Health Organization for Pudendal Education

Hi everyone, I am a 4+ year sufferer of PN, and I have been taking amitriptyline for pretty much all of that time. It has definitely helped my pain, even if it seems to mess up my memory a bit. As if we didn't have enough problems, I came across a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Society...

Update: I've been doing very well pain-wise over the past few months, and so I thought I'd try ramping the Lyrica down (with my doctor). My previous dosage was 2 x 150 mg per day, so we cut that down to 2 x 75 mg per day. After about 24 hours the pain returned. Not too bad, like a 3 or 4, but bad en...

Thanks for the information, Violet. You summed up my ambivalent feelings about the blocks well. They did help for a while, but I'm concerned about damaging the nerve or build up of scar tissue or worsening the problem somehow or another. It doesn't seem as if anyone gets "cured" from the b...

I have been thinking that I'd try to come off of Lyrica and see how it goes. (I keep forgetting to talk to my doctor about it - haha). I went on ami first, and it had a big effect on my pain. Lyrica had a smaller effect, so I'm thinking that might be the place to start. I've been doing fairly well p...

Hi Everyone - I am fortunate to be able to say that my pain is controlled pretty well by Ami and Lyrica. However, since I have been taking the stuff (about 2.5 years) I have noticed a significant dropoff in my ability to remember all kinds of things. Mostly dumb stuff, like what happened on last wee...