Idk if there’s a better comm for this, but.

Let’s say, purely for the sake of argument debate-me-debate-me that I am currently on a super-cool prescription painkiller that works great. Let’s also say for the sake of argument that the bone/sinew structure that’s supposed to hold my ribs together is trying to kill me constantly by conspiring with the base of my skull to cause me unbearable chronic pain. If I skip more than like one day of the cool prescription painkillers, then even just walking around becomes challenging. But also, if I just keep taking the cool prescription painkillers, I’ll build up a tolerance. I’m on like 75mg a day right now and even that could be playing with fire.

I need something cool that’s gonna dummy out my pain receptors long term. What’s a good painkilling solution? I’ve tried cymbalta, taking way too much paracetamol and ibuprofen, and this cool highly addictive prescription thing. I’m game for any suggestions.

  • queermunist she/herEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Have you tried using a TENS unit? I don’t know how that would interact with your specific chronic pain but I know that helped my dad a lot with all the accumulated injuries he had.

      • queermunist she/herEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Ask your doctor, esp since they aren’t necessarily a good option for all types of chronic pain. There’s OTC units but they aren’t as good as what you can get with a prescription. Also, with a scrip they’re covered by insurance and might be able to do a try-before-you-buy thing with doctor supervision.