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Open Back Pain

I have had back pain for many years,& have been in two serious car accidents. I slipped a disc once when i was in college. Pain is so bad makes it hard to stand.

Treatments

Bedrest Somewhat Helpful

it helps til i have to get up again and walk around or try to do some work

Chiropractic Adjustment Not Working

worse thing i ever did, after a car accident, he made all my pains 10times worse.

Darvon Working / Worked

oh yeah it works, but because its habit forming you are only given so much, and my pain is chronic.

Flexeril Working / Worked

this only works for my muscles

Heat Not Working

did nothing

Hydrocodone Working / Worked

yes it worked, but again you are only given it in small doses

Ibuprofen Not Working

motrin makes my stomach sick, all others act like baby aspirin to me

Naproxen Not Working

baby asprin

Physical Therapy Somewhat Helpful

after the accidents it helped some.

Relaxation Considering

if i knew how. I am too stressed and tense to know how to relax

Stretching Not Working

cant do to other aliments

TENS Not Working

if this is something they do at a chiroprators, i cried through it, and they finally had to stop was making pain worse

Open Career Changes

I am needing support I need a job at home, due to my illnesses and my finacee having epilepsy and he needs me here due to his seizures being uncontrolled. not sure if this is right group?

Open Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

I didnt know i had it, til i was in a serious car accident and both arms went numb on me, i went to a neurologist and was tested(painfully), i have it sereve from hands,wrists, up to shoulders, its very difficult for me to lift things.

Treatments

Wrist Splint Somewhat Helpful

you just cant do anything with them on til you break them in, as i had really good ones.

Open Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

I have no idea how long I have had this, been many yrs ago I was diagnozed with it, but present doctors dont treat me for it.

Treatments

DHEA Not Working

made my heart race

Reflexology Somewhat Helpful

my grandmother did this, now i do my own but she did it only on feet, i do it on my hands its easier for me.

Reiki Not Working

i have never felt anything with this and i do believe it helps some people just not me.

Open Chronic Pain

Ever since I was a teenager I had some kind of pain all the time, back then no one cared. As an adult not much different. I have pain throughout many parts of my body, some meds only work in some areas, and most of the time nothing works.

Treatments

Chiropractic Adjustment Not Working

made pain worse

Flexeril Working / Worked

for muscles only

Heat Working / Worked

again for muscles only

Hydrocodone Working / Worked

you are only given lil doses, due to being habit forming

Mobic Not Working

makes me sick to stomach

Naproxen Not Working

baby asprin

Oxycodone Working / Worked

yes it did, again small doses and my pain is chronic all the time

Topamax Somewhat Helpful

soso, felt i built up a tolerance to it.

Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) Depression

many things wrong in my family life as i grew up and not better, i had 2 abusive ex-marriages, an abusive son. father and mother still playing mind games of control

Treatments

Effexor Not Working

tried many yrs ago

Paxil Somewhat Helpful

in the past i didnt have panic attacks, but as far as depression it didnt do anything, i was told it was only to relax me.

Prozac Not Working

one of the first i was given, gained ton of weight, and they kept increasing the dosage

Psychotherapy Not Working

a joke, they used to look forward to what horrible thing was happening to me this week like i was a soap opera. I felt worse, medications i was given, made my thoughts more dark, so he increased my meds..i left and never went back

Support from Friends & Family Somewhat Helpful

I have only one true friend who has gone through depression/panic attacks like me, shes my rock, my finacee is my only other support i have.

Wellbutrin Not Working

made me gain wieght and didnt help

Writing Not Working

dumb and boring.

Open Environmental Allergies
Type of allergy: Other

I have had allergies of somekind most all of my life, some from childhood, but not diagnozied. I know dust, grass, ragweed,pollen, bee sting,(not sure that counts here), smoke bothers me, i get like asthmatic, prob since i have bronchitis. certian smells.

Treatments

Allegra Not Working

dried me out too much

Clarinex Not Working

dried me out.

Flonase Working / Worked

soso, i think its being used too much but its all they will give me. sometimes it doesnt even open me up.

Nasacort AQ Somewhat Helpful

soso

Nasal Irrigation Somewhat Helpful

if allergy isnt too bad it helps

Nasonex Working / Worked

it helped but i was only given it once and never again.

Singulair Working / Worked

helped but was only given enough for like a month, and when i have these attacks can last the whole summer or winter,

Sudafed Working / Worked

only thing that opens me up, but i cant take it hardly ever since i have high blood pressure and im on meds.

Zyrtec Somewhat Helpful

but dries me out

Open Family Issues

The only people in my family who loved me are dead, my grandparents. My mother and father are abusive and controlling, my only sibling and i dont talk at all. And we all live only mins away from each other. My son and i dont talk either.

Treatments

Family Therapy Not Working

my son and i tried this, we were made to do it, didnt work he sat on one side me on other and we didnt talk.

Psychotherapy Not Working

i have been in and out like a revolving door, i dont mind talking about it, it doesnt do me any good.

Talking Somewhat Helpful

I vent out to my closest friend but she lives in another state.

Writing Somewhat Helpful

i write poems

Open Fibromyalgia

i was just recently diagonized with this, but was given nothing for the pain,

Open Food Allergies
Type of allergy: Other Foods

i have had problems with some foods over the year, some i just dont eat cause they arent my favorites so i dont miss them, recently i had a bad attack and others think it might be MSG.

Treatments

Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Not Working

not really i have one list saying its ok, and another saying no, so i am now hardly eating anything at all and keeping benedryll handy.

Open Healthy Eating

i think i have a problem with msg, i had a severe reaction. and need help in finding things to eat.

Open Hiatal Hernia

i have had hiatal hernia for a long time,with gerd, and problems with my esophagus choking, had 3 emergency surgeries.

Treatments

Antacids Not Working

cant take due to too much sodium

Nexium Working / Worked

as long as i take it, and i can get them to pay it for me.

Pepto-Bismol Not Working

makes my tongue turn black and makes me want to throw up.

Open High Blood Pressure

my blood pressure is not always high, but stress or pain makes it go up, and i am under alot of both

Treatments

Dyazide Working / Worked

guess so, they doubled dose on me after only a few months, does nothing for swelling in feet or ankles

Fish Oil Working / Worked

I take one every day

Lisinopril Working / Worked

i guess?

Open High Cholesterol

i think last time mine was tested was 264, but was a few yrs ago, doctors office doesnt do anything about it or even talk to me about it.

Treatments

Fish Oil Working / Worked

still taking it

Open Insomnia

ever since I started my longest job of 17 yrs, i had it. I would be lucky if i get 2 hours here and there, but even if i do sleep longer when im not feeling well or sick, im never rested. My finacee has this too.

Open Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

had it for a long time now, i try to cope with it, since its the least of my worries right now

Treatments

Acidophilus Not Working

worked before i had ibs, not strong enough

Open Migraine Headaches

I have had headaches most all my life, i have been told i have migraines, clusters, sinus, tension ...its like you name it, i have it. lol.

Treatments

Axert Not Working

made me sick to stomach

Excedrin Somewhat Helpful

sometimes, but without aspirin.

Inderal Not Working

Magnesium Too Soon to Tell

Naproxen Not Working

Topamax Not Working

Tylenol Not Working

Open Obesity

I have become overweight since i was 6 or 7, when we moved to another town, my mom fed me peanut butter sandwiches, guess she didnt or couldnt cook, and was nervous, I have had an abusive and controlling family, 2 bad ex-marriages, horrible job for 17 yrs, loads of stress and tension, and health issues. what else do you wanna know?

Treatments

NutriSystem Not Working

who can afford the food.

Physical Exercise Not Working

i have arthtitis, in both knees, hips and ankle, and my knees are like shot, i have been in 3 serious car accidents, there is a long list

Slim-Fast Not Working

oh yes doesnt everyone love those shakes, and candy, too much, lol

Swimming Working / Worked

when my apt kept the pool open, they closed it.

Topamax Not Working

Weight Watchers Not Working

i dont like telling the whole world if i gain one pound.

Open Panic Attacks

when they started i could mentally talk myself down from them, but over the yrs they control me, and im scared. right now i cant tell the difference btw a panic attack and a food allergy reaction.

Treatments

BuSpar Not Working

was given to me for something else

Effexor Not Working

for migraines i think and no didnt work

Inderal Not Working

was given for something else.

Klonopin Not Working

was given for something else

Paxil Considering

i am on something else now, but when i run out i am to try this.

Serzone Not Working

dont get me started on that, i was given that and it gave me more dark thoughts ,so my so-called doctor doubles the dose.

Xanax Working / Worked

it does help, but since i left the clinic when im out thats it, the free clinic where i go, only gave me paxil

Open Phobia

i have fear of hieghts, agoriphobia (not sure if spelled right), choking, dying,(due to panic attacks i think), i have social anxiety disorder,too, dental phobia due to last visit, i was forced to have teeth pulled, i never signed anything, given 12 shots, my heart felt like would explode, both my right arm and leg were moving up and down hard hurting me, i had a full blown attack ..

Open Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

I think I have had this a long time, and my sister has it too, by luck I was able to have a son in spite of this illness, but the only help i get from the free clinic is birth control pills and im 50 now, and I still go through the crampings of a period.

Treatments

Oral Contraceptives Somewhat Helpful

doesnt help with cramping, and i did have a problem with those cysts rupcting on me once, not fun, pain doubled me over for 5 weeks, hospital just gave me pain shots. But they never checked me out for anything.