I am more irritable, but I find I have to try to stay calm because when I get upset my head throbs and literally feels like it will explode. I have been in pain since February but was only diagnosed last week and I will see the neurosurgeon on Wednesday.

Those pre-teen through teenage years can be rough when you're healthy and I feel for you. Do you take pain medication for your symptoms? Do you have any pain medication?

My doctor gave me pain pills in February but I did not want to take them unless I was in excrutiating pain. Now, I take a half of a pain pill before I get out of bed and then I take the other half around 1:00 PM. I take Neurontin before bed. I am still in pain but it is tolerable.

I hope you get your pain under control because I think that will make a major difference in you life.

Chronic pain does make you irritable. I find I am just sad more than irritable. I have two teens and a pre teen and those years can def be hectic.

My pain started last February, leveled off around January this year, and then February this year to now has rapidly gotten worse. I'm only on Norco 7.5-325 4qds. My Ortho that did my shoulder surgery had me on Neurontin for the burning (thought it was related to my shoulder injury) and it didn't work well with me, lots of side effects. Then he tried Cymbalta and I was so tired and couldn't get out of bed and it only helped the burning for a short time. So, Norco is all and if I take more then one 7.5 at a time, I get sick. I've tried a 10, but I got sick on that too and that was taking it with food. I know that Tramadol will work, but I just don't like that it contains a form of methadone.
My hubby feels that a lot of it is I am an alpha female and our daughter is challenging that. We adopted her when she was 5 and he feels that she has a lot of anger and hostility toward her birth mother and so she takes it out on me by challenging me. I'm starting to think he's right and it's not just me if he's seeing this.
I pray that both situations get better. Thanks ladies. :)

One of the side effect of Neurontin is irritability. I had to stop taking it due to this. Might be something to look at

I find I am foggy on the gabapentin (neurontin/gralise). I am irritable at times, but it is mainly due to lack of sleep and pain. Without the neurontin I cant even get out of bed.

I was on the Gabapentin up to 1500mg. It worked a bit on the pain, but I was sooo foggy. Couldn't take care of myself and my son. Now I've been med free. I just want to know whats going on in my body. Know it keeps getting worse, just over 2 years after fall and then pain meds would have to keep increasing.

The pain is insaine and even positive or normally excting news/events are too much to handle. That's the fight or flight nerves being effected...why we are so irratible :-(

Am trying to find a way to nourish my body or stop/slow the progression. Unfortuantely nothing is working and I am again stuck with this question~ Do we want to calm the nerves, foods out there can help??? or do we want to energize our systems???

Will Gluten Free, Paleo, Rainbow Foods, Complete rest help us???
What do you do when you get axtra irratible???

Anything I try meets me with negative results. Strength to us all!!!

The only natural thing I have tried was St Johns Wort. It is used for depression but it is a nervine as well. I used it for months before I saw my neurologist.

Have you tried going to whole food, Juice for 3 days to detoxify your body. I have seen major changes doing this.