RE: New to the list - Natural medicine?

[Guest guest]

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I take amitriptyline along with Trofranil and Clozapam at night before going

to sleep. I all so take 30 to 60 mgs of morphine for pain. Even with all of

that I still at times have a hard time sleeping because of pain. I gather

from my husband that he can tell when I am in pain even though asleep, I make

sounds of pain. As for NSAIDS, I don't know anything about its effect on

pain. I know that it is good for inflammation. I can't take NSAIDS. They

make my tinnitus worse.

> Thanks for your response. Elatrolet is Amitriptyline HCL (10mg). It's

> supposed to be a mild antidepressant & I was told to take it on a Friday

> before going to sleep (in case it knocked me out). I took it at 9pm on

> Friday (last week) and was so drowsy that I wasn't actually awake until 5pm

> on Saturday. The instructions from my rheumatologist were that if it made

> me nonfunctional not to take it & to go back to my family doctor to find

> out about something else. She's the one who gave me another NSAID which,

>

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Here (in Israel) you are just diagnosed by the rheumatologist and then your

family doctor follows up. The rheumatologist told me to come back in a month.

I am in the US and my rheumatologist does my pain management. I do not see

my family doctor for anything but to take blood samples and my rheumy does

that most of the time anyhow.

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I work on a computer and continue to work (except for about the first week of

this) and I'm having trouble with very fine mouse movements. I had one

pain-free day, last Sunday, but the pain got progressively stronger

throughout the rest of the week. I went to find out about " natural medicine "

and they are supposed to get back to me at the beginning of this week. Has

anyone had success with this?

You do not take anything for pain? I believe that some have had good luck

with " natural Medicine. " I imagine that they will answer and let you know

what they took and how it works.

Take care,

Irene

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[Guest guest]

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I take the Amitriptlyine, and it took me almost a week and a half before I

got used to the drowsiness. Now it's not bad. I try to take it at around

8:30 or 9:00, then about 1/2 hour later, I'm drowsy, and go to bed. Now I

wake up at 5:30 or 6:00, well rested. It's the first time I've been able to

really get a good night's rest in many months. I'd try it for a few weeks,

then see what happens. Apparently, as I was told, it takes awhile for you to

tolerate it, and not feel like you are in another world for most of the day!

Hope this helps!,

Carol

Irene,

Thanks for your response. Elatrolet is Amitriptyline HCL (10mg). It's

supposed to be a mild anti-depressant & I was told to take it on a Friday

before going to sleep (in case it knocked me out). I took it at 9pm on

Friday (last week) and was so drowsy that I wasn't actually awake until 5pm

on Saturday. The instructions from my rheumatologist were that if it made me

non-functional not to take it & to go back to my family doctor to find out

about something else. She's the one who gave me another NSAID which, again,

was useless (this is the 3rd in 2 weeks, none even touched the pain).

[Guest guest]

Carol,

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

-------Original Message-------

From: Carol Lugg

Apparently, as I was told, it takes awhile for you to

tolerate it, and not feel like you are in another world for most of the day!

Hope this helps!,

Carol

[Guest guest]

Carol,

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

-------Original Message-------

From: Carol Lugg

Apparently, as I was told, it takes awhile for you to

tolerate it, and not feel like you are in another world for most of the day!

Hope this helps!,

Carol

[Guest guest]

Carol,

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

-------Original Message-------

From: Carol Lugg

Apparently, as I was told, it takes awhile for you to

tolerate it, and not feel like you are in another world for most of the day!

Hope this helps!,

Carol