Re: Fibromyalgia and other issues

October 9, 2010

I take various pain meds but I have other issues in addition to Fibromyalgia.

I got the results of my MRI 3 days ago and have 2 new herniated discs plus

worsening spinal stenosis, so it must be moderate to severe now.

I suffer with severe Migraines also. I take amytriptiline, Vicodin, and ultram

XR 300 mg. I have been taking the Vicodin since May when the pain suddenly

worsened considerably and nothing I was taking even touched the pain.

When I am having a good day or good part of a day I barely have pain so I guess

the pain meds are working. The problem is that I don't have that many good days

and have seen the pain gradually worsen over the past 10 years in terms of

severity and disability.

I used to be able to get back to a lesser level of pain and have

some recovery time when I could actually reduce the pain meds which I don't have

anymore. I did think that the spinal issues were stable which I see I was wrong

about.

The previous MRI from 3 yrs ago had remained relatively the same compared with

the one I took in 2002 but now is worsened. I see I will need some more MRI's as

the worsening of the Lumbar spine could signal worsening in the thoracic and

cervical areas, where the pain is present and I didn't have MRI's done.

It is like a domino effect when I have pain too often. I have severe leg pain

which spreads to back pain and then the back pain seems to trigger a Migraine.

The reverse also happens where the Migraine is severe and the Imitrex Nasal

spray doesn't work and that continuous pain seems to trigger pain elsewhere in

my body.

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