Amitryptiline as pain relief

Thanks Jenny

I'm really pleased I asked now - sounds like my colleagues Mrs was onto something when she told me not to give up. The thing is, I don't really care if I end up having to take one of these for the rest of my days - as long as I am getting relief and sleep, I care not a jot.

Surely you would only be addicted if you wanted more and more Jenny? The fact that you need something on a daily basis to do exactly what it was prescribed to do would suggest that it was correctly prescribed for your needs - not that you are addicted?

 

It did nothing for me right from the off, so I wasn't interested in taking it at all. Paracetamol is another one that rarely does anything for me - ibuprofen or aspirin seem to work, but not really sufficient to deal with the pain that I am getting.

 

Once you settle into them you can leed the normal life you would like back as you are well rested when you wake in the morning, my S in L or myself have never been ones for time off from work in fact he is a workaholic in a physical job & they seem to suit our lifestyles well..

Oh dear Moyra that sounds very miserable with the tramadol, your doctor could help you get off of them & have a completely new pain regime that would be allot better.. I realise that coming off them is not that pleasant but with your Docs help, so worth it in the end.. my friend who has Fybromyalgia was totally hooked on them after 16yrs I think it was.. Her pain regime now is so much better & she feels so much better in herself as well despite her Fybromyalgia.. So there is hope Moyra..

 

In fairness, doc does want to seek out the cause (he is looking at a referral to see a rheumatologist for further testing for example), however in the short term his main focus was to try and give me some sort of normality back by killing some of the pain.

Believe me, after all these years, I would love nothing more than knowing what was causing the pain, and what could be done about it - to be honest, at the moment it is a damn good start for me that it is now being agreed that I am actually experiencing pain.

However, the further down this path I have gone, the more I have learned that there isn't always an identifiable cause for pain - at least, not a cause that can be operated on or that shows up on blood tests etc; and that for some types of pain, the best that is ever going to be offered is management and not a cure.

 

What kind of pain are you experiencing loli?

 

Doc has said that I am still to use ibuprofen etc for any daytime pain, however the vast majority of my pain is at night (unless I over-do it during the day, or am having a particularly bad spell) - the thing is, even taking 400mg every four hours or so wasn't really having much of an effect on the really bad days, and I am not comfortable taking them so continually without advice from a doctor.

Loli - you have my sympathy, as the bulk of my pain is radiates from the middle of my back around my lower ribcage; the one thing I have found over the years is that the positioning of my pillows can be absolutely critical - in fact, if my pillows get mixed up with Mrs C's when we are changing the bedding, that alone can lead to a night from hell for me.

 

Well, first night on them last night - pain did seem better already, but by hokey did I struggle to get out of bed this morning because of them - hope that bit settles over the next few weeks