Living with Chronic Pain & Insomnia is not so fun. For the past month I have had maybe 2-3 hours of sleep per night if I am lucky. You Tube, Google, Myspace and Blogspot have become my new best friends. I visit them every morning at around 2-4am, lol. I just can't seem to sleep anymore. Before I was sleeping all the time, like 12-14 hours per night and for some reason it has drastically changed. Living with Fibromyalgia and Nueropathy pain has taken it's toll on me. I went to Disneyland on Sunday and just walking from the parking structure to the tram, from the tram to the entrance to California Adventure, from the entrance to Boudins Sourdough bakery cafe
(to get the best broccoli cheese soup in a fresh sourdough bowl in the world) was a nightmare. I hurt all over, but I was not going to complain. I toughed it out but when I woke up on Monday morning, "OMFG, was I stiff and sore and in a whole lotta pain"!!!!
Here are my current meds I take to treat my chronic pain:
Neurontin 300mg 1 tab 3 times a day
Baclofen 10mg 1 tab 3 times a day
Morphine Sulfate 15mg 1-2 tabs three times a day
Percocet 10mg 2 tabs as needed for breakthrough pain
Paxil 40mg 1 tab every morning
This combination of medications pretty much treats my pain but not 100%. I can only imagine what I would feel like if I didn't take any medication at all. Welcome to my life, "Living with Chronic Pain" Hey, that would make an excellent title for a book I could write. Maybe one day.
Well I am off to try and rest and take a much needed and deserved nap. I need and crave SLEEP!!!!
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