Anyway, who else has burning pain like this in their feet all the time? It really never, never leaves me. I was checked on an MRI for MS cause my pain was so severe. Dr. said my pain was out of the norm to be as severe as it was but she believed it was real. Natalie Hello Natalie,
This one is kind of hard to answer. I have pain 24 hrs a day also, mine is from my waist level to my toes generally, but sometimes a bit higher. It is at different levels, depending upon how close it is to my next dosage of Neurontin. But, I used to think that it was at a level 8 when it got REALLY BAD, especially if my legs started to spasm. This past week I had overdone it, which I haven't done in quite a while, and I decided that the "old" level 8 must have really been about a level 6. My back hurt so bad that I was screaming when rubbing ICY HOT on it. Sometimes I think it's what our pain tolerance is at that time, and some of us have a higher threshhold for pain. We are all different, and it's often hard for doctors to qualify our pain levels to see if we are exagerating or not. They don't want to under or over prescribe to us. Back to overdoing it - 2 days in bed and back to almost what is normal for me. I've never had that kind of pain that I can remember though for overdoing it. Well, not since the onset of my TM! That was not even measurable. If they say that a 10 is suicidal, I guess it had to be a 9.99. I've never even given suicide a thought, so it has to be darned close to a 10. Anyway, I hope all is well other than the pain. You can't let TM run your life, have to live it with TM. Hugs, Barbara A in Auburn, CA ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
