I have a question concerning chronic pain treatment?

Question

As some of you have read some of my questions you maybe somewhat aware of my circumstances.I have treatment resistant depression along with chronic H/A-the pain management specialist explains them as migraine-muscular tension, and fibromyalgia of the muscles of the head neck, and shoulders. I have been having fentyl 600mcg medicine that is absorbed inside the gum and inner cheek. I only have one doctor prescribing medication, have an agreement contract, the whole nine yards. Yesterday I had two lower jaw teeth extracted along with a bone graft. My oral surgeon suggested to continue with the fentyl medication 2 days after the surgery. Now my pain management has decided to only allow me to have hydrocodone 15mg. tabs 1 or 2 every 4-6 hrs.My tolerance to medication is high therefore my pain is not being controlled.Would you share with me your experience with chronic pain, the management, and the control that you receive.I feel that I will never get the pain controlled . HELP PLEASE

ADDITIONAL; I cannot begin to thank you all so much for the concern and the information.If more doctors would talk with their patients instead of down to us,think of the possibilities. Im giving this edit to my question just in case there are others that would have to the answers already.??how to I acquire the information or how might I learn these things with the information from India and were did you all learn how to put these things into practice? would you help me a little more? I am so sick and tired of my monthly trip to get my so called answer to the pain. I am 53years old and I feel that Ive lost those years to all quick fixes or under the control of the legal dealers handing out what they want to at the time. I want to get my life back and I thankyou all so much. I want to put the practical into action. It will not happen overnight but I want to try.

Answer 1

You are relying too much on meds and docs. Try alternative solutions. I have been told so much crap by docs over the years that I should be dead, and so many pills pushed on me I should be a zombie. But I fought back and fought them and refused to live that way. It took time but I found alternative solutions to my chronic pain ( have permanent nerve damage). Chiropractors have helped me. I was told I had clinical depression and that it would never get better, and pills were shoved at me. I changed my diet and lifestyle and take a pill twice a week instead of 5 a day for depression. I am rarely depressed now. I am too busy getting outside and exercising, breathing fresh air, staying busy. Fibromyalgia is directly linked to depression, treat one you will get rid of the other. Pain mgt. specialists are looking for a way to keep their paychecks coming in, they will not cure you. YOU must cure you. Get exercise, get busy with others, don't eat crap. Pray or meditate, find a decent chiro/ massage therapist, take vitamins and get in the sun every day. Stop taking all that dope, you are poisoning yourself. The pain and depression will ease if you change your life and your mental state. Help others, get involved, get out of your head and into the world. Take baby steps but get moving ! Best of luck.

Answer 2

As you say, due to constant usage of medication, you cannot control the pain level. That is it: most health problems, once you get them, you will have for life.
I have osteoarthritis, herniated discs in my lower back and neck; I have scoliosis; infectious sinusitis, COPD with chronic bronchitis, bursitis, tendonitis, you name it. The medications the doctors prescribed never stopped the pain or even alleviated it, but they did cause excruciating headache and internal bleeding, as well as a duodenal ulcer. So, I did the only logical thing: I quit taking any medication for pain. What is the point? There was no benefit, but so many bad side effects.
Just exercise, eat properly, and keep busy with things so you can't think about the pain. There is no relief.

Answer 3

I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibro, Psoriasis, prolapsed disc and am trying an electric wheelchair on Monday, so my future looks FUN? Pain is what? It is a warning signal that something is wrong and I know what my wrong part is a incurable disease. Likewise we cannot smell pain, taste pain, see pain, touch pain, hear pain, but we FEEL pain. Therefore we perceive pain, just like some people perceive GW Bush as being the best President since George Washington, while other perceive him to be the worst President, we each have different and diverse perceptions of pain! Pain killers offer us what 'A Quick Fix' because we do not have the time to try and solve the problem, so we seek Doctors and ask them to solve our pain problem as if they have some magic bullet, or are gods. Doctors are just humans like us who cannot feel OUR pain, physical. psychological and emotional pain. You can pop as many pills as you want, you can throw the towel in and give up, or you can stand up and say 'This is my pain, my health, my life and therefore it is up to me to solve this pain problem'. You can do many things to help with pain from swimming to Pilate's, Sauna, Steam, Massage, run a marathon, take up a new hobby and every small thing makes one very LARGE difference, but only YOU can do it.
As we perceive pain, our mind screams pain, therefore we can train our mind to ignore pain.

Answer 4

Acupuncture is the best treatment for H/A or Migraine. But many times shortcuts work wonderfully.

There is no medicine for H/A OR MIGRAINE. Not only these but for almost all painful diseases. Hence they become chronic.
Acidity, WORRY, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation; drug side effects, stress, bad smell, TV & COMPUTER SOMETIMES,
Blockage in the flow of Vital Energy are their causes. None of them can be treated with medicine. Our 100% success in treating migraine &H/A confirms it.

Acupuncture is the best treatment.
I can treat it with naturopathy and YOG, but how can you manage pl see.
Pain killers don't treat the pain but we loose the sense of pain for some time; in that duration our body itself treats sometime and credit goes to meds.

Avoid late sleeping if possible; worry, spicy foods, sour fruits, stale bakery foods and alcohole.
Sweet foods, COCOANUT WATER,sweet fruits, milk, rice, SPROUTS, SALADS and good sleep will help you.

But you try one herbal remedy- two drops of drumstick leaves' juice in opposite nostril if one side pains and both nostrils if full H/A will give you rescue. Betel leaf helps but it is very strong.

If it is acute pl search a painful point 3-6 mm behind your thumb nail and press it, H/A will disappear within 30 seconds.

Source(s):
SHREE SWASTHYAYOG TREATMENT, TRAINING & RESEARCH INSTITUTE
R.H. 19, Jhulelal Society, Sector 2/E, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, INDIA.

Answer 5

If what you are doing is not working, then it is time to start doing something different.
I have heard it said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results...

I think it is time to start talking to another doctor, AND start looking at some holisitic techniques. Such as accupunture and accupressure.
Most MD's will dismiss alternative meds/techniques but it is due to the possibility of financial loss, not because of them not working or of no value.

Good Luck