
Degenerative Disc Disease Support Group
Degeneration of the intervertebral disc, which is often called "degenerative disc disease" (DDD) of the spine, DDD is in fact a condition that can be painful and can greatly affect the quality of one's life. While disc degeneration is not a normal part of aging and for most people is not a problem, for certain individuals a degenerated disc can cause severe constant...

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I have my maxed amount of epidural shots of my cervical DDD....(and no one cares about my lumbar DDD)..... I've done physical therapy, muscle relaxers, Amitriptyline, Nortryptiline, desipramine.....narcotics...
So I decided to go to a spine specialist and they have me on Gabapentin. Its been two weeks and it did nothing for my lumbar ever... but it did seem to help my cervical and arm/hand pain right after I started taking it. So I'm upping the dose slowly... (doctors orders)... and every day the pain is all coming back.
How is this possible? For a minute I had hope..... What the heck I'm supposed to do now???? When I look at the reviews it seems like lots of people have success with it. If you've tried it, did it help? Has anyone felt a little relief and then none? I'm currently on 1200mg a day....
So I decided to go to a spine specialist and they have me on Gabapentin. Its been two weeks and it did nothing for my lumbar ever... but it did seem to help my cervical and arm/hand pain right after I started taking it. So I'm upping the dose slowly... (doctors orders)... and every day the pain is all coming back.
How is this possible? For a minute I had hope..... What the heck I'm supposed to do now???? When I look at the reviews it seems like lots of people have success with it. If you've tried it, did it help? Has anyone felt a little relief and then none? I'm currently on 1200mg a day....
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