Cannot Sleep Or Lie Down! Posted: 02-17-04 11:56am
If anyone had prior or current experience,
please advise. I was diagnosed with a
lower lumbar l4/l5 3mm herniated disk back
in 1999. Since then, i've had 2 epideral
injections with the last one lasting
almost 2 years. However, just last
month, I am having a relapse. My symptoms
has come back 100%. However, the funny
thing is this time around, I cannot lie
down. When I was first showing symptoms
in 99', I couldn't wait to sit or lie down
every few hours. However, this time, I
cannot lie down or straighten out my legs
at night. I haven't slept well in the
past 4 days due to this and had to sleep
sitting up last night. Right now at
work, I have a burning sensation in my
thigh and my lower back. I currently
also am not covered by a group insurance.
I do have a personal insurance due to me
being laid off in november (not cobra).
However, I have a $2000 deductible I have
to meet and I don't have that kind of
money. Does anyone have any suggestions
on how to sleep? What medication have you
tried that has helped? Please advise.
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ghost123uk
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 4 Location: N.W. - UK
Posted: 03-19-04 23:50pm
Not really experienced in this, but with
my hip problem, I get severe sleep
problems.
I find 2 x soluble co-codamol as good as
anything the doc gave me !
Jb - n.W. - uk
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 03-20-04 01:45am
On script - vioxx.
Pharmacist medicine here - mersyndol or
cheaper brands I find are great it is also
a muscle relaxant which helps as the pain
tenses me.
Heat pads I also find useful.
There are also some natural things you
could search the net for or ask at health
stores but one is dhea, another is sam-e,
also a combined tablet of glucosamine
& chondroitin (650-1000mg of each
twice a day) but remember the natural
things can be great but they take time
(everyone is different) to get into your
system).
