Re: Questions about pain

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

In the last year or so I have experienced a pain down the back of my legs, from

buttock to the back of my knee. Sometimes it is both legs sometimes just one. To

touch any spot on the back of my leg intensifies the pain but not in just that

one spot, the entire strip (feels like a rod running along my thigh bone) hurts.

Drives me up the wall. It goes away as suddenly as it appears. The longest it

has bothered me has been 3 days in a row. No clue what causes it.

Hope

[Guest guest]

My pain is in my feet and lower legs and lower arms and hands. My pain is a

very sharp and intense pain. I feel like I want to scream ...I did that once it

didn't stop the pain but the release of the scream really felt good LOL

I try every thing I can because what works once time won't work the next time...

I have found that since I quit my exercise at the gym it feels better..... hope

you can get relief...I'll say a little prayer for you.

Cathleen in Arkansas

[Guest guest]

Hi :

The type of pain you are describing sounds more like a problem with your sciatic

nerve,or surrounding muscles. I blamed the pain on CMT for some time before the

pain became so intense that I had many a sleepless nights.

I have a doctor in Owen Sound who does EMG testing. We discussed what had been

happening, he did a physical and then an EMG test on my sciatic nerve. The

results showed my sciatic nerve was working very good. So what is the problem?

I have periformis syndrome. There is a small muscle called the periformis

muscle. The sciatic runs very close to this muscle and sometimes the sciatic

muscle my run directly through the periformis.

I went to see an osteopath massage specialist. Within 2 treatments I have felt

like new. It's amazing.

That's my story......regards,

[Guest guest]

I have the same pains and they were the worst when I layed down for the night.

My dr started me on Methadone and Neurontin. Problem 90% better in 2 days.

Blanek

[Guest guest]

DEar Mike;

I too have pains that don't go away, unless I dope up. My dr also recommended

'Meth'', I first said yes, but then decided against it. Once you start it, its

very difficult to stop. So, I didn't start. I kill my pains with extra

strength Tylenol, during the day time, then in the night I take Vicodone. I'd

rather suffer, a little, before becoming tied to a narcotic.

Dennis

[Guest guest]

Dennis,

it is funny that people talk about the addiction. besides meth i take klonopin

and hydrocodone 10/325. last yr we went on a 3 wk vacation and somehow I left

the meth at home. to my surprise i just took more hydrocodone and endured more

pain. the klonipin is a diff story. i was off it for 4 days and was very sick. i

take 250mg meth daily and am prosribed 180/pills/mo of same as vicodin which i

hav meds left over every mo so i do not understand how people can get so strung

out on vicodin, loracet, tylox etc. i also take neurontin and ritalin,the rit so

i do not sleep 20 hrs a day.

my dr says so what if i get addiction if i am going to require meds lifelong. i

was getting so many meds from different drs that i now see an anesthesioligist

to make sure drugs are correct.

mike in Texas

ps: without the pain relief i get now i would have killed myself. untill age 44

i used alcohol to sleep and had pancreititis 3 times which is alot more pain

than cmt. i am thankful i finally had a dr that got me to a neuroligist. i

traveled in my job and 1st bout, san diego, 2nd chattanooga last at home. zero

alcohol now.