Cant live in this much pain . .

[Filthy_Beava]

well . . about 4 months ago i woke up screaming in pain. it was my left shoulder . . it feels like my entire left are is dieing from the inside out, doctors at th hospitol ask me what the pain fells like and i told them it feels like i have a scorching iron ron inside my whole arm and its dieing. after dealing with the hospitol about the fake follow up doctor work sheet i managed to find a doctor that i think is more of a street pharmasist or (Candy Man) us pill popers like to call them. Yes befor this i used to take Pills like Lortab and Perc for no good reason other than to get high. this doctor sent me for an MRI and we discovered ( spelling will be off from here on out) that i have Arthritus/Pursidus in my left shoulder and several Buldging discs in my neck that are contributing to the pain i am in. i have appointments on the 30th and 3rd coming soon, but these appointments wont fix me yet, just give me my options for surgery and what not. now back to the Title, I am Taking between 8000 and 140000 Mg's of lortab and 4000 Mg's of Motrin every day and they are barely taking the edge off . . i live in so much pain, what else can i be doing for this? i have access to getting stronger pain pills from the streets but i fear taking as much as i am due to the pain im am in i am going to harm myself, I just ran out of Pills last night, I get 120 Lortab 10's a month, i just got them filled on the 14 . .I have a 5 month old son that i have to take care of while the wife works, i am in to much pain to even think about looking for a job. there has to be something esle i can do. im even up for the idea of just cutting the damn thing off from the upper shoulder. please someone give me any ideas or remedies for the pain i live with.

[ellijaygal]

Prior to my neck surgery for a herinated disk I had severe shoulder pain and it had nothing to do with my shoulder!! After the surgery the first thing I did was raise my arm (and while on morphine) yelled I CAN LIFT MY ARM! It may be more your neck than anything else.

I would suggest seeing a neuro for your neck pain and maybe you can get some relief that way. Buying drugs off the street is NEVER a good idea.

[tanglewood]

I'm sorry you are in so much pain. I can relate. I also have to agree with Tuck about the amount of meds you are taking. And, if they aren't helping- why take them? Narcotics don't help some types of pain. You might ask your doctor for something like Lyrica. Also, I recently did a trial on a neuro-stimulator that helped me a lot and I am getting scheduled for a permanent implant of the device. You might ask your doctor about that. As for narcotics, with what you are taking you might want to also talk to your doc about Methadone. You won't get a buzz, but you will get relief and it is safer than a lot of the other narcotics. The down side - it is a bear to withdraw from. Good luck - I hope that helps.

[Tuckamore]

Hello and welcome to our Pain Management Community. WOW you are taking way to much Lortab, way too much. And your IB consumption is also off the charts. I assume they are not effect because of your past drug usage your tolerance is very high. Plus you have obvious reasons for significant pain. Congratulations on kicking your past habit. Please be cautions and don't get into issues with that again.

You are already in danger of a serious over dose. You need to be around for your 5 month old son. You can take these high doses of medications for long periods of time and get lucky and have no serious side effects and than one day you can crash and/or never wake up. I don't want to lecture you. I just want you to be safe and stop taking the very risky high doses of narcotics. I am so glad that you recognize that you are taking too much pain medication. There are other narcotics that may help you control this pain better but I am very concerned that you will take too many of those also. You must have mis-typed as 140,000 mg of 10mg Loretab is 1,400 tablets, far more than you are getting a month and even 8,000 mg would be 800 tablets. Certainly either would be a fatal over dose.

Make an appointment with your prescribing physician. Explain to him the severity of the pain and the amount of pain medications you are taking. He will work with you in developing a plan to control your pain without endangering your life or well being. Do not result to street drugs. If you are going to have pain for a number of years and you take street drugs you will get caught. When physicians prescribe pain medications they have a right (and often do) random drug screening. They can even call you in and demand a pill count. When you are caught you will be hard pressed to get a legal prescription from any physician for pain medications.

All of us at the PM Forum have pain. And yes many of us have severe pain, I wanna die pain. I know I do. But we have learned how to cope with it and take pain medications responsibly. This is what I wish for you. Please call your physician and address your pain issues.

Let us know how you are doing. I will watch with interest for your updates. Please take care of yourself. You have a wonderful 5 month old gift that needs his Mom for many years to come. Take care and keep in touch, Tuck