, so everytime I shifted my head I got searing pain...somethign I do all night anyway. I also broke my foot and cracked my shin. It was difficult to sleep in any way. What I had to do was build up a bunch of pillows so I was in the most comfortable position and didn't really have anywhere to move in my sleep. I couldn't take the pain medicine they gave me cause it made me feel too weird and I was afraid I would get addicted. So when the pain got real bad, I learned how to meditate. I meditated on the pain, concentrating on it and telling myself the pain was just a signal to my brain. eventually my body released some natural endorphines and I was able to sleep pretty well.

Answer 3

I found these resources for chronic pain, I hope you will find some relief:

Pain Support Groups:

http://www.chronicpainsupport.org/support.html
http://groups.msn.com/ChronicPainSupportGroupCPSG

Spine related health sites:

http://www.spine-health.com/
http://www.spine.org/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spinaldiseases.html

Chronic Pain related sites:

http://www.paincare.org/
http://www.theacpa.org/
http://www.aapainmanage.org/
http://www.ampainsoc.org/
http://www.painfoundation.org/
http://www.painmed.org/
http://www.pain.com/

Answer 4

Ask your dr. to prescribe apo-amitritaline. I use this and also deal with daily pain. I was told that it is not likely to be habit forming.

Answer 5

ask someone to take u to hospital immediately. they will give u opoid analgesics