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Chronic pain
Hi I’m in hospital crying in agony and they only giving me paracetamol and ibrubrofen what strong meds can I try I’m 18 years old and I can’t sleep every night or day because of pain
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Prescription Medications for Spinal Stenosis?
I have been suffering with spinal stenosis for a long time now and get a great deal of pain when walking outdoors. My GP offered me opioids for pain relief but I was worried about addiction. I have now got to the stage that I’m struggling too much. Which if any painkillers work for you? I can’t take anti inflammatory…
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Am I right or am I wrong
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poss m/e
to make appointment or speak to doc got to ring at 8am an join a que ,by time doc rings back ive fogotten most of what i was going to say,so i thought id email them to hopefully add to my records etcdunno if that was the right thing to do,extreme lack of energy.. do anythink and pay for it later or next day . after been…
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Anyone Who Has Arthritis.. some Advice Please?
Hi Folks For years I have been getting only occasionally bouts of Gout. It is the worst pain I have ever endured. As I am getting older I struggle to get out of bed. Bend over to pick something up. My muscles ache constantly. This never used to happen. I feel like I have got constant cramp, albeit mild.Is this the start of…
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Hi, my name is Ivor33! I'm desperate to with backache!
Hallo all you out there and deepest sympathy to all those suffering incessant pain! Two things occurred recently as contributing factors to ongoing and virtually incessant back pain. The Covid lockdown meant that I was, like most people, fairly inactive throug
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Chronic nerve and back pain topped now with menopause
Not dealing well with nerve,back ,hip knee pain topped with every symptom of menopause. Feeling very low .
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Hi, my name is Kraylow and I feel lousy
Recently been diagnosed with Fibro after years of pain, depression, confusion and general craziness. Been on Gabapentin for about a month now and take high dose cocodamol along with naproxen and nothing seems to stop the pain. So fed up with it and just wondering if anyone has ideas on reducing pain and dealing with the…
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13 Year old needs help for mother
Hi everyone, hope all is well. My name is Amira, I am from The Netherlands. I am 13 years old, becoming 14 in March. My mom has been dealing with chronic back pain for about 3/4 years now. I really need help. If anyone recognizes the symptoms im about to describe, please reply. She has upper back pain, the level of pain…
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Hi, my name is Rachel2000! I have mild scoliosis, and my back pain is worse than ever. Any tips?
Hi Nice to meet you all. I have mild scoliosis and seem to be prone to bouts of back pain. This is the worst it has ever been as usually I strain it and it is bad for 3 or 4 days then gets better. The other day I was cleaning the kitchen floor and felt a twinge. Then it started seizing up. I could hardly walk for a week,…
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Disc disease
I am suffering really bad cervical and lumber back pain. I can’t deal with it much longer, it is affecting every aspect of my life. I also suffer depression, anxiety and ptsd.
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Hi I'm mlkins! I've been living with pain from crushed discs for many years. Looking for support
I have suffered for many years now with my spine I have crushed discs and 2 discs out 1 in my neck and 1 at the bottom of my spine waiting for surgery. Came here for a little support x
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kyledavey95 - Chronic back pain
I have suffered with the same back problems for 9 years, initially I hurt this in work holding up something heavy above my head when I was 16. The pain has now persisted into chronic pain and is every day. My disc at level T9/T10 thoracic has collapsed which is causing nerve impingement, joint inflammation, ligament pain…
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‘New’ to chronic pain
Yo, hi. I’m wondering if anyone has any advice for how you first dealt with not only the chronic pain but also the emotional turmoil of realising you are now limited in certain aspects of life. Just a bit of background first; I’m a 32 yr old female. Issues starts about a year ago, and have progressively worsened. I have…
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I am the hell that is Fibromyalgia.
24 years ago after being very very fit,healthy,had a beautiful baby daughter,a wonderful vocation my very very demanding job & busy social life. I went out & my legs would give way id collapse & be taken home by very kind strangers. I kept going out time after time I'd collapse again & again & again,over & over & over. I…
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What's the best way to manage chronic pain? Nice say it's exercise.
Taken from The Guardian: What do you think? How could doctors be more compassionate towards patients living with chronic pain? How do you manage your chronic pain?
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I have chronic hamstring issues that cause me a lot of pain. Does anyone have any coping tips?
Thanks for having me! I know that soon my walking will be over, my legs are very weak. I have chronic hamstring issues that REALLY hurt while sitting. But a wheelchair will be in my future. Does anyone have this problem and how do you cope? Not light pain but excruciating at times. Enough of me, thanks for having me, and…
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I have degenerative disc disease and fibromyalgia. Has anyone had surgery on their lumbar spine?
Hi everyone im new here thanks for having me!! I suffer degenerative disc disease and fibromyalgia and suffer very bad with my back its more my lumbar on lots of medication and waiting to see my orthopaedic surgeon again as he was on about surgery on my lumbar spine maybe fusing it together but since all lock down I've had…
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Pain and lack of sleep making me feel really low
Well here goes not had a good night had bout 5 hours sleep which was sleep woke up in pain for hour and sleep then woke up in móré pain im fed up of this im really lőw today teary etc ??
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Please can someone give me advice on lower back/bum/thigh pain?
Hello, I’m sorry if this is in the wrong place but I’m new to the forum thing and I wasn’t sure where to post it. I have suffered from back issues for a long time mostly due to being overweight (I’m now on a reducing strict diet for gallstones). This last week I’ve been suffering awfully from lower back pain, excruciating…
