How do you deal with pain?

I detox...and sometimes I end up having two epsom salt baths in one day because for me that is the most effective for my pain.

I don't take pain killers...I pretty much tough it out.

Have you tried Curcumin - to bring down the inflammation?

Depends on the nature of the pain. A hot bath, but yes I'm with you, I we can't live from the tub! I take a combination of curcumin and boswelia, I also take magnesium, and I use a TENS machine on painful muscles or if I'm having neuropathy. Cinnamon oil topically helps with cramps, peppermint oil topically helps me sore muscles. The heating pad also helps a lot!! During the summer I was constantly jumping into ice cold swimming holes and all the pain would go away. I also take gabapentin as needed, and two tramadol a day. If you're interested in prescription painkillers, I've had great luck with tramadol. edge off pain, no high or any interference with life. But of course, that's just me. Good luck!

Girlie, Tramadol and Hydrocodone are both pain killers. But with the sciatica that I just had the hydrocodone did nothing. I don't think either do much for nerve pain.

I use Tramadol as well. I have constant full body muscle pain and nothing would give me any relief. It got to a point where I was ready to kill myself to end the pain. 1 Tramadol took all the pain away. It doesn't relieve the pain when I'm herxing. During those times, just have to detox a ton. But at least I have relief for my everyday pain. Have been on it for 4 years now. It's good not to take it for like 2 days when it starts not working as well so you don't build tolerance to it as quickly. I have 3 kids and it's the only way I've been able to continue taking care of them. I feel like I'm not taking anything. It actually gives you a slight boost in energy. I don't know how easily it will be getting off of it one day, but right now it gives me somewhat of a life back. Detoxing is still very important and part of pain management. I'm taking Curcumin as well. Lemons make a difference too in my tea.

ChickNorris, I have to rely on prescription pain killers. Oxycodone. I have back issues going back 13 years that I don't know if they are related to the Lyme/RMSF, and I have a lot of pain in my right shoulder, which was reconstructed 2 1/2 years ago.

I suffered with pain for 19 years, at this point I can say averaged around a 5-6 on the 10 scale. Nothing in the way of anti inflamatories ever helped for very long and I didn't have any kind of accurate diagnosis. I just tried to ignore it, or work around it.

In 2003 I had gall bladder surgery and after going into a clinic hemorrhaging in pain, they gave me Darvocet. For the first time in all those years I was pain free. The Dr. kept me on them until the FDA pulled them from the market. At that point I was switched to Percocet, and have been taking it ever since. I found a great deal of relief with Ibuprophen after arm/shoulder surgery, but it kept my blood pressure meds from working and put me in congestive heart failure.

Even though I would be bed ridden by now, without the Percocet, I go as long as I can without it, then take a 1/2 low dose, so I don't get dependent on it. I want to KNOW what's hurting me and when, without always masking it. Just standing for more than 15 minutes, like cooking or washing dishes, I get debilitating back pain that even the percocet can't touch. At that point I'm just out, and must rest.

Nothing else has ever helped. Not even marijuana. My pain levels are solid 10's nearly every time I try to do some work around here.

Post Edited (julymorning) : 10/21/2016 10:06:01 PM (GMT-6)

julymorning said...
ChickNorris, I have to rely on prescription pain killers. Oxycodone. I have back issues going back 13 years that I don't know if they are related to the Lyme/RMSF, and I have a lot of pain in my right shoulder, which was reconstructed 2 1/2 years ago.

I suffered with pain for 19 years, at this point I can say averaged around a 5-6 on the 10 scale. Nothing in the way of anti inflamatories ever helped for very long and I didn't have any kind of accurate diagnosis. I just tried to ignore it, or work around it.

In 2003 I had gall bladder surgery and after going into a clinic hemorrhaging in pain, they gave me Darvocet. For the first time in all those years I was pain free. The Dr. kept me on them until the FDA pulled them from the market. At that point I was switched to Percocet, and have been taking it ever since. I found a great deal of relief with Ibuprophen after arm/shoulder surgery, but it kept my blood pressure meds from working and put me in congestive heart failure.

Even though I would be bed ridden by now, without the Percocet, I go as long as I can without it, then take a 1/2 low dose, so I don't get dependent on it. I want to KNOW what's hurting me and when, without always masking it. Just standing for more than 15 minutes, like cooking or washing dishes, I get debilitating back pain that even the percocet can't touch. At that point I'm just out, and must rest.

Nothing else has ever helped. Not even marijuana. My pain levels are solid 10's nearly every time I try to do some work around here.

Gosh, julymorning - you have been through a lot.
Did the shoulder reconstruction work?

Cordyalis ,bee venom and a lttle tramadol . Rocephin is antininflamitory but iv curcumin has helped most..just talked to a pain management doc he uses bee venom to get people off opiate..it regulates the inflammation response with apamin ..tramadol is a fake opiate .