Dealing with Chronic Pain and Medication

Gabapentin has been my godsend. It reduces nerve pain but a lot of my pain is from my nerves being overactive. Another godsend has been OMT to break down my myofacial adhesions. I used to go to a chiropractor to get my joints back in, but they'd just pull right back out cause my muscles were upset. My doctor basically gives me a massage and targets the place within the muscle that's upset and lets my body do the work of pulling the joint back where it belongs. It's reduced my pain significantly and helped my partial dislocations reduce which has been incredible.

Cymbalta was AMAZING for me. I stopped taking it because of the side effects but for the pain it was the only thing that has ever helped me that isn’t a narcotic