Posted by Sigismund on November 17, 2007, at 17:45:56
In reply to Degenerative Disc Disease and Psychiatric Meds, posted by Philip Burke on November 17, 2007, at 16:39:33
Congratulations on being able to type that out.
I know what it's like, having ruptured a disc 20 years ago.The best thing for me has not been meds but really good physiotherapy, the sort that is very hard to find.
Basically it's a combination of Feldenkrais and Pilates with elements of Horvath (http://www.gyrotonic.com/), taught by pysiotherapists.
One doctor who was kind enough to write me narcotics once said (correctly, IMO) 'Mate, NOTHING works for nerve root pain'.
Every available (only) slightly useful drug is way to toxic/inapropriate for me, though I find Boswellia useful for arthritis and hope it helps with the back and leg pain I get. But I'm lucky...it's not too bad.
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