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Nerve pain may take years after treatment to subside but it will get better.
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I used to be on morphine my pain was so severe. Also consider the fact that dehydration can be linked to pain, so increase you water intake, especially when you take meds to make it easier on your liver. I am pain free after tx.
Coconut oil also helped me with pain.
Gael
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I think when you find the right treatment for you, it will go down. Like for me, clindamycin stopped all fibromyalgia pain within a week and continues to do so. We're all different when it comes to what treatments will work for us.
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Agree with Robin. Plaquenil seems to be helping me as is wobenzyme and fish oil, amongst a whole host of supplements.
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To give you an honest answer, it will likely improve as you treat, but as far as "stopping" is concerned that is dependent on many factors. For instance, those who's disease process has led to muscular or joint damage that may persist and may need to be treated separately (ie. A lack of cartilage can be improved over time with supplements and prescriptions, but it will take a very long time to do so).
My feeling is that you should not be afraid to treat the pain itself alongside the disease. Many LLMDs seem to shy away from pain management (which I find hypocritical when there is a lot of talk about "holistic" medicine, treating the whole person and all the symptoms and causes of the affliction), so you may need to find a pain management physician who is Lyme friendly.
Talk with your current physician and let them know how your current method of pain management (the Lyrica and anything else you may be taking or doing) is working. If it doesn't work then it may be time for something else. Personally, only opioid medicine made a difference for me and gave me back some of my functionality. Opioid narcotics of course have there side effects, but for many they are a safe way to achieve pain relief when other options fail.
NORML also has links to state medical cannabis programs (If I recall correctly, Nevada has an implementation -
"Sixty-five percent of voters approved Question 9 on November 7, 2000, which amends the states� constitution to recognize the medical use of marijuana. The law took effect on October 1, 2001. The law removes state-level criminal penalties on the use, possession and cultivation of marijuana by patients who have �written documentation� from their physician that marijuana may alleviate his or her condition. Patients diagnosed with the following illnesses are afforded legal protection under this act: AIDS; cancer; glaucoma; and any medical condition or treatment to a medical condition that produces cachexia, persistent muscle spasms or seizures, severe nausea or pain. Other conditions are subject to approval by the health division of the state Department of Human Resources. Patients (or their primary caregivers) may legally possess no more than one ounce of usable marijuana, and may cultivate no more than seven marijuana plants, of which no more than three may be mature. The law establishes a confidential state-run patient registry that issues identification cards to qualifying patients. Patients who do not join the registry or possess greater amounts of marijuana than allowed by law may argue the �affirmative defense of medical necessity� if they are arrested on marijuana charges. "
Pain relief is an important part of healing, so don't be afraid to search with your physician (or find one willing to help) for avenues to help you feel better concurrent with your active treatment.
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Lots more treatment---
YES, if you keep virus' in check, get rid of parasites, and keep hitting all.
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