I have recently been diagnosised with Polyneuropathy. Six months ago it started with a light tingling in both of my knees. Now I use a cane and have to have a wheelchair to go out in public. I have an MRI and an EEG schedule for the next two weeks because I started having seizures. The Neurologist that I see says that I am in worse shape then what he thought and that he may not be able to help me but with strickly as pain management. I take Lyrica, Iron, Vitamin B-12, Caltrate 600+d, Hydrocodone, Lorazepam, Lidoderm patches, Hydroxychlotoquin for skin lupus.
I have been put on Cymbalta and my throat closed off while I was taking it, so they put me on Amitriptyline which my primary doctor thought caused me to have my first seizure.
Both my primary doctor and my neurologist have stated that I am at my limit as far as pain medications go. If this is true then what good is a pain management clinic going to do?
I understand that it may be something in my brain that may be affecting me but incase there is nothing that can be done and I do have to go strickly with the pain management clinics, how do I know which ones are good ones and what all is included with a pain management regiment?
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