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Back pain and medication that is causing bad side- effects

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I have been put on these weird pills for my back which make me spaced out the first lot Gabapentin put me in bed for a week. So now they have put me on Pregabalin and I feel meh! I am so spaced out I rang the doctor and they said it will pass in time, but I really don't like feeling this way. They took me off Tramadol and gave me this generic pregabalin and it isn't working for my back, in fact I am surprised I can write this, my brain feels scrambled. Why are they allowed to take you off meds you have been on for years just because they want to save money on prescribing drugs from the Czech Republic. This drug is horrible but im scared to go back to the doctors. One doctor bullied me into saying I was addicted to the 15mg of Diazepam I took at night to relax my muscles, he just kept saying admit it and I will give you medicine. 15mg of diazepam I had never asked it to be raised and to prove I wasn't I just slung them in the cupboard as he weaned me off, what a joke weaning me off 15mg of diazepam x, it was a horrible experience and when I went to say something he just told me to be quiet turned his back on me and said he was thinking for me,he should think himself lucky I wasn't fit as I don't like bullies. Sorry im going on but that doctor needs talking too.
Stay safe all sorry for rambling,
Sammie
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As a fellow spinal nerve pain sufferer ,I've spent a small fortune on alternative treatments and lotions/positions
I have been on some strong pain relief for a number of years
different doctors different meds and when they (the meds ) don't agree with me I make my feelings known in no uncertain terms even reporting drs .(locums normally)
And using "herbal" remadies
I also was on Gabapentin and the same as you felt out if it and not in control.
Now for some time ,amongst the pill feast .I have been on pregabalin 2x300mg daily.they are slow release,unlike the morhine I take which is very quick acting.
After a word with my regular Dr I take the pregablin both together later in the day which with the side effect of drowsiness helps me off to sleep anyway.
As they are slow release,could you maybe try asking your Dr for morphine patches they are slow release also and no side effects ie:constipation .
There are loads of other pain relief but depends on having a good rapport with your Dr.
You could contact in writing to the practice manager re the Dr and the attitude you have encountered.
I hope you can get something sorted
Chronic back pain is no joke
Cheers
Gizmo
I have also had to deal with one or two senior doctors who have misdiagnosed me and refused to listen to me. It just makes things so much more difficult when they don't listen. With any Chronic condition doctors should be prepared to listen more to patients and also be prepared to work with them more instead of getting high and mighty and assuming they know it all because they have read guidelines and we haven't. We are all individuals and our responses to medications are equally individual.
Morphine products do not deal well with neural pain well and often the euphoria can be mistaken for pain relief but there are a few neural pain killers and your doctor @Sammie1 has tried 2 of them. I also had awful problems with Gebapentin and can understand your concerns. I also found that generic Pregabalin didn't work very well so now take a branded Pregabalin which works mush better (Alsain). The others I mostly had trouble with as well. Amitryptylene put me to sleep for 20 hours a day at a low dosage. Duloxetine amplified my depression feelings so much that after taking it for 2 weeks I OD'ed. I do find the Nortryptylene works ok but can also put me to sleep for long periods but if built up slowly seems to work ok but is limited to a fairly low dosage at maximum.
Generally being taken off a morphine product is not done to save money but to give your system a break and trying to use the neural pain killers is often a good alternative as they are much more effective at much lower dosages than most Morphine based medication.
TK
Morphine. Codine
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