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Originally posted by RyanLanane@May 10 2005, 11:41 AM
Grimm, that might explain why my two knees will sometimes get like that asleep feeling or just plain uncomfortable to the point where I toss and turn for HOURS before I fall asleep - If I'm lucky enough to sleep that night.. Usually when I get that I get 1-2 hours of sleep. I took Vicodin about 10 days ago when it happened (5/500) and was able to pretty much fall asleep comfortably within 30-45 minutes of taking it.

She already has given me 5/500 vicodin but is pretty careful with the dosage and how many she gives me. Right now I get 40 a month of 5/500 - with permission to take two at a time if it is really acting up. Weird thing is for some reason these 5/500's are working better than the 10/325's I used to take.. and i woudl take two of those at a time. No idea why, but I'll take it happily.


--the / number is Acetominphen, Tylenol. a higher dose of tylenol working with a lower dose of vicodin is good for minor pain. vicodin is one of those CNS pain killers that dont work much better when stacked. more than a double dose is just wasted, as your body dispenses the medicine at a certain rate. the APAP works directly on the source of pain simultaneously. chances are the Tylenol is working better than the Voicodin, IMO.

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The reason the doctor had initially ruled out tendonitis or said it was a secondary problem was due to the fact it is my thumb and next two fingers on the right hand where I feel the most pain, also right around my wrist (top and bottom of it).

--Could be more than one thing.

There are three places that show the most pain

1) If you hold your palm open and look at your right thumb you will see between your wrist and thumb a muscle of some sort, this area is very painful alot of the time and does go numb occasionally.. Usually more pain though.

--http://moon.ouhsc.edu/dthompso/namics/thumm1.htm are the primary muscles acting in this area, not necessary the carpal muscles. its still a repeated stress-type injury. if these muscles are spasming they are interlaced with the nerves, which would explain the sensations.

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2) My wrist and all around my wrist... Like a circular piercing pain, not shooting.

3) Where your funny bone is, right there on my elbow that will hurt so bad I can't desribe the pain sometimes... It also sends a shooting pain towards my wrist all the way down the backside of my arm.

--funny bone is your ulnar nerve. it runs all the way down your radius to your hand, branches off at the wrist into several specific nerves on your hand.

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There are other things, like my fingers now feel like I have arthritis in them.. etc. But the doctor also said since I experience more pain then numbness he thinks it is tendonitis as you will experience more of a numb feeling from carpyl tunnel... Probably of course had something to do with the results of the tests he had just completed.

--yeah thus the reason for the shocks and pricks he isolated the pain and its source. tendonitis sounds like a winner. strenghtening those muscles through light weight excercises can bring a lot of relief. id be surprised if he didnt recommend a PT.

what kind of diet do you exist on. do you get enough water and potassium. do you eat potassium rich foods (banannas, etc). if you are lacking in hydration, electrolytes and absorbable potassium, your muscles will atrophy a bit, and cramp and spasm.. any time a muscle that is interlaced with a nerve, or a case where the nerve "forks" over a spasming muscle, youll end up with chronic pain, but its easily remedied with the right foods, liquids, supplements. since you are a skinny bastard a good mix of gatorade might work

Ryan