whiney chronic pain thread. NO fibromyalga retards allowed( its

I have Degenerative Disc Disease and three bulging discs in my lower back. Also have gallstones.

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>>720764734
how bad is the pain? it feels like i have a fucking shard of glass in my fucking neck and it will never be removed. if you look at my mri, my fucking spinal cord is pinched by that mother fucking disc bulge or herniation. the one in the middle there.

fucking whore has absolutely fucking destroyed my life. quit a bunch of jobs, going for disability, without the drugs i would be in so much pain id blow my fucking brains out and i passed out a ridiculous amount of times because of sheer pain.

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>>720764734
answer me , you fucking whore. I lost my sanity the first time I passed out when I called the ambulance.

>>720764971
The pain is constant. I would say an 8/10 most of the time. It spikes though. It feels like a vise is being turned. Burning most of the time. Waiting on my workers comp settlement. Then applying for disability.

>>720764971
It has destroyed my sex life and my social life. My g/f doesn't understand that it hurts to fuck. She is pretty upset about that.

>>720765153
Without the drugs that get me well fucked up, which is the only bonus of the pain, i would be at a consistent 9/10- 10/10 and I wish I wasn't joking.

I'm not a whiney, degenerate , lazy retard either.
The problem is that people who are whiney, drug seeking, lazy assholes, ruin it for everyone else.

There are people who actually deserve disability because they have real problems.

and ironic as it is, I kinda want to be the professional victim because I truly do suffer.
I've been waiting and getting denied and now I have my lawyer and I'm waiting on disability to get approved because I need a fucking vacation because every day is a fucking nightmare.

when there is purely more physical pain then anything else, there isn't much reason to be alive.

the disability system is a wreck. whether I have cancer, which I don't and I'm not going to die, my doctor even said, being alive, suffering like this, is worse then death.

so yea, I expect free hand outs and I want a vacation now. To a fucking palm tree and a beautiful beach.

Anyone in these shoes deserves a break

>>720765290
due to my lack of ability to do any work and my friend has called me a cripple, due to the severe level of pain I have, if anyone so much as utters 'you are faking', I get angry like someone who would try to kill a friend.

they don't see it, so they don't know but that's the largest issue. they don't know and they don't see, so its just a bit of a trust game for them and they have to assume your telling the truth.

its shit.

>>720765153
I don't know where this thread was going but I wanted someone or something to maybe relate and it happend. thank you

I am going in with a lawyer. Figured that was my best course of action. I'm all but guaranteed disability though. Other issues besides debilitating pain.

>>720765881
No problem.

>>720764734
if the pain gets progressively worse and if i have the inflammatory disease that i hope i wont have, then i will probably blow my brains out in the future, when it becomes absolutely unbearable but people like you are the ones who give me some glimmer of hope

>>720765800
My fucking doctor told me "pain is subjective". I was like what the fuck do you mean? Oh, we can't really tell if you are in as much pain as you say you are.>>720765925

>>720765925
yea, you need the lawyer. they really wont give you shit unless you lawyer up or have something as clear cut as cancer or MS. They don't give a fuck about anyone and the only reason they give people disability money is because the public thinks its ethical. otherwise, they wouldn't do it.
also, even if you are suffering, exaggerate even more.

you have to make it seem as extreme as possible in order for you to win the case

>>720765997
I've thought about it more than once. My cluster headaches are what bring me to the edge.

>>720766139
I have my FCE. I'm good. Like I said, I have other issues though. Just never thought to get disability before now. Didn't want to be seen as the lazy fuck just trying to live off the system. I don't like handouts.

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>>720766116
my previous doctor treated me like a drug addict and i called an ambulance 4 times and the first time I called the ambulance, I passed out and screamed like my fucking leg was open with the bone broken and out of the skin.

The people in the hospital around me were terrified and when the ER doctor didn't give me anything for the pain, I told him to kill himself and I told everyone abusing me there that I would sue them all and I cursed and cursed and cursed.

fucking psychopaths and that previous family doc I had didn't care I was suffering immensely. he knew it. the whole fucking clinic knew it but they didn't want to give me the drugs i needed because they on'y cared about being extremely cautious and their careers.
doctors like that should be tortured and then told the only thing they would get is advil for pain.

ah yes, its not uncommon for patients to fantacize about torturing their doctors to death if they did something similar to what they did to me.

and its not so unccomon for patients to suffer and be treated like addicts.

its disturbing

>>720766230
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they call them suicide head aches for a reason. ....have you tried LSD for them.....some studies show promise for them. go search youtube for LSD and that. if you can find an acid dealer

>>720766491
When it first happened they gave me a fucking shot of morphine and a script for fucking tramadol. Fucking hospitals, man.

>>720766406
thats the fucking problem tho. the stigma and that's why i gave up the first time i applied for disability. because some fucking degenerates who leech off the system and ruin it for the rest of us

>>720766589
I can get shrooms. I need to try that.

>>720764452
I have kidney stones, irritable bowel (surprised to find out IBS comes with constant gut pain) and multiple level spinal joint disorder.

And I was in two motorcycle accidents two days in a row last November, my left leg just randomly swells and all my joints hurt and I get chronic headaches.

>>720766662
well it depends on the hospital and your age because if your young or a teen or in your early or mid 20's, your an addict to them, unless you were hit by a truck and it also depends on the doctors, whether he is an asshole, in a bad mood or being a fucking asshole because like i said, doctors only care about their careers, generally and not people suffering

>>720766406
whats fce?

>>720766774
Damn, anon. Not very fortunate are you?

>>720766859
Functional Capacity Evaluation

>>720766861
well that's whats strange about the human body. some people have minor diagnosis and they are in excruciating pain and some people have severe, even multi level diagnosis and they don't suffer at all.
I think its purely genetics and its hard to find a logical, better argument

>>720766814
Nah. I'm on the verge of 40. Too old to be on a Vietnamese rice patty forming forum board.

Compacted vertebra in my lower back. Not painful on its own, but causes disc bulging every now and then.

Knees shot from playing basketball.

Recently developed a neck hernia.

>>720766900
>Functional Capacity Evaluation
i should get that done. i can't even maintain myself very well

>>720764452
>acute chronic pain
>acute
>chronic

>>720766861
Lol,I'm fortunate to still be alive I guess.

Oh, I found out recently from a colonoscopy I have cluster hemmarhoids, 7 internal hemmoroids all sitting really close to each other in my ass. Hurts like a bitch but just when I shit and like an hour after.

>>720767029
Yea, when your 40 they will give you any opiod you want because apparently old people are less likely to become drug addicts, which doesn't have any merit because one shot of morphine wont make you an addict.
there was this one guy who was like 48 and he received hydromorphone, which is literally stronger then heroin, iv because he had some minor thing but after i passed out and screeched and yelled and told a doctor to kill himself and they wouldn't give me a fucking thing because why?

because I'm young and I must be faking? fucking psychopaths.

>>720767031
no, its called a herniated disc

>>720767143
I know. Its not medically the correct wording but I'd rather say acute and chronic, even though its contradictory, then saying severe chronic.

your being too analytical

>>720767166
hopefully their giving you opiods dude

>>720767166
A couple weeks ago, I had a gallstone come out of my gallbladder and cause my common bile duct to close. My piss was coffee color. >>720767166

>>720767370
coffee color piss is symptom of liver failure and I forgot the diagnosis...oh yes, jaundice........if you haven't got that checked out yet ...you might just die.
I'm not joking

>>720767215
I was pushed off a cliff as a kid (elementary school was on a cliff for some reason), right knee landed right on a rock and cracked my knee cap. Lots of pain, infections, years of reoccurring gout, was about 12 and docs never from 12 to age 17 when it stopped hurting all the time gave me anything.

Meanwhile my friend, 12 too, had a broken nose and they performed surgery on her using cocaine as a sedative.

I was born with an open spine and they sewn me back together half an hour after I was born.

Some women who had kidney stones described the pain to be worse than childbirth.

I call kidney stones nothing more than a moderate inconvenience, when it sets in, my back pain is that much worse after sitting for prolonged amount of times (think a few hours).

I basically can't go to work and I have the suspicion I'll be getting fired soon from a home office job, because I can't pull 8 hour workdays from home either.

>>720767355
No, wow I never even thought about that. I'm not on any pain meds, I take OTC ibuprofen. It's like 400mg a tablet and I need at least 7 of them to slightly dull the pain from whiplash alone. I don't have a family doctor tho. Plus I'm afraid of being labeled drug seeking

>>720767473
I had a stent put in my common bile duct. I was jaundiced. Short name is biliary colic.

>>720766774
Oh shit, I totally forgot to add I also have cysts on my kidneys since I was a child and benign tumors growing larger all the time on my liver and bladder.

But they won't do anything cause they're benign. That along with kidney stones makes drinking water and peeing hell. Keep getting UTIs but can't take the stuff for that because it causes thrush for me

>>720767499
this is why I have fantasies of torturing and then slitting the throat of past doctors Ive went to and its so very personal when stories like this are brought up and I ABSOLUTELY FUCKING RELATE!
If your a child , or a teen, or in your early 20's and you don't have a clear cut medical diagnosis, or fuck, maybe you didn't have something like a broken leg? or maybe you did have something clear cut?

GUESS WHAT? your young, so you will fucking suffer!! I had my finger broken twice, in three different spots and it was horribly excruciating but guess what!! I was young, so fuck me right?

It was only until I found the kindest, amazing doctors in my new clinic where they treated me like a human being and give me the drugs I need
Ive come to realize, this stigma about certain drugs is absolutely fucking terrible...

some people need morphine or stronger every day of their life, till they die.

I might need this or I will suffer and its not a life worth living and then bam suicide is the only answer in that scenario.
but i dont want to even fathom that.

so yea, education is key.

FUCK STIGMA. if your suffering, or WHATEVER medical diagnosis, you deserve the right treatment and fuck stigma

>>720768013
Why don't they break up the kidney stones? Have you ever passed one? I did when I was 15. Fucking unacceptable pain.

It's amazing how you just fucking are expected by everyone to live with it. I never tell anyone about my pain anymore because they look at me like they don't understand.

I'm always tired and in pain, I'm depressed, I think about suicide all the time, tried it once even, I'm always anxious, but I can't talk to a doctor or a psych about it because the Canadian healthcare system sucks and if the government pays for it, they're entitled to see it and decide your future.

Just fuck my shit up fam. One day I'll end my own pain.

>>720764452
i have a fucked up right nut. 5 benign bumps on the testicle and epididymis. Have had them since i was 16, started getting really painful this past year. Had to give up my job because of it. Sucks a lot. Now even walking exacerbates it, sex is too painful. If i keep working or moving when it hurts for too long I will get to a point where I can't move. Right now it feels on fire with a hole being drilled through it. Tried a bunch of nerve blockers, did not work. Don't want any narcotics, solves a problem but creates a new. I was drinking a lot to help with the pain but I stopped recently, tolerance got too high, I would end being really drunk and still in some pain.

Fucked my left knee up doing crawl space work. Had it checked out and all that. The doc said it's probably a small tear in the muscle but nothing showed up so got the "ok". Just about every day it gives out on me and the pain I feel when it pops and dose that kills me. But no point in going back cuz they will just look at me like a pill head trying to score so I just deal. Idk if that qualifies but wanted to get it off my chest cuz my gf thinks it's all in my head.

>>720768449
My girl is the same, even with the MRI and CT scans. She's just a fucking cunt.

>>720767571
yea....you over simplify kidney stones and everyone experiences it differently, so thats a cruel, idiotic and sinister way of portraying kidney stones

what do you expect? its an open spine. nothing will compare to that unimaginable suffering. let me just say, no one will ever experience the pain you do.
i pitty you. im sorry. I have a pinched, spinal cord, which is fucking suicidal but an open spine...

>>720767680
NO YOU MOTHER FUCKING LISTEN TO ME!FUCK THAT SHIT. First of all, I take advil, about 800 a day, with my narcotic because advil alone wont do shit and if you dont take advil with something like what;s called a proton pump inhibitor and you take advil everyday, you will get a fucking ulcer and die.
bro, you think this is a game? do some research. don't believe the propaganda on tv. opiods are as safe as caffeine if they ARE NOT ABUSED. keep it low dose and don't abuse it and you better not mother fucking do this shit where you suffer because of stigma or asshole doctors.

I had to leave my bastard, psychopath, torturous , abusive doctor, who didn't give a shit about me because he made me suffer like nothing anyone can ever see on the outside.
fucking bastard. I want him to suffer unimagineable pain.

so, you literally go around and find a doctor who will listen and piece it together, the best you can and be innocent and find a doctor who will give you the meds you need. try to be honest and obviously don't come across like an overly excessive drug person.

lie about the 'negatives' about pain meds because you will seem more trustful. I had to do that.

Several ventral hernias with one incarcerated intestine

>>720768265
I regularly pass kidney stones, always lots of blood and pain for hours after passing, I just have to deal with it. They won't do anything because I foolishly admitted to living with it for a while but it does get worse.

>>720767499
Cocaine as a sedative?

>>720767680
RIP in peace liver

>>720764452
Pseudo tumor cerebri constantly feels like my head is going to explode

>>720768586
When I started getting my hydromorphone and MS Cotin I had a really good doctor that helped me out but then I ended up moving to another state and the shitty doctor my insurance would cover treats me like I'm. Fucking junkie drug testing me every time I see them and is very judgmental about being on opiates

>>720767712
ah, makes sense.

>>720768013
well that fucking sucks

>>720768288
Canadian healthcare is some disgusting shit. and the worst hospitals too.

its not free either because of tax's and everyone has ohip, so you have these little bastard kids going in to the ER and making a larger line because the retarded mother thought it would be a good idea to bring their kid in because he has the sniffles.

>>720768326
what the fuck. no they don't create a problem. that's an educated lie. narcotics saves more lives then anything. anything else said is misinformed information.
also, nerve blocks are useless. they are cash schemes.
your being retarded. you didn't educate yourself properly about narcotics and now your suffering because you bought into the fear mongering.

>>720768585
>>720768449
then drop the cunts. they aren't worth the time.

>>720768031
Bro my mom slipped on the ice, complete spiral break in that bone in her leg whatever it's called, AND a completely severed tendon and nerve. She was screaming in pain and the ambulance guy was LAUGHING at her saying she'll get over it. They gave her two Tylenol.

Weeks after they discovered their error, they tried to force her into surgery and a bunch of operations and therapies that wouldn't help due to the nature if her injuries

And then our family doctor, when we tried to ask him to send us to a specialist for multiple levels of injuries to one area, and my mom started crying telling him about the pain, HE SAID HE WASNT GOING TO BE OUR DOCTOR ANYMORE BECAUSE WE WERE SPREADING HIM TOO THIN

HE JUST WALKED OUT ON US BEFORE CLINIC TIME ENDED. WE HAD TO DRIVE 4 HOURS TO SEE HIM BECAUSE MY PROVINCE'S LAWS ABOUT DOCTORS ARE FUUUUUCKING STUUUUUPID

>>720768585
That's the truth

>>720768620
sucks balls

>>720768734
no, as an anesthetic. he messed up the wording.

>>720768836
kek

>>720769032
get more tests done?

>>720769058
that's why its best not to move when you find a good doc. I want to move later on but how can I when I found a good doc....I don't want to go through the nightmare of suffering if I move, finding a new doc.

so maybe I wont move because of this very issue. Its that bad for people like us.

Anyone else here have CVID? Not having an immune system gave me lots of fun stuff before I was diagnosed. Bells Palsy was pretty lol worthy.

>>720768586
I'm getting mixed messages here. First you basically tell me to fuck off, because my way of trying to establish some measure of scale with a pain others can relate to, is somehow biased, then you go ahead and reinforce the scale I just established and you just scorned.

>>720768734
Well shit, I'm not a medical person... What do you call it... They out cocaine directly on her nose after opening the tip to numb it before doing whatever they were doing instead of giving her drugs to go under

They said bc she was too young anything else was higher risk

She had her nose broken, and it collapsed or retracted or something into her air passage so it felt like she was always choking

>>720768836
Lol my liver is fucked anyway with the cysts and tumours and what not. Hope it kills me.

Been distilling codeine from OTC Tylenol 1's and drinking it straight, sort of help my headaches but makes me very sleepy

>>720769108
>Bro my mom slipped on the ice, complete spiral break in that bone in her leg whatever it's called, AND a completely severed tendon and nerve. She was screaming in pain and the ambulance guy was LAUGHING at her saying she'll get over it. They gave her two Tylenol.

I know this exactly so fucking much. Everytime I called the amublance because of not being able to walk and on the verge of passing out and fucking blood pressure skyrocketing because of pain, every single ambulance person told me they would most likely give me an iv opiod in the hospital and then I get their and their just like 'oh, your in pain'? Take an advil. your discharged. fuck you.

Fucking bastards. I can't even begin to imagine the amount of people in situations like these, where they literally strangle and almost kill or half beat to death, doctors doing this to people.

if me or you really had anger issues, we would have killed these doctors.
If I had real anger and impulse issues, I'd be in jail for killing multiple doctors or at least assault on multiple occasions.

yea, er doctors giving advil or tylenol. you think they would take tylneol or advil if they were in pain?
they would go straight to shooting themselves up with morphine in the iv

I've been suffering from severe chronic back pain for 10 years now. 26 years old atm. I've done everything.. Multiple injections, rhizotomies, physical therapy, and even surgery - multi-level spinal fusion of L3-L4 & L4-L5. Nothing has helped at all. It's unbelievable miserable and every night is a struggle to actually fall and stay asleep.

I'm basically trying to just live with it now and get to the point where I can actually strengthen my core. I'm not fat, pretty average 6ft 185 lb.

I got married last year and have a good life I guess but my pain is always a factor in everything we do and I know it will be a factor when we have kids.

It's really weighing more on my deteriorating mind and I'm morbidly depressed from the level of pain and my abilities compared to other guys my age. Always feel inadequate and like I need special treatment.

I keep thinking that I will figure this out and be happy again, if anything for her, but being on high levels of tramadol, muscle relaxers, and oxycodone for almost 8 years now.. I really only find content through my next dose.

I really don't want to live my life like this and I'm sad that even being recently married and both of us on paths to good jobs that I'm not remotely happy.

Felt good to let that out. Never really talk much about it even if anonymously

>>720769500
>CVID
no, do cwe and you will be fine but my sure the mixture is clear everytime. its a safe effective method and you can basicaly do it for years for cheap. the only problem is you can't take it like a pill on the go which is bullshit

>>720769074
Yeah, we are taxed heavily to pay back our healthcare. And then those bastard kids get everyone sick.

I go to the US for most medical stuff now and pay out if pocket. Need blood tests every few months for a birth issue, get em done there bc it's more discreet and faster. Sister needed a few blood tests for a new job, got it done in Augusta for like 100$ results in her inbox two days later.

I've got severe degenerative disc disease from L1 to S1. As a result I also have permanent nerve damage on my right side.

Feels like slamming my shin into a coffee table and stepping on a pile of needles every ~10 seconds for the past 5 years.

>>720769635
well, definitely don't stop taking the meds if your suffering that much and frankly, its reasonable to feel like shit in this scenario, so yea, take the meds and don't feel bad taking them because they stop pain. but don't abuse them.

find things to distract yourself. i would pay hookers from time to time and sex reduces pain

>>720769727
The US ultimately has better medical system, even though its still shit there too.

>>720769863
lyrica is approved for nerve pain but im not sure how much it will help. lyrica and an opiod possibly might be dangerous but if your doc says its safe to mix, maybe mixed with an anti inflammatory then i cant imagine you would have much pain with all those drugs mixed

>>720769074
I have a high tolerance to pain medication. That is the major reason why I don't want to do them. I feel eventually it would become its own problem. I would like find a surgeon who would operate on my nut, but that's just something pleasant to dream about. I used to do opiates a while ago, perhaps that is why I have a high tolerance, but its the same with most other non-related medications as well.

I would have to find a doctor who would be willing to prescribe, I live in a high drug abuse area, most doctors refuse to do it. My insurance does not cover too many in this area.

>>720769507
Fucking this. My mom was a nurse for decades too, worked in prisons and hospitals and later elderly care homes and mental care homes. She knew right away something was worse than they thought, and they wouldn't listen.

She never even took a sick day when she was working, this woman has literally dragged herself to hospital after car crashes and shit because she knows the difference when something looks bad vs is fucking bad, and they fucking laughed at her

We're still looking at legal options but I don't know, these fucking people shield their asses so well can't admit they're wrong the self righteous cunts

>>720769871
I don't feel bad about taking them and yes they are what keep me going. But my wife is so anti-meds it's crazy. Saying they will kill me. Which I kind of believe but at the same time what can I do. Sex is always a good distraction and video games have been a good cope for me over the years. No need for hookers though I try to be more of a good husband and wouldn't do that to her. Just wish I could do more you know. After a while I just never feel like I stack up to every other boyfriend / husband to her friends and I know she's way too hot for me. Anyways thanks for the input and reading my pain-related story. I'm sure it will all work out, depression has a way of clouding that and I just have to push through that.

>>720770054
some people need high doses, so I would say, get to a high tolerance, from your doc , then do methadone and you should be fine. but then again, methadone is dangerous as fuck but methadone is a life saver for severe levels of pain.
nothing works line done.

well there is some methods that have studies in reducing tolerance.
search up ndma antagonists in opiod tolerance reversal . its a science . its real. its not a lie.
that could really help you.

agmatine is one example and dextromethorpan which are both legal.
also, just don't take much of them and mix them up anti inflammatories and that really helps me.

Shattered my knee when I was younger, pain was always constant, at times debilitating, but generally just threw on my knee brace and went on with it. Fell off well more through, a ladder a few years ago, was carrying slate tiles onto the roof. Have 3 severely bulging discs, pain has only stopped occasionally, makes life goddamn miserable. The knee makes it worse, always walked with a limp, which makes my back even worse, and I have a relatively active profession. Might be looking at a career change, and I love what I do, just don't know if I can continue. Changed life dramatically, driving long distances sucks, flying is difficult, going out to the movies sucks unless I know the theater, it's just balls. I look normal, save for those that notice the brace, so people think I am just faking. It's only when someone has seen the scars running down the sides of my knee does it sink in that it was a pretty decent injury. Am looking into either a discectomy but opting to try RFA first. To those hear that are suffering good look.

>>720769635
My biggest grievance at the moment is my tolerance to pain medication. I feel the effects moderately for about 30mins- 1hour which subdues the pain but after that it's as though I took nothing at all. I talked to my doctor about this and he said I should be feeling the effects for 2-4 hours which is really a bummer. I don't want to be taking opioids all day but what am I supposed to do? Without meds I can hardly think straight let alone be functional. It's very frustrating and I don't understand why my pain as well as high metabolism to my pain meds have to conflict so harshly.

>>720770094
fuck yea. with pain its either mild or its excruciating, at least in my experience.
moderate pain is basically normal pain or mild doesn't mean shit and moderate is meh and severe is, someone shoot me and then there is the realm of chronic and varying levels of severeity

>>720770170
your wife obviously isn't educated about drugs and is over reacting. she probably watchs too much cnn. lol

well yea, you have a wife so you dont need whores.

mhm. just keep trying the best you can. thats what im doing and its working out terrible...but i keep trying anyway

>>720770422
get a cane or other word, walking stick

>>720770442
if you need the meds, you need the meds. you know how much the pain is.

research agmatine dextromethorpan and ndma antagonists in tolerance attenuation and tolerance reduction.

>>720764452
OP HERE- Keep fighting against pain and try to stay positive, even though its shit.
take drugs if you need them for the pain and fuck what people say about stigma.

if you have tolerance to opiods, search up ndma antagonists and tolerance attentuation and search dextromethorpan in opiod tolerance and agmatine in tolerance.

oh, also try not to murder doctors treating you like addicts and I wouldn't go to a chiropractor because its not a a science ...yea.

sex helps with pain and distract yourself as much as possible.

im going to sleep now. bye

>>720770307
>ndma antagonists in opiod tolerance reversal
I will read into that, thank you.
DXM I used to do a lot.

Methadone is extremely hard to get around. Unless you're a junkie or have a terminal illness it is next to near impossible unless you get it off the street which is extortionately expensive. Funny enough I tried going on the state so I could I have a better chance of finding a capable doctor, but I was told no, however a large number of junkies were approved for the state and now get money and food stamps while getting free methadone treatment. America the great. Even the DHS worker said it would easier if I was an addict. But because it isnt cancerous and I am a young white male I am ineligible for their assistance, also for the former reason my insurance refuses to pay for shit.

>>720769985
Lyrica didn't help, just made me have tremors and feel really depressed. Gabapentin was slightly better, but only in helping me get to sleep.

The only relief I've had was temporary after epidural injections, surgeries, or with opiates. Even with all my history, anons have pointed out that doctors are reluctant to prescribe opiates to young people so I occasionally get some weak hydrocodone and millions of 800 mg ibuprofen that are only good to stop a headache and destroy my stomach lining.

Been trying out kratom lately, it seems decent for a herbal method.

>20
>already have herniated disks from doing improper squats in highschool sports
>competed one year in college, got rekt even more

At least i got athlete of the year, r-right guys?

>>720771186
Good night OP
Thanks for thread

>>720771645
Chad gtfo

Seriously tho that sucks I'm sorry anon

I did improper squats for a bit and damaged my hip, cracks every time I squat now I gotta go slow

Life sucks and then you die

>>720771186
Dont leave i just got here.

I have a question. I have mild herniated disks in my lower back. Will stretching and yoga help correct their position? Will it slow the deterioration of my back? Or is it just useless placebo? Because if im screwed, im just gonna do all the fun shit i can before i expire.

>>720771817
Im a socially retarded chad, thank you very much.

I knew my back was fucked even in my senior year. I avoided squats like they would kill me. Couldnt avoid them in college though, and even with good form the pain ended up being too intense. Ive gotten better though, im off my meds with a constant kind of pressure on my lower back. A 5/10 pain. Thank god it never became psyatica

>>720765800
But you are faking it. Just walk it off, lol

>>720772666
Sciatica is really not very fun. I am just thankful it's only on my right side and not both sides.

>>720772032
Best course of action will always differ from patient to patient. However, everyone has degeneration to some degree and it will continue to get worse as we age. Most people don't get chronic pain from it until 50 or 60 and by then they get happy pills.

Maintaining a good weight and keeping the core muscles strong will reduce the spinal loads, and should keep degeneration to lower rates. Still, if it's already pretty damaged or you have an accident or its a genetic disorder, then more action may be needed.

>>720764452
Does it feel like a white hot slug of molten metal? Because I have that

i have ibs and theres this low dull pain in my stomache and intestines ever single moment of my life
>feelsbadman

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Suffered a loss of consciousness while driving, went over several layers of curb and into a store window. Crushed my L1 vertebrae and kinked my spinal cord, lucky to not be paralysed, currently have 4 pins and 2 rods to stabilise the bone, during surgery one of the light handles fell into the surgical field, am now taking long term antibiotics till the pins come out.

Moving hurts, mornings are hard first getting out of bed, even just sitting up enough to adjust my pillow is painful.

>>720764452
How old are you bruh?

>>720773250
My dad has the same as me. The man was immobilized for three days on the floor before i hauled him out of the house and to the hospital.

He would have put me on my ass if he wasnt in such awful pain. He said some shit, though. Told me to go fuck myself on the ride lol

He was in his early 40s. had no pain in his 20s like me. So idk. Im doing everything i can outside of pain killers because i want to feel the pain in order to make the right lifestyle change.

Tell me about yourself, anon. What plagues you?

>>720774106
Take it a day at a time, anon. My gf was caught in a rollover a few years back, she had multiple fractured vertebrae. She still has pains but not on pain killers anymore

Go bed shopping and get the comfiest motherfucker you can find. You should try not to be cheap when considering your comfort.

>>720774106
That hurts to look at.

Lots of people here need to get tested for ankylosing spondylitis. I did, and it changed my life. I take enbrel once a week now. 0% pain now.

>>720774371
I'm this anon
>>720769863
Good health all my life until mid 20s when I was suddenly diagnosed with severe sciatic radiculapathy.

No accidents, not old, didn't work construction or play pro football, sedentary office job. Doctors guess it's genetic, which is fun to explain to people that can't read an MRI or radiologist report.

Since it is not life threatening and not physically visible, nobody cares.

>>720775245
Im the anon you said you were

I dont have any advice outside of getting a good bed, doing stretches everyday to releive nerve pressure and keeping your weight down and your core strong. If youre already doing these things, consider doing fun shit now while you still kind of can. A short life can still be enjoyed.

>>720770710
I'd fucking look like goddamn Dr. House with a fucking cane.

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No pain, Hep C. Too young to get the drugs, too expensive even with insurance. I'm so tired, it's ruining my life, it's stifiling my friendships. I never do anything and my life has turned into this endless circle of getting stoned and sleeping twice a day, I have no idea what's going on. I can't deal with bureaucracies, I couldn't do it to get an education and I can't do it with this. I'm just too tired for that shit.

tfw really considering terrorism against Gilead Sciences