LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN WITH ANNA AND MAX

Tag: medication

  • An Endless Cycle…Hospital, Pills,  Doctors not taking pain seriously 💊

    Dear Readers,

    I was back in the hospital 🏥 over the weekend, unfortunately due to severe pain as well as severe constipation. I did not necessary want to go, I called an ambulance to check me out but unfortunately was forced to go with them (something I didn’t realize they could do)

    I have been having issues with medications for pain. The hospital actually didn’t really prescribe anything except torridal (I hope that’s spelled correctly) which is a very strong NSAID (like advil) used for inflammatory purposes. It actually has stopped working for my pain but I do not have very many other options. I do have some leftover vicoden as well as oxycontin from other visits…

    It is a mystery why they do not work, however I still take the torridal which is consipating and very hard on the stomach. It is due to this that I am in a endless cycle if I don’t take the medicine the pain is to great but it causes severe constipation and then I  right back where I started.

    On another note the hospital wanted to try the drug neurotin for my pain. However, I only took it for a few days as the sedation effect was so great, I could barely lift my head from the pillow. They want me to continue the drug but I have not quite decided. I started with 100 mg and it would take a much larger dose to be helpful and would also take a great many weeks to find out if it is effective 😪

    Thirdly, the doctors at  the hospital once again blew off my pain. (Something I am no stranger too) They neurologist there was quite nonchalant and frankly callous (telling me to go find a pain management doctor because my tests keep coming up negative) He had no answers for me (neither did the head doctor who I told about the pain being so bad I was having a tough time functioning) He said take the neurotin and that should take care of it and he left the room.

    After going on 4 years of this I don’t quite understand why just because your scans come back negative the doctors don’t believe that you are still in great pain (it’s a big mystery) 😪

    Unfortunately, as of now the cycle seems to be a revolving door, constant hospital stays, consipating medicine (which doesnt work) and negative scans which doctors sont take seriously)

    If any of my readers have experienced anything like this please feel free to comment.

    God bless yall thank you for reading and have a wonderful day

    Anna and Max the Cat 🐈 😻

  • “Candy Fatigue,” aka Pill Fatigue No more useless pills, please!


    Dear readers,

    I  don’t know about y’all, but I certainly have ‘pill fatigue’. Y’all know those brightly colored things that come in a prescription bottle, those things that kind of remind you of little pieces of candy.

    Every day when I have to take mine, I like to imagine that they are brightly colored skittles, y’all know, the tiny candy that comes in all kinds o

    of flavors.


    If any of you have ever been on a strict pill regimen for anything, then you will be familiar. If not, that’s okay.

    When I came back from the emergency room last week, I had two more ‘candy’ pills to add to my collection. The doctor there prescribed oxyxontin  (believe it or not) for facial pain, as well as some ketorolac (which is prescribed as an anti-inflammatory for severe pain).

    I took this in the hospital as well as morphine. They really pulled out the big guns.


    So, unfortunately, I have to add these to my collection of colorful ‘candy’-coated misery that doesn’t work!

    Sadly, the doctor at the emergency room was quite rude and didn’t listen. I kept mentioning that strong pain medication as well as anti-inflammatories do nothing for my pain.

    I’m thinking, ‘No offense, lady, but I wish I knew what would work.’ Why won’t you listen and suggest something that might?’Why don’t you just stop prescribing useless.pills?’

    As some of you might know, when your doctor prescribes a new pill, the side effects can sometimes be worse than the so-called cure

    My medicine cabinet is already overflowing! No more useless  pills, please 🙏

    My psychiatrist is mad at me, too! She keeps wanting me to try new pills 💊 and I keep telling her, “No, thank you, I am already on five!”

    So, in conclusion, dear readers, I have pill fatigue.

    I don’t want any more to add to my ‘Candy Collection,’ except maybe some Valium (another psychiatric suggestion) because it might possibly relax the muscles in my face and jaw leading to some possible pain relief 😮‍💨

    If y’all don’t really understand, that is cool; I just thought I would throw this out there!

    Thanks so much, dear readers and subscribers. Have a wonderful day.

    Anna and Max The Cat 🐈 😻

  • Bad Pain Day  (a little about pain medications)

    Unfortunately, today is an especially bad pain day for me, and it has been quite difficult to write. However, I really enjoy it 😀 so I push on.

    Now, I suppose I just have to get some rest and try some deep breathing exercises and use lots of ice. I dont think I can do the small chore of taking the garbage out today. 

    I must say however 😪  if only Dr. El-said had been able to prescribe something for pain, but unfortunately, pain medications like vicoden are so tightly controlled in Florida that even he can not prescribe them. 😪

    I lived in Northern California for about 12 years. It was probably around 8 or 9 years ago ago, but I continue to marvel about how much easier it was to get pain 💊 medications when you had a real pain condition like I did back then also, It was not facial pain but a woman’s issue.

    I suppose it was easier because there are a great deal of pain  doctors back there. Instead of the only one here in my area.who I have already visited..

    To all my readers ❤️ have a wonderful week.

  • MY PSYCHIATRIST HAD BEEN VERY NICE PRESCIBING MEDICATION THAT SHE THINKS MIGHT HELP

    As, I mention here in the video. I have done a lot of research on my own. I do take five psychiatric medications. I have read where certain medications are supposed to at least alleviate some of the agony.

    Lamictal was one. Which I am already on a low dose, but I’ve been on it for years and if it was going to work..I think it should have by now.

    Also a low dose of Cymbalta (30) mg However Cymbalta is one of the hardest drugs to come off of.. so I don’t need the medication. I just can’t get off of it. But it is one that is supposed to help also.

    All of these doctors that I have seen over the years well some have pushed gabepentin on me. I have been on it before. But the dose you must take is greater that 700 milligrams and unfortunately everything hurts my face. Every psychiatric medication I take. So it would just be intolerable to try.

    my psychiatrist has been very nice. She keeps wanting to try something that might work..but all I usually end up with is another bottle of pills that we have tried.

    perhaps this isn’t Atypical face pain. Perhaps it’s some type of rare headache. I know there are cluster headaches that are supposed to cause the worst pain known to man. And there is also a rare headache that apparently never goes away.

    if only the neurologist in the hospital could have told me something to try.

    but I’m thinking I don’t know how many more psych meds I want to try. Especially if they aren’t the right medication for me.

    i would like to say.

    i am so sorry if you have chronic pain as well. I can’t even explain how excrusing the pain is. I really didn’t think pain like this could exist. I really didn’t