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Hi !

I really do feel for you and know this medication ordeal is a big pain in

the butt. I have RSD and am in constant non stop pain. I have learned to

block out some of the pain but you can never fully zone out all the pain we

are in. I am on neurontin and percocets right now but this is after 5yrs of

trying god knows what meds they wanted to try. Its been a long battle and i

know that meds really arent the best thing for us. There were times id cry

and say i just wish i could stop my meds. The only time i was able to was

when i was pregnant but i was considered in remission.

Breathrough usually means when we are having a pain ''flare up'' when the

pain is 10x worse then normal and usually a dr will allow a script just for

those times. I am basically told to take more percocets and it does help a

bit but i hate feeling drugged ya know.?

As for seeing your new dr i wish you the best of luck. I hated switching drs

when i moved but lucked out with a very compassionate and helpful dr. I hope

that is what you find but no matter what just be honest. I can also

understand you replying (to what number on a scale 1-10) where you say it

depends on the day cause it really does. Sometimes id go into drs and look a

bit run down but not feeling too bad but others like recently on a rainy day

i went in looking a mess and just crying.

Please know we're here for you and we'll help with whatever we are able!!!

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> My wife looks over my shoulder sometimes when I'm on here, and she

> was asking me what " breakthrough pain " meant. I see and read about

> folks being prescribed this and that for breakthrough pain. I

> thought it meant when I'm sitting and start to jerk a little or

> twitch involuntarily when the pain in one joint or another goes over

> my pain threshold. You know, when you get one of those shooting

> deals that makes your eyes roll back. Am I right? And if so, then

> what? Take something stronger on top of what you are already

> taking? I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the inevitable

> medication game again. I'm going to see a new doctor next week, and

> I'm dreading it. It's a woman this time(thank God,)maybe this time

> it will be different. Usually when I've seen a doctor they will ask

> me " on a scale of 1 to 10, how do you feel? " I feel like a moron

> telling them " depends on the day " , like I can't make up my mind or

> something. I really am tired of fighting this, the way I have been I

> mean. I'm afraid to get my hopes up too much though. It's been my

> experience as a male that if I tell a doctor how I REALLY feel, they

> either think I'm a wuss, or they think I'm scamming them for pain

> pills. Either way I blow a half of a day and a co-pay for a doctor

> to tell me what I already know. I have osteo-arthritis, rumatiod

> arthritis, and it will never get better.

> I'd like to thank you all for allowing me to " blow a gasket " about

> a week or so ago. Sometimes I get so frustrated, it just makes me

> nuts. Like most of you, I have kids and a family. Ya know, you work

> hard all your life to have something, a home, family, maybe a hobbie

> or two, and then to be told NO you can't do all that even though

> you've EARNED it. Well, some days I do better at accepting that than

> others.

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