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Re: Opiods Help Depression/Anxiety Chronic Back Pain

Posted by bulldog2 on October 2, 2010, at 7:56:31

In reply to Re: Opiods Help Depression/Anxiety Chronic Back Pain » bulldog2, posted by floatingbridge on October 1, 2010, at 17:27:48

> Oh yeah. Finally got ultracet and ultram prescriptions, and they work as well as I thought-- much better than norco which turned into a depressant and an escalating dosage. Finally fully clear of it except for occasional emergency usage.
>
> Mood is good, anxiety less, but oddly the depression has become very physiological. Extreme fatigue and generalized pain episodes. Pain Disorder NOS, I suppose.
>
> The rest is same old same old: pristiq, dex, small xanax er.
>
> Read a link from Harvard School of Medicine by Googling 'can chronic depression cause chronic pain'.
>
> Neurontin may be on the horizon.
>
> My pdoc is a blessing. He really gets this
> more than I do. I think he actually researches a bit in his non-office hours. That certainly gives me a good feeling.
>
> Last session he said meds only last so long and symptoms inevitably break through. You're so on target with adjusting your cocktails. I suppose you'd have chosen a different hobby, but at least you know how to care for yourself.
>
> Oh, seems I've had a rather sudden onset of osteoarthritis. Great. See a rhuemy in two weeks.
>
> Thanks for asking :)
>

I'm constantly rotating my med combos. Just seems like I become tolerant to meds and they Poop out. If I rotate every couple months I seems to do better.

Current combo Percocet for osteoarthritis and high dose neurontin. These meds address anxiety and depression for me.

 

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