I have found that, for me, Tramadol takes just the edge off of the pain on most days. Of course, I take other medicines but none of the heavy narcotics seem to even touch the pain. I haven't known anyone who has found relief from the strong narcotics. They seem to just knock us out. My husband said that I groaned in my sleep when I was "out" from trying a narcotic. So, the pain was still there. I've enjoyed reading the posts. I don't mean that I enjoyed that all of you were in pain! I just felt like a part of you. It was interesting to hear about Cymbalta because I just started taking it. I'm tired of getting my hopes up only to crash. So, I will take it one day at a time.

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