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Tried Tramadol and Vicadine. Both gave me insomnia. Vicandin gave me insomnia after two days and yes it does work better but is more additive, and tramadol after a month it gave me insomnia and shortness of breath and anxiety. I had about 5 days of withdrawal getting off of Tramadol, with tremors, anxiety severe pain one day, etc. I needed when I took it but glad I'm off of it for sure. I would suggest Skelaxin for the muscle relaxer. It is not additive and acts differently than the others. Have you tried Neurontin or lamictal? Don't know if that would work for your pain type? Hope you feel better soon.
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marieh9 posted: Hi group, I need to introduce myself and problem so it is a bit long. I am a microbiologist who isn't working due to tendonitis in both wrists I have a back injury. The MRI and bone scan were negative. The pain is in the upper left buttock near the SI joint. I have seen a GP, orthopedic surgeon, pain doc and three physical therapists. The GP hasn't a diagnosis, the surgeon said it is dynamic not structural, the pain doc says chronic myofascial and the two PT's said not spinal it SI joint. So I don't know who is right. The data I have read says the PT eval of SI joint is NOT accurate and only and SI joint injection is somewhat accurate. I was first injured by my dog yanking me forward (she was tied to my waist duh) and then after 6 months and PT I got totally better for a year and a half. I was then reinjured by doing a twisting motion with my hips one way and the shoulders the other way and felt a pinch in the previously injured area. It wasn't that bad at first and PT helped. I hurt myself by bending without bending the knees. I decided to go to a different physical therapist (neighbor recommended) and that manual PT really injured me. He worked on the wrong leg! My doctor thought perhaps it was a pinched nerve and said not to move around too much. I then sat for a month with pain meds and got atrophied especially in my left leg. I had pain in my whole left back of my leg as well or a lot of tightness. I went to another manual PT then that my doctor highly recommended and he was good for a while but pushed me too hard and I repeatedly pulled muscles. I finally tore something and couldn't lift my bad left leg much or walk more than a couple minutes at a time. So I sat again for a long time and tried daily to increase my walking. I got off the pain meds, stayed on Skelaxin, was put on Neurontin 900mg/day and Celebrex. I started getting a visual aura in both eyes and didn't know which med did it so I got off of everything except Neurontin. I still have the auras but not as frequently since I started going down on Neurontin. I am still very weak, can't cross my leg to put pants on as it hurts and can't wash privates (same reason) and still can't bend. I am now walking 32 minutes in the morning and 10 min in the afternoon and doing slight stretches. I still keep pulling muscles every now and then and get set back. So now finally, my questions.
1. How do I not reinjure myself and get out of atrophy?
2. Will the stretches eventually get me bending and crossing my leg well etc.
3. What other doctors do you recommend and why?
4. What types of non additive pain lowering meds (would you recommend?
5. Any idea what is going on?
thanks,
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Yes I did read your other response and thank you for both!
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thanks for your comments. What does a physiatrist do is that DO? i was on 900 mg/day (300 for 3x a day) for 7 months. I thought that was a thrapeutic dose? I am having aura's in both eyes since I went on Neurontin and it does cause rare retinal problems and visual impairments so I am tapering off. It is not easy for me to get off of. It gives me anxiety, and some days pain and insomnia. I am at 400/mg a day now after several weeks. I will look into another MRI and the PT suggested a hip MRI. So, I need to do that too.
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Thanks for your comments. I do keep a daily journal but I'll add what makes the pain worse and better each day. I know I need to see another doc. Not sure what kind. MRI is from December 09 so I'd be glad to get another one. Things have changed since then. The pain though is in one spot by the SI joint so it could be that. The last PT asked me to get a hip MRI so I'm going to do that next (whenever I can get in the car!). Wish me luck.
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thanks
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I have a back injury. The MRI and bone scan were negative. The pain is in the upper left buttock near the SI joint. I have seen a GP, orthopedic surgeon, pain doc and three physical therapists. The GP hasn't a diagnosis, the surgeon said it is dynamic not structural, the pain doc says chronic myofascial and the two PT's said not spinal it SI joint. So I don't know who is right. The data I have read says the PT eval of SI joint is NOT accurate and only and SI joint injection is somewhat accurate. I was first injured by my dog yanking me forward (she was tied to my waist duh) and then after 6 months and PT I got totally better for a year and a half. I was then reinjured by doing a twisting motion with my hips one way and the shoulders the other way and felt a pinch in the previously injured area. It wasn't that bad at first and PT helped. I hurt myself by bending without bending the knees. I decided to go to a different physical therapist (neighbor recommended) and that manual PT really injured me. He worked on the wrong leg! My doctor thought perhaps it was a pinched nerve and said not to move around too much. I then sat for a month with pain meds and got atrophied especially in my left leg. I had pain in my whole left back of my leg as well or a lot of tightness. I went to another manual PT then that my doctor highly recommended and he was good for a while but pushed me too hard and I repeatedly pulled muscles. I finally tore something and couldn't lift my bad left leg much or walk more than a couple minutes at a time. So I sat again for a long time and tried daily to increase my walking. I got off the pain meds, stayed on Skelaxin, was put on Neurontin 900mg/day and Celebrex. I started getting a visual aura in both eyes and didn't know which med did it so I got off of everything except Neurontin. I still have the auras but not as frequently since I started going down on Neurontin. I am still very weak, can't cross my leg to put pants on as it hurts and can't wash privates (same reason) and still can't bend. I am now walking 32 minutes in the morning and 10 min in the afternoon and doing slight stretches. I still keep pulling muscles every now and then and get set back. So now finally, my questions.
1. How do I not reinjure myself and get out of atrophy?
2. Will the stretches eventually get me bending and crossing my leg well etc.
3. What other doctors do you recommend and why?
4. What types of non additive pain lowering meds (would you recommend?
5. Any idea what is going on?
thanks,
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