There are drug’s out there for nerve pain. Try gabapentin or pregabalin. I can’t remember right now but one is just a really strong version of the other one. Insurance won’t like to pay for it, but there are coupons online that get the prices way down. It muted the sciatic pain I was experiencing until I could get through the process of qualifying for surgery.
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Bulging Disc
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Tiha
Red Skull Member
I'll try to keep this short.
Had quite a long journey myself. Had one ruptured and one bulging.
Doctor was like, try sleeping on the floor, buy some new shoes.
Took a year and calling the doctor a quack before I got an MRI.
He sent me for epidural. It helped but short term. Got my max for that year, still in pain.
Started seeking surgeons. Found the "best" one that everyone recommended, Got an appointment. Waited my 6 months for an appointment.
get to appointment only to have doctor tell me he doesn't do them anymore.
But he told me to go see his pain specialist.
I did, he gave me a epidural like I have never had before. I walked out of there like a new man.
Got shots from him for a couple years, always did great.
There is a difference in epidural people. After finding the second guy I realized that first guy that stuck me, he should not be doing epidurals.
If getting the epidural is not the most painful thing you have ever felt in your life, then they did not do it right.
In edit, I was completely anti med. I had Celebrex that I would start taking when the pain came and I was waiting on my next appointment.
Had quite a long journey myself. Had one ruptured and one bulging.
Doctor was like, try sleeping on the floor, buy some new shoes.
Took a year and calling the doctor a quack before I got an MRI.
He sent me for epidural. It helped but short term. Got my max for that year, still in pain.
Started seeking surgeons. Found the "best" one that everyone recommended, Got an appointment. Waited my 6 months for an appointment.
get to appointment only to have doctor tell me he doesn't do them anymore.
But he told me to go see his pain specialist.
I did, he gave me a epidural like I have never had before. I walked out of there like a new man.
Got shots from him for a couple years, always did great.
There is a difference in epidural people. After finding the second guy I realized that first guy that stuck me, he should not be doing epidurals.
If getting the epidural is not the most painful thing you have ever felt in your life, then they did not do it right.
In edit, I was completely anti med. I had Celebrex that I would start taking when the pain came and I was waiting on my next appointment.
cervelorod
Well-known member
Not that this is a problem for most people, but these are off-label for neuropathy. If you’re a pilot there are a lot of drugs that could be helpful, but the FAA only looks at the primary use and says if you take this we believe you have epilepsy, and shouldn’t be a pilot anymore. You must just deal with the pain…
nahmus
Refugee from syrup
Find someone in your area that does VAX-D I guess it's the next level of inversion table. You lay flat on a table and they secure your hips to the table. You grab two posts with your hands and the machine pulls you. Theory is that the negative pressure sucks the disks back into place. I did it maybe 15 years ago and it was a godsend. I was in so much pain I gave my car to my dad because I could not work the clutch anymore. I had 2 bulging and one herniated disk in my lower back. Went 6 days a week, 5, 4, 4, 3, 2, and then one. There are stretching exercises that go along with it. The Dr told me keep going for 4 more weeks with the stretches and it will continue to get better. My back is fine now. I do get a pain or a twinge here and there when I'm dumb but for the most part I'm pain free.
Good luck
Good luck