PREGABALIN vs TRAMADOL

6 years ago I broke my knee playing rugby. I was 33. I had a fair bit of metal put in and lots and lots of rehab. 2 years on crutches and over 4 years of physio. Nothing helped the pain and they removed the metal, which also didn’t help. I had a nerve block injection and was told it may stop the pai

In 2018 I started having daily headaches, it was in my temples, eyebrows/forehead and neck/occipital. I was bedridden for 6 years, unable to work, study, clean my own bedroom or even watching something on TV. I've taken every possible migraine medication: topiramate, emgality, amitriptyline, pregaba

The Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) has developed 17 recommendations for the diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), emphasizing a comprehensive, individualized, and evidence-based approach. Below is a summary of these recommendations: 1. Comprehensive Evaluation: FMS manage

I've had to move back home due to the cost of living be so high and my mum has taken my dihydrocodeine from me. She says I take it everyday and am addicted. She says that I should just take paracetamo and be on a pain patch. I'm only taking my dihydrocodeine as prescribed for my slipped discs and p

25F just recently diagnosed so I went to the pharmacy to pick up pregabalin prescribed by my rheumatologist. Of course I hadn’t taken it before so I asked the pharmacist to go over it with me. He asks “what’s it for”? I say “fibromyalgia” then the comments of “wow you’re pretty young for that”. I gu

Title says all. I was recently diagnosed with fibro after testing negative for other autoimmune and muscle diseases. However I seem to have a unique version where I experience 24/7 muscle stiffness and inflammation. Being a little risqué, it feels like I'm tightly wrapped up in BDSM-type rope all ov

I started with 1.5mg and slowly worked my way to 4.5mg, going up 0.5mg at a time. Since the very first dose, I noticed a decrease in pain. With every single dose increase, the pain relief got better and better. When I hit 3.5mg, I had ZERO pain the next day during my 8 hours of work. That’s right -

Just a vent post really. Why is every single medical appointment such a fucking fight every time to advocate for myself and be heard??? Like even with pain management doctors who are supposed to want to help people like me. I literally asked about pregabalin because we haven’t really tried many me

I'm stressed out y'all. I'm not going to get into why, I'm not up for a political debate. I'm not sure how so many are remaining cool as cucumbers right now but I'm hanging on by a thread. My fibro symptoms were getting so much better when I changed my diet and supplement, and medication regimen in

Massive rant incoming: I'm so tired of these doctors, man. I have been on opiates for a few years. They recently switched me from tramadol to percocet a couple months ago and it gave me my life back. Psychiatrist put me on wellbutrin too which has mad a huge impact. I signed up to start a 9 month tr

Hi all! I originally posted this on this community under my old account. Since today, I was told I was a “disservice to the community” for essentially calling into question the efficacy of Tramadol, I’d like to reshare my contributions to the community. For free. Please. Enjoy.

I had an infected molar pulled out today, and an implant put into place. They literally hammered the implant into my jaw. I told the dentist that people with Fibro often aren't helped much by Ibuprofen (what they usually give) so he gave me 50mg of Tramadol. It didn't help enough. Soon after getting

I (33f) have a mobility parking permit. Today some older guy (60s/70s) approached my window and started yelling at me for using one of the mobility parking spaces at the park, he was really aggressive with the way he was yelling that I’m not disabled, that I’m not allowed to be there, people were st

Hello everyone, I feel as if I'm invading this space as I'm not a sufferer of chronic pain myself, but I have intimate knowledge of the damage it can cause and wanted to tell my wife's story with it and how much I feel for any of you that are in chronic pain. My wife began suffering from intractable

Here is my experience going to a pain doctor for the first time. Spoiler alert: I completely regret going at all, it was my choice to go because I was so hopeful I would get help. ​ * Arrogant and uncaring attitude from the first appointment. I never, not once felt he gave a damn about

You can go royalty fuck yourself and your lack of empathy which is horrifying given the profession you are in. The type of attitude you showed me almost killed me twice When I walked up to the desk in tears after being in pain for the last 2 days and have been waiting hours to be seen. Hearing you