Posted by maxime on October 24, 2010, at 23:38:36
In reply to pristiq to cymbalta?, posted by floatingbridge on October 24, 2010, at 17:22:58
I found this post on a discussion board for you. I wanted to give you some hope.
------------------------------------I have pain in my arm due to severe nerve damage from 23 yrs ago. The frequency and intensity had progressed so much that I sought medical help 6 yrs ago and began taking vicodin which progressed to percocet, oxycodone, oxycontin, morphine sulphate, and on a few trips to the ER, large amounts of morphine & delodid.
The amounts of these narcotics necessary to successfully relieve me from the worst episodes of pain had become truly staggering!
Meanwhile, we tried such treatments as neurontin, carbamazapine, amatriptaline, and a couple others I cant think of right now. No relief or change of any kind resulted from any of them other than bothersome side-affects.
Several months ago I began taking 30mg of cymbalta daily. I have been absent of any significant episodes ever since! Cymbalta has changed my life! Unfortunately there are side-affectsI struggle to wake up fully in the morning, and occasionally, even frequently I experience light-headedness. When you weigh these side-affects against frequent, debilitating pain, there is no question about it. Im delighted to make the trade!
I can truly understand & sympathize with those searching for relief of debilitating pain. Especially when your doctors, who never had to deal with the experience of pain so intense that it makes you question the value of continuing to live, stops listening to you. But you really have no choice. Seek out alternatives to narcotic pain meds. Their effectiveness decreases as your body builds tolerance. Then youre left with two problems: pain, and physical dependence on meds that used to work but just dont have the same positive effect they used to have. Theres nothing like the experience of withdrawal from opioids on top of chronic, mind-numbing pain. Youll lose your sanity! However, they can buy you enough time to find a successful treatment that won't create the additional problem. There is a treatment out there that will work for you. Mine was cymbalta.
Bipolar Type 2, ED-NOS, Self-hatred
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Being happy doesn´t mean the pain is gone. you just bury it deeper.
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