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Re: chronic pain -- it's baaaakElizabeth

Posted by colin wallace on March 9, 2002, at 10:03:09

In reply to chronic pain -- it's baaaak, posted by Elizabeth on March 9, 2002, at 2:25:20

Hi Elizabeth,

Thought I'd chime in here with a sympathetic note on chronic pain;I've suffered with it since adolescence, throughout my entire body, but especially on the upper back, neck/scapular areas.My condition has been ascribed to (at times) all those vague neuro/muscular/skeletal conditions- M.E, fibromyalgia, and plain old depression.Chicken and egg syndrome, although my personal belief is that the ?myalgia caused my depression, and not the other way around.
Anyhow,I've tried everything from anti-inflammatories, high dose antidepressant regimens
,stretching and exercise etc. with little impact.
Recently, when I hit upon Sam-e for my depression
(primarily),I noticed a great (and I really do mean great, not 'imagined')decrease in joint and muscle pain, and overall muscle stiffness.The improvement in my depression took a little more time, but that was significant too.I wouldn't presume to grasp how this works exactly (especially as nobody seems to really know).I could churn out some second hand thesis, but I won't, I'll just say that it really has all but eliminated my aches/pains.
If I could only tolerate a high enough dose, I could prehaps eliminate the 'all but' aswell!
Getting pins stuck your ears/neck (hellraiser?!)is quite good fun and relaxing if nothing else.
Wishing you luck,

Col.


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