hi tori

hopefully everything goes good with your appointment tommorrow. btw maybe you can ask for another painkiller when you talk your your doctor. i did with my doc and he upped my motrin to 800mgs. anyways good luck and get well.

sabrina

I was told that for short durations you can take more than six of a pain killer (mine is aleve, pharmacist told me it's the strongest non-aspirin pain killer) at a time. Then again, I was told I could double up on my Tab 7.5 (More like not told not to). So my advice, to get through today, is to take as many pain pills as you see necessary. I'd just say eight is my limit, but you make your own call.

I hope your appointment goes well!

Ugh. That's really unfortunate. All of that stopped working for me a few years ago. So they keep perscribing me with anti-inflammatories. Which somewhat help with the pain, but I have been taking them so long that they are eating away my stomach and now I can't take those anymore! This is a looong and painful process, and I sincerely wish you the best of luck on yours! =)

Oh my gosh! I know, isn't it an evil cycle?! I am seeing my doctor tomorrow and sometimes I swear I feel like everyone thinks I am a drug addict! The strongest thing I take is Darvocet, and it does sort of help take the edge off, but doesn't get rid of all the pain. I know lots of people who take Vicodin for pain, but I don't want to get into that because I feel like I basically need pain relief every day.

I don't think they understand just how frustrating it is to HURT every single day. It's like it's all I can think about sometimes! Plus it just lead to a million other things... backaches, headaches, feeling tired, slugish and then just depressed!

I really understand where you are coming from. I am hoping my doctor can help me tomorrow, too!
xoxo

last year i popped pain killers like they were candy because of the pain. they have tried me on all sorts of stuff from antispasmodics, mefamic acid, antidepressants etc.

there has to be another way instead of dosing yourself upto the nines with drugs. lol.

I agree! I am trying the "Endo Diet" to see if that helps at all. It's frustrating because with all medciine there is a whole other long list of side effects.

I just don't think people really understand how difficult this all is!

When it comes to painkillers, ANAPROX/NAPROXEN is known to be the best thing for endo, but you HAVE to take it 1-2 days before the pain really gets bad. It does not actually contain a painkiller (neither do ibmotrin, advil etc.) but instead fights bad prostoglandins that cause the inflammation, that cause the pain. Narcotics are useless for endo pain and are need in increasing doses, so avoid them if you can. As well, Tylenol type painkillers do nothing, as they do not stop inflammation the same way anti-inflammatories do. You can get Anaprox/Naproxen in double doses 550mg. A pharmacist explained allof this to me and said that regular over the counter painkillers/anti-inflammatories are completely useless for pain as bad as endo.

Hey Tori. I've tried lots of different pain meds. I recently quit taking hydrocodone because I did'nt like feeling all doped up. Now I am taking Tramadol, which is non narcotic but just as strong. It works pretty well. I also use Chinese herbs Gui Zi Fu Ling Wan and Jin Gu Die Da Wan. Now I only have to use my heating pad in the morning when I first wake up, before I used it day and night.

I get acupuncture treatments and also practice Qi Gong.

I hope this helps. Take care. Feel better soon.
Lovebyrd

I try not to take painkillers at all the be honest with you. Except when its the worse. They don't do enough to justify the damage longterm to your body.

What do I suggest? Oh heck I don't know...walking helps me a lot, just walkinng several hours a day, but its not the most practical thing (used to be a camp counselor/walked to and from school/walked to work) for a busy life. I reccomend trying a martial art, yoga, something like taht can have lonterm health benefits overall but I've found the MA to be helpful...maybe because the breathing in it is so healing?

I haven't started the diet YET. i am procrastinating...lol but I've tested some of their theories and it seems pretty legit to me...it'd be worth a try at least.

Also, hot bath, hot showers, heat wraps. If you have to be out and abotu therma care heat wraps for lower back pain and menstrual cramps are a nice duo. And I hate to say it....but chocolate will only make it WORSE. try for something else liek maybe a strawberry banana smoothie when you're in the mood for a pick me up.

oh yeah bananas have potasieum (spelling?) which helps with cramps...so lol extra benefit!