Hello all, I’m new to this forum and thought I’d pop on to see if anyone can offer me some advice.
I was diagnosed with MS 6 months ago and the worst part for me is the pain and feeling there’s no hope I managing it.
I currently have the most horrific pain in my legs and feet, particularly my left side. I’m on pregabalin x3 daily (100mg) and duloxetine 60mg x1 daily. I feel like it isn’t even touching the sides, particularly when my job as a nurse is physically demanding (it’s unbearable after a shift). I use hot water bottles every night and also am prescribed melatonin to help me sleep.
Does anyone else suffer greatly from pain? If so, what analgesia are you prescribed and do you find it to be effective?
I feel like someone is crushing glass into my legs and that my feet are bruised (hard to describe). I’m demented with it!
Thank you all so kindly in advance.
Sarah
That sounds really horrid.
I have not had anything as bad - the closest I get s when I am tired and/or overheated my legs feel as if they’re overstuffed sausages under a hot grill - sausages encased in skins made for sausages half the size. It is just miserable. The only thing that relieves it is getting in the cool, resting and putting the feet up. Not much use when you’re in the middle of a busy shift, I’m afraid. I wish I had something useful to suggest to you but I don’t.
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Bless you for replying to me - thank you. Although both my sisters have MS too, I just find it to be quite a lonely illness. Those who don’t have it can’t understand how horrid and unpredictable it is. I have days where I’m full of energy (albiet in pain) and others where I’m completely flat. Today is one of those flat days. I can’t get moving at all, my body is like lead!
Thank you so much again for replying Alison, it was very sweet of you 
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