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Originally Posted by lorna
About a month and a half now I have completely come off my medication for chronic pain. Was on it for about 6 years - involved 1 narcotic, some nerve meds, and 2 different muscle relaxers. I have underlying damage from an accident some years back with a fusion that really didn't relieve anything in the neck and a neurological condition throughout the body. Its been harder than I had expected to stop the medication--- just a warning to some. Like stomach ache, chills, sleeplessness, intense pain. So for relief I"m using heat, baths, vitamin D, occasional massage... hope to get back to acupuncture and physical therapy. Do you have any suggestions for natural approaches to pain relief-- any help would be appreciated  |
I'm very thankful that you posted this..Other than physical therapy my doc put me on Nortriptyline, an antidepressant, for my fibromyalgia and nerve pain in back and neck from injury I sustained about 12 years ago..The doc I have seen recently tells me I'm "not old enough" to be taking pain meds..go figure, I'm 58 years old! I appreciate the info you posted as well as others since I no longer take anything stronger than Tylenol, and they say that is bad for you as well. I choose natural methods if at all possible..I'm sorry that you are having so many side effects, lorna