Collarspace Discussion Forums


Home  Login  Search 

Coping with Pain without Meds


View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
 
All Forums >> [Community Discussions] >> Health and Safety >> Coping with Pain without Meds Page: [1] 2   next >   >>
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/8/2008 1:52:54 AM   
candystripper


Posts: 3486
Joined: 11/1/2005
Status: offline 		For various reasons I cannot afford to keep buying Rx drugs and anyway I haven't found anything that really works...and I've been given some stuff I was told was pretty strong.  I'm frustrated.  Is there some way to cope with pain -- muscle mostly but now apparently bone too -- that doesn't involve drugs and actually works?  Something inexpensive?
 
candystripper
Profile   Post #: 1
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/8/2008 2:05:01 AM   
pixidustpet


Posts: 857
Joined: 6/4/2008
Status: offline 		yeah.  you learn to deal.  you learn what combinations of OTC stuff will give you a little relief, or enough to catch a few hours sleep.

benadryl will help you sleep a bit, if you can deal with waking up dry as a bone.  and depending on what you have going on, i'm talking tongue so dry you think its going to crack open, bleeding lips from them cracking in your sleep....lovely and attractive to boot!

valerian can be of a bit of help, but again its personal preference.  it works to calm me down but the pain doesnt go away.

passionflower extract (comes in a little bottle with a dropper inside) acually does give me a little relief.  its a VERY mild sedative, it can bring your blood pressure down a bit, but if you're in pain all the time your blood pressure may indeed be a bit high.

*nothing* OTC is going to give you as much relief as Rx stuff.  coping techniques help some...yoga, tai chi, meditation.  after a while you just learn to get on with your life and work around the pain.

i figured out how much pain i was in constantly when i had to have an abscess lanced...they gave me IV morphine for that and i didnt hurt for the first time in years....and burst into tears.  the doctor just about cried too, from the look on his face when he heard why i was crying.

it sucks rocks through a bendy straw, indeed.  it sucks even more that you can get used to it.

kitten

(in reply to candystripper)
Profile   Post #: 2
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/8/2008 2:24:05 AM   
simpleplan2


Posts: 461
Joined: 7/5/2008
Status: offline 		What kitten said.  I've never been in bad chronic pain, but I had a bout that lasted several years before it went away.  I didn't have a problem with the expense of prescription meds, I just don't like them.  Anyway, I went with coping techniques...ones that I learned when I was younger.   Mostly, don't fight the pain.  Fighting just makes it worse.  You tense up and it hits you like a ton of bricks.  Train yourself to accept it and just let it wash over you.  This may sound a bit hokey, but it's almost like an out of body experience.  With practice, you'll be able to detach your mind from the person lying in bed in pain and, although it won't go away, the level will be more of an annoyance than actually painful. 

(in reply to pixidustpet)
Profile   Post #: 3
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/8/2008 2:52:42 AM   
Lynnxz


Posts: 4813
Joined: 10/3/2006
From: Atlanta
Status: offline 		You should try out acupuncture- my mother has fused vertebrae in her back, and swears by it

_____________________________

HBIC



(in reply to simpleplan2)
Profile   Post #: 4
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/8/2008 4:54:01 AM   
Maxwell67


Posts: 435
Joined: 6/29/2008
Status: offline 		It depends on what the cause of the pain is.  I would reccoment a number of things.  Homeopathy is a good prevention oriented approach to illness that can keep you off from having to pay really high drug costs.  Also accupuncture and accupressure.  Beyond that there are the new age style remedies (and I am admitedly skeptical of those crystal squeezing types as anything beyong a supplemental treatment, certainly not the main).  After exhausting toose and over the counder pain medications, the only other substitutes for prescription pain meds or medical treatment are disciplinary.  Either ignore the pain, or don't do whatever it is you are doing that hurts.

(in reply to candystripper)
Profile   Post #: 5
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/8/2008 6:10:15 AM   
Kalista07


Posts: 4240
Joined: 7/1/2007
Status: offline 		Candy,
There are plenty of things i do on a daily basis to try and cope with intense chronic pain..... Depending on the type and source of Your pain some may help as well:  relaxation, deep breathing, exercise, vitamins, LOTS OF WATER, i have a shiatzu (sp?) massager thing. i'm also a FIRM believer in professional massages. If cost is an issue find a massage school and check them out, it's usually at a much discounted rate. i've been thinking recently about the next time it becomes so severe i want to die trying accupuncture because i've heard such good things about it.
Kali


_____________________________

“Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it.”
~~Sweedish Proverb


(in reply to Maxwell67)
Profile   Post #: 6
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/8/2008 7:21:21 AM   
angelikaJ


Posts: 8641
Joined: 6/22/2007
Status: offline 		Communicate with your Dr... is the first thing i would recommend.

(in reply to candystripper)
Profile   Post #: 7
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/8/2008 7:33:44 AM   
christine1


Posts: 6155
Joined: 12/15/2007
From: i'm headed to HIM...
Status: offline 		OP...walmart has that drug plan where lots of prescriptions are 4 bucks a month, that might be worth checking into.

_____________________________

i am woman! er, godzilla! hear me roar!

http://wavcentral.com/cgi-bin/log/log.cgi?id=2856&sound=/sounds/movies/godzilla/roar.mp3


He's the "boom" overwhelming...

He is my Master, my lover, my best friend my everything.

(in reply to angelikaJ)
Profile   Post #: 8
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/8/2008 7:35:35 AM   
DiurnalVampire


Posts: 8125
Joined: 1/19/2006
From: Nashville, TN
Status: offline 		It definately depends on what and where the pain is. I know I have had arthritis in my spine and hips since i was 14. The meds made me loopy and made it impossible to function in school. I started karate to learn the dicipline of stretching and moving, as well as the mental discipline no to pay attention to the pain. I have the mobility and the pain tolerance to handle the rigors of karate, but yoga or some other stretching regimine can help the muscular pain as well.  I've also learned that combinations of heat and cold can tame flareups, and to help me sleep Tylenol PM takes enough of the edge off to get to sleep.
I have never not been in pain. It is a constant in my life, and has been since I was a child. I learned to manage and ignore it because I was too stubborn to let it limit me. My doctor told me the degeneration in my spine and hips was so severe that I would be in a wheelchair by my 22 birthday. I got my black belt on my 22nd birthday, a far step higher than the wheelchair.

Good luck

DV

And if you do want to keep your Rx stuff, Walgreens has a similiar plan to Walmart. Most of them are starting one like it, competition does come in handy.


< Message edited by DiurnalVampire -- 8/8/2008 7:36:37 AM >

_____________________________

I will be your Dominate if you will be my submit - Fox

Snarko Ergo Sum
If you cannot change your mind, how are you so sure you still have one? -proverb

*Owner of Fox - collared 10/13/07*
VampiresLair

(in reply to angelikaJ)
Profile   Post #: 9
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/8/2008 7:43:40 AM   
Mercnbeth


Posts: 11766
Status: offline 		some MD's specialize in folks who are dealing with chronic, lifelong pain.
 
the ones that this slave has been in contact with encourage all sorts of unconventional, alternative therapies...as a result of being inundated with folks who don't respond positively to what the pharmaceutical companies offer.
 
this slave would suggest you contact a few, or a handful, but definitely not just one, and discuss your options.

(in reply to candystripper)
Profile   Post #: 10
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/8/2008 10:07:48 AM   
fluffyswitch


Posts: 1108
Joined: 9/29/2007
From: Buffalo
Status: offline 		i do a lot of yoga, knit, or anything else that's repetative that induces a minor trance. i can handle pain if i'm sort of out of it for awhile.

i drink a lot of water and stay far away from white flour if i can help it. the sugar in it messes with my joints and impacts my depression. unfortunately all He wants to eat is white pasta and wonder bread. once i get paid again i'm going to have to start buying two of everything because everything is starting to hurt again.

i have a couple pains that i'm just used to at this point. my teeth are horrible, so they hurt even when there's  no visible need for work. most of the time i don't even notice it anymore.


_____________________________


“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” churchill

the first rule of fluff club is that you don't talk about fluff club!

(in reply to Mercnbeth)
Profile   Post #: 11
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/9/2008 3:41:36 AM   
Rayne58


Posts: 746
Joined: 2/22/2005
From: Sydney Australia
Status: offline 		*fast reply*
Sir no longer takes pain meds, they make Him nauseous.  Instead He relies on marijuana (smoked) and emu oil (massaged into His neck and back to ease arthritis).

http://www.emuspirit.com/index.cfm?page=productcategory&id=2

_____________________________

Collared sub and married to Nevershyau

(in reply to fluffyswitch)
Profile   Post #: 12
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/9/2008 3:45:09 AM   
Nikolette


Posts: 488
Joined: 10/2/2004
Status: offline 		Depending on the situation: warm or cool baths can help relieve discomfort. Cherries are also a natural "asprin".

And yeah, I'd also recommend MJ in a legal location. They have pills that are legal all places which is basically a pill form of THC, I think. My uncle, John, used to take it. He said it worked wonders and he had a lot of significant pain. Don't recall its name, or its price. Message me on the other side for more details if you're curious. I could ask my mother.

Edited to add:

If you go the MJ route, don't smoke. Vap. It helps eliminate the negative health concerns. 
link to professor Murphy's video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9luNVYlT_E



< Message edited by Nikolette -- 8/9/2008 3:49:25 AM >

_____________________________

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." ---Mahatma Gandhi

(in reply to candystripper)
Profile   Post #: 13
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/9/2008 5:38:14 AM   
UR2Badored


Posts: 506
Joined: 2/3/2007
Status: offline 		There is also a generic medication called Toradol that comes in a fairly cheap generic that is non-narcotic.  However, it does not work for everyone. I agree with the above posts recommending acupuncture and seeing a pain specialist if available to you.

< Message edited by UR2Badored -- 8/9/2008 6:06:36 AM >

_____________________________

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way
Mark Twain

(in reply to Nikolette)
Profile   Post #: 14
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/9/2008 7:42:43 AM   
daddysliloneds


Posts: 1351
Joined: 6/28/2006
Status: offline 		alternating between heat and cold works for muscle pain so ice packs and heating pads are great, and glucosamine is good for bone and joint health and relatively cheap as well as no prescription needed.

and at the risk of sounding rude, getting off my ass and actually doing something helps eliminates my pain; i notice i ache more if i'm leading a sedentary lifestyle rather than an active lifestyle. 

< Message edited by daddysliloneds -- 8/9/2008 7:46:08 AM >

(in reply to candystripper)
Profile   Post #: 15
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/9/2008 4:23:06 PM   
Silkendream


Posts: 65
Joined: 10/29/2007
Status: offline 		"Effortless Pain Relief" by Dr Ingrid Bacci (Bantam), has been a  big help to me - i even took it into hospital with me to help cope with the pain. 


(in reply to candystripper)
Profile   Post #: 16
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/10/2008 9:13:34 AM   
Hisgirl2playwith


Posts: 32
Joined: 7/16/2008
Status: offline 		i have fibro, and there have been days where even my hair hurts. my dr refused to give me anything narcotic, and nothing otc worked. She did give me Toradol, but that has to be used as sparingly as possible and with close monitoring due to a high risk of kidney problems if used too much. i finally turned to holistic health, and the results have been amazing. i realize there is a lot of skepticism surrounding things like crystals and energy work, but since i've started doing that, my pain level has been reduced to a level that's only a few points above non existant most of the time. One source of pain that i've learned, and may also be on the controversial side, is emotional issues. i'm not saying this is true in every case, but the body tends to reflect what we feel, and when negative things are held on to over a long period of time, it can cause physical problems. Just something to consider.

(in reply to Silkendream)
Profile   Post #: 17
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/10/2008 9:16:23 AM   
Hisgirl2playwith


Posts: 32
Joined: 7/16/2008
Status: offline 		Aslo there is a natural pain reliver called phenocaine that one of my dr's suggested. i never did get around to looking into it, but she told me that people that have used it were able to get off morphine.

(in reply to Hisgirl2playwith)
Profile   Post #: 18
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/10/2008 10:21:14 AM   
sirsholly


Posts: 42360
Joined: 9/7/2007
From: Quietville
Status: offline 		have your doctor write a referal to a pain clinic.

_____________________________

PICKED UPON
TECHNO-DOLT
MEMBER OF THE SUBBIE MAFIA
GRACEFULLY CHALLENGED :::::splat:::::
BOOT WHORE
VAA/S FAN

GIVES GOOD HEART (Lushy)

CREATOR OF MAYHEM (practice)


(in reply to Hisgirl2playwith)
Profile   Post #: 19
RE: Coping with Pain without Meds - 8/10/2008 11:08:43 AM   
candystripper


Posts: 3486
Joined: 11/1/2005
Status: offline 		Actually I'm a bit fed up with the traditional medical establishment, at least here.  I live in Cleveland, home of the world-class Cleveland Clinic, and was seen at their Pain Mangement Clinic back in 2005 when I first began having this problem, and was never (IMHO) adequately treated.  I repeatedly asked about alternative treatments and was instead given scripts to every narcotic I know of until finally I said 'enough' because they did not work and were causing problems of their own. 
 
Massage, acupunture, chiropracty, etc. are all appealing to me -- but probably out of reach financially due to my crappy insurance.  I have asked my family doctor for a referral for physical therapy but so far none has been forthcoming -- I suspect he doesn't care to wrangle with the insurer over the necessity of the treatment. 
 
Yes, I think part of the answer is to let the pain flow through me -- but either I have a funky pain threshold or something because I'm finding it disabling at times.  I am grateful to everyone who posted.
 
candystripper

(in reply to sirsholly)
Profile   Post #: 20
Page:   [1] 2   next >   >>
All Forums >> [Community Discussions] >> Health and Safety >> Coping with Pain without Meds Page: [1] 2   next >   >>
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts




Collarchat.com © 2025
Terms of Service Privacy Policy Spam Policy

0.250