severe pain HOW TO GET RID OF IT

[serenity402]

DOES ANYONE ELSE GET SEVERE STABBING PAINS IN THEIR BACK AND LEGS AND SORE FEET PERMINTLY ALSO SEVERE STIFFNESS AND PAIN WHEN TRYING TO WALK ESP AFTER RESTING, HAS ANYONE GOT ANY TIPS FOR ME PLEASE

[serenity402]

THANKS JOHHNYMUTT I WILL TRY THIS AND SEE IF IT WOEKS, I AM SICK TO DEATH OF THIS CONSTANT PAIN AND MY WORK COLLEGUES ALL LOOK AT ME LIKE I AM A HYPERCONDRIAC, I DARENT LET THEM KNOW ANYMORE

[serenity402]

HI I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE DOC TO TAKE ME SERIOUSE BUT HE WONT PRESCRIBE ANYTHING FOR THE PAIN TILL I HAVE MY NEXT MRI WICH IS LATER THIS YEAR, HE SAIS HE CANT DO ANYTHING BOUT IT TILL HE SEES THE RESULTS OF THE NEXT SCAN, IM AT A DEAD END, IS THIS NEUROPATHIC PAIN AND STIFFNESS IN MY LEGS AND FEET WITH PAIN NORMAL WITH MS

[Lulu54]

HI SERENITY.  THIS SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY AWFUL.

WITH MS THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF PAIN - THE ONE IS THE ORDINARY PAIN EVERYONE CAN FEEL FROM EXERTION, STRAIN, INJURY ETC TO THE MUSCLES, BONES.  

THE MS PAIN THAT CAN BE SO HARD TO TREAT IS NEUROPATHIC PAIN - THAT IS PAIN THAT IS CAUSED BY THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONING.

I AM NO DOCTOR BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU HAVE BOTH GOING ON.  PAIN THAT STOPS WHEN YOU AREN'T USING THAT BODY PART IS USUALLY THE FIRST TYPE OF PAIN.  THE OTHER PAINS YOU DESCRIBE COULD BE NEUROPATHIC.

I KNOW THIS DOESN'T HELP YOU RIGHT NOW - BUT PLEASE CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR AND TALK ABOUT BOTH KINDS OF PAIN AND ASK FOR TREATMENT.  THERE ARE DRUGS THAT CAN HELP WITH BOTH AND ALSO ASK ABOUT BACLOFEN FOR THE STIFFNESS.

I WISH YOU WELL,
LULU

[johnnymutt]

Yes, I deal with this exact pattern every spring. The cocktail that I've found works best now, is a combination of Gabapentin and Diazepam. It does not get rid of the pain completely, but I assure you, I could not function properly if I was going it alone. Good luck, I know how hellish it is living with the constant foot pain.