In article <ebbf1508-fa47-4d45-8218-f011bd233...@dn8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
Lisa Parrish-Lindholm <movingde...@gmail.com> wrote
on soc.support.depression.manic :
> I am bi-polar with insomnia, panic attacks among other things.
> Physically I am hypothyroid (100%replacement hashimoto's), high
> triglycerides, low vitamin D, arthritis in knee and hip, stomach ulcer
> from taking too much motrin for the pain in my knee, estrogen for the
> 4 unecessary surgeries to remove all of my female organs because of
> pain of which I STILL HAVE in that area and finally my PCP tells me I
> have Fibromyalgia. There is plenty more I could tell you at this point
> but to be direct I would like to know if anyone out there can tell me
> if it is completely unreasonable for me to request and obtain pain
> medication since I am bi-polar. I have taken just about every
> antidepressant on the market and most of them have not done well. I am
> currently on a couple of medications with one being a mood stabilizer
> and something to help me sleep at night. My psychiatrist is not afraid
> to tell me he thinks it is time to try something else that may work
> better for my situation. Now back to this pain from arthritis and
> fibromyalgia......I cannot take anything over the counter (either it
> doesn't work or it works on my ulcer), Tramadol makes me violently ill
> throwing up and my head spin, I have tried voltaren and pennsaid rubs
> for the knee, lyrica and cymbalta for the fibromyalgia. The kicker
> here is that my PCP couldn't believe I am not on an antidepressant and
> the minute she puts me on cymbalta my psych tells me to stop
> immediately so I will not go into a manic episode but yet neither of
> them pick up the phone to talk to one another. Also let me repeat
> myself by saying I have tried many many things over the years for
> depression that they are now saying can be used for fibromyalgia so
> please do not go there. I am only looking for an answer of what I can
> take for pain. It seems like no one wants to touch me. I have seen
> my PCP, a Pain Med Doc, and a Rheumatologist for this pain and no one
> will give me anything and passes the buck to the next. I am out of
> options and it is wearing on my mental status which was pretty good
> until this point. You would think after 11 months some one would give
> me something at least 5 pills a month so I could guarantee a little
> happiness each month for me, my husband, my family...someone. Thanks
> in advance for your replies :)
Medical marijuana might help with the pain, although there
is a chance it will worsen panic attacks and even cause
psychosis, but it might not.
Your posts will be more readable if you break them
into paragraphs with blank lines between them,
by the way.
> In article
> <ebbf1508-fa47-4d45-8218-f011bd233...@dn8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
> Lisa Parrish-Lindholm <movingde...@gmail.com> wrote
> on soc.support.depression.manic :
> > I am bi-polar with insomnia, panic attacks among other things.
> > Physically I am hypothyroid (100%replacement hashimoto's), high
> > triglycerides, low vitamin D, arthritis in knee and hip, stomach ulcer
> > from taking too much motrin for the pain in my knee, estrogen for the
> > 4 unecessary surgeries to remove all of my female organs because of
> > pain of which I STILL HAVE in that area and finally my PCP tells me I
> > have Fibromyalgia. There is plenty more I could tell you at this point
> > but to be direct I would like to know if anyone out there can tell me
> > if it is completely unreasonable for me to request and obtain pain
> > medication since I am bi-polar. I have taken just about every
> > antidepressant on the market and most of them have not done well. I am
> > currently on a couple of medications with one being a mood stabilizer
> > and something to help me sleep at night. My psychiatrist is not afraid
> > to tell me he thinks it is time to try something else that may work
> > better for my situation. Now back to this pain from arthritis and
> > fibromyalgia......I cannot take anything over the counter (either it
> > doesn't work or it works on my ulcer), Tramadol makes me violently ill
> > throwing up and my head spin, I have tried voltaren and pennsaid rubs
> > for the knee, lyrica and cymbalta for the fibromyalgia. The kicker
> > here is that my PCP couldn't believe I am not on an antidepressant and
> > the minute she puts me on cymbalta my psych tells me to stop
> > immediately so I will not go into a manic episode but yet neither of
> > them pick up the phone to talk to one another. Also let me repeat
> > myself by saying I have tried many many things over the years for
> > depression that they are now saying can be used for fibromyalgia so
> > please do not go there. I am only looking for an answer of what I can
> > take for pain. It seems like no one wants to touch me. I have seen
> > my PCP, a Pain Med Doc, and a Rheumatologist for this pain and no one
> > will give me anything and passes the buck to the next. I am out of
> > options and it is wearing on my mental status which was pretty good
> > until this point. You would think after 11 months some one would give
> > me something at least 5 pills a month so I could guarantee a little
> > happiness each month for me, my husband, my family...someone. Thanks
> > in advance for your replies :)
> Medical marijuana might help with the pain, although there
> is a chance it will worsen panic attacks and even cause
> psychosis, but it might not.
> Your posts will be more readable if you break them
> into paragraphs with blank lines between them,
> by the way.
