Milnacipran vs PREGABALIN

In this post, I'm going to discuss a drug called milnacipran. In the US, it goes by the brand name, Savella, and is a relatively new treatment on the market for chronic nerve pain. Please note that this is not medical advice and I am not a doctor. If you're curious to learn more about this medicatio

Just to let you know that after disappointing failures, I ended up finding a SNRI-like molecule that works on me (Milnacipran). It is apparently the 6th most effective statistically: http://slatestarcodex.com/blog_images/cipriani1.png For those curious about the effects, I'm basically not depressed

Dear community! I battle with chronic depression since more than a decade now and I have just discovered the realm of nootropics. I want to ask you, who are more experienced, to give me some guidance and tell me which substances and protocols might be worth trying! So this is my case: I am depressed

And I am talking about INTERNAL chest pain. I already know all about costochondritis which I have and is for the most part under control. I am to my wits end with going to the ER and doctors over and over for my heart and chest. I am perimenopausal and know hormones cause a part of my chest pain, PV

A member here told me that a combination of carbamazepine 200 mg and 25 mg amirtriptyline taken every night was 100% effective in preventing symptoms. He said that he still got pois when he tried amitriptyline alone but reported much less POIS on carbamazepine alone. This effect has been consistent

In this post, I’ll share a few strategies that have substantially increased my happiness and sense of self-worth, even while living with severe, widespread pain. For context, I am a 34F with decades of chronic pain experience. I was raised in a domestic violence environment where I was perpetually b

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6 years ago I broke my knee playing rugby. I was 33. I had a fair bit of metal put in and lots and lots of rehab. 2 years on crutches and over 4 years of physio. Nothing helped the pain and they removed the metal, which also didn’t help. I had a nerve block injection and was told it may stop the pai

In 2018 I started having daily headaches, it was in my temples, eyebrows/forehead and neck/occipital. I was bedridden for 6 years, unable to work, study, clean my own bedroom or even watching something on TV. I've taken every possible migraine medication: topiramate, emgality, amitriptyline, pregaba

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I've had to move back home due to the cost of living be so high and my mum has taken my dihydrocodeine from me. She says I take it everyday and am addicted. She says that I should just take paracetamo and be on a pain patch. I'm only taking my dihydrocodeine as prescribed for my slipped discs and p

25F just recently diagnosed so I went to the pharmacy to pick up pregabalin prescribed by my rheumatologist. Of course I hadn’t taken it before so I asked the pharmacist to go over it with me. He asks “what’s it for”? I say “fibromyalgia” then the comments of “wow you’re pretty young for that”. I gu

Title says all. I was recently diagnosed with fibro after testing negative for other autoimmune and muscle diseases. However I seem to have a unique version where I experience 24/7 muscle stiffness and inflammation. Being a little risqué, it feels like I'm tightly wrapped up in BDSM-type rope all ov

I started with 1.5mg and slowly worked my way to 4.5mg, going up 0.5mg at a time. Since the very first dose, I noticed a decrease in pain. With every single dose increase, the pain relief got better and better. When I hit 3.5mg, I had ZERO pain the next day during my 8 hours of work. That’s right -

Just a vent post really. Why is every single medical appointment such a fucking fight every time to advocate for myself and be heard??? Like even with pain management doctors who are supposed to want to help people like me. I literally asked about pregabalin because we haven’t really tried many me