my first post...chronic pains
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:13 am
Hi everyone,
I am new to this forum. I was never diagnosed with pudendal neuralgia but after finding this website I think I have it. I never heard of it before. About 13 years ago I developed and was diagnosed with vulvadynia. It started as severe dryness and irritation and morphed into a chronic pain. I haven't been able to wear fitted pants since then... just really loose sweats or skirts. I tried lots of things from accupuncture to flexeril, etc. and decided to go to a pain doc in NYC who gave me a ganglion of Impar block. Well... I have had horrible problems since then. It never helped with the vulvadynia. It gave me chronic stabbing pain at the site of the injection and half a year later I went on Lyrica because the pain was so bad. During the Lyrica I developed painful sensory nerve pain through my whole body. The doctor said it wasnt the lyrica and to stay on it so it can start working and upped the dose to 350mg a day. After 3 months the pain was so bad I stopped the Lyrica. Now I am left with the same old vulvadynia, a piercing pain in the coccyx area and horrible, makes you understand why people kill themselves kind of nerve pain thru body that doesn't even let me sleep. My arms and legs and feet and hands go thru cycles of burning and pins and needles and vibrations. I just don't know what to do next. I am trying vitamins like B6 B12, alpha lipoic acid, natural vitamin E, vitamin D. I'm eating an all organic diet. I haven't seen anything positive yet. Anyone have any ideas, words of wisdom, help of any kind? I feel like every minute of every day is such a struggle and so depressing. I have small children so suicide is not an option. Instead I have to live in chronic torture and feel like I'm getting PTSD from it all. I have never posted on a site before but tonight I just had a feeling it was the right thing to do... sorry to be long winded.... but after reading some of your posts I feel really close to you all. Thanks for listening!
I am new to this forum. I was never diagnosed with pudendal neuralgia but after finding this website I think I have it. I never heard of it before. About 13 years ago I developed and was diagnosed with vulvadynia. It started as severe dryness and irritation and morphed into a chronic pain. I haven't been able to wear fitted pants since then... just really loose sweats or skirts. I tried lots of things from accupuncture to flexeril, etc. and decided to go to a pain doc in NYC who gave me a ganglion of Impar block. Well... I have had horrible problems since then. It never helped with the vulvadynia. It gave me chronic stabbing pain at the site of the injection and half a year later I went on Lyrica because the pain was so bad. During the Lyrica I developed painful sensory nerve pain through my whole body. The doctor said it wasnt the lyrica and to stay on it so it can start working and upped the dose to 350mg a day. After 3 months the pain was so bad I stopped the Lyrica. Now I am left with the same old vulvadynia, a piercing pain in the coccyx area and horrible, makes you understand why people kill themselves kind of nerve pain thru body that doesn't even let me sleep. My arms and legs and feet and hands go thru cycles of burning and pins and needles and vibrations. I just don't know what to do next. I am trying vitamins like B6 B12, alpha lipoic acid, natural vitamin E, vitamin D. I'm eating an all organic diet. I haven't seen anything positive yet. Anyone have any ideas, words of wisdom, help of any kind? I feel like every minute of every day is such a struggle and so depressing. I have small children so suicide is not an option. Instead I have to live in chronic torture and feel like I'm getting PTSD from it all. I have never posted on a site before but tonight I just had a feeling it was the right thing to do... sorry to be long winded.... but after reading some of your posts I feel really close to you all. Thanks for listening!