Quote from: Dietlind on January 04, 2019, 08:41:28 PM
Have you ever tried to take large dosses of Gabapentin? Or elektrostimulation (TENS) might help with the pains!
I have a TENS but it is hard to apply the pads to my lower cervix spine where all my issues derive from. I can consistently point to where it hurts but the Docs all scratch their heads. They simply refuse to take any course of action to figure out what the problem actually is. My new VA Primary Doctor is also my Transgender Care Doctor. She is, herself, a Trans, so I am hoping that she will be loads more compassionate and actually want to have what the damage actual is. It has gotten worse and spread throughout my body over the years. Who knows, I could be paralyzed in a few more years.
As for the Gabapentin, it and all the rest of the meds that they put me on (nerve pain, heavy painkillers, psychotherapy) hardly made a dent in the pain threshold. What they did do is make my quality of living a living hell. It damaged my short term memory, making it hard to remember new or little used information. It is like that handheld communicator to Ziggy (AI) in
Quantum Leap that Den Stockwell's character has to keep smacking to get it to work. I complained about this to a new Doc over at the VA and he put me on some new whizbang new drug just coming out of trials. I asked him about my current drug schedule and he said to keep it up till the new drug has time to take effect. I asked him about compatibility/drug interaction, and he said that they "should" be fine. 6 days later in the VA Lobby, I dropped like a sack of potatoes waiting for the elevator. My breathing and heart stopped and had to be revived twice. So in essence, the VA killed off my former self.