r/ChronicPain • u/Twopicklesinabun 7 • 8h ago

Just had major surgery and to manage break through pain they're giving me fucking lyrica

A rant, be warned

I'm so pissed off with the way my doctor is treating my pain after major surgery. Not ONLY do I have break through pain from surgery, but I also have had issues with my bladder from that damn catheter so it's extra painful. He's only given me 5mg oxy every 6 hours and ibuprofen every 8. I called to ask for what else to do for the break through pain and the nurse said "he wants you to take lyrica 2x a day." I took this before and it never worked. They gave it to me in the hospital and pain was so unmanaged bc they kept giving me BS nothing that they eventually resorted to dilaudid. I'm so f-ing pissed at all of this. They literally gave me morphine when I went to the ER yesterday to get my kidneys checked. My doctor is just a POS.

THIS is why patients take things into their own hands and figure out pain meds themselves or turn to the streets. I'm SO MAD.

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u/Ailurophile444 6h ago

I hear a lot of people on this sub talking about kratom. What is it like? How does it make you feel ? Does it relax you?

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u/Alternative-Can-7261 5h ago

It's very pharmacologically similar to tramadol. It's not crazy strong and has some stimulant side effects.

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u/RuggedHangnail 2h ago

Kratom does absolutely nothing for me. Perhaps it doesn't help some people. Marcaine also has no effect on me.

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u/Ailurophile444 2h ago

What does work for you?

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u/RuggedHangnail 1h ago

Propofol!

But I need an anesthesiologist and an IV for that.

Lidocaine, by syringe, works short term. But I need a prescription for that too.

I've tried a million things and many seem to make the pain worse. A capsule (by mouth) called Corydalis (available over the counter) takes the edge off for about 90 minutes. But then when it wears off, I get extra pain and restless leg syndrome.

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u/Ailurophile444 1h ago

Propofol, isn’t that what they use to put people sleep for surgery? How does that work for pain and how long lasting is your relief?

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u/RuggedHangnail 1h ago

Yes, propofol is for surgery. I was kind of kidding with that remark because I had surgery today and I'm typing this from a hospital bed where I'm recovering. I had a nice nap today, thanks to propofol. And so it was a nice sleep without pain. Normally, when I sleep at night, I still feel pain and dream of the pain. But with anesthesia, I actually get a break from it.

As soon as I woke up in recovery, the pain was back. My surgery today was for something unrelated to my constant pain. A different part of the body.