Re: antianxiety med vs muscle relaxant for pain control????

From: Rita Steele (steelerita@yahoo.com)
Thu Oct 3 13:58:57 2002


Judy, I was put on anti-depressants last year. The Drs. wanted to treat my depression caused from the pain but not the Pain! I was prescribed elavil & effexor. After taking these for months & going to counseling to deal with the pain, I weaned myself off of them. The drugs & counseling did NOT help my pain. I felt even more depressed while on them then I did without them.I hope this info. helps. Take Care, Rita --- Robin M <rmasse2333@aol.com> wrote: > Dear Judy
> I have taken a muscle relaxant called Robaxin 750.
> I really found that
> it didn't help me at all. I have been taking Buspar
> & Paxil for anxiety
> & depression for many years & it doesn't seem to
> help with the pain.
> Recently I had my Buspar doubled from 15mg a day to
> 30mg a day for a
> benine tremor and it has not decreased any of my
> pain. I also feel
> though, that anything is worth a try, because you
> never know what might
> help you since everyone reacts differenly to
> differnt meds.
> robin M
>
> At Thu, 3 Oct 2002, judymk wrote:
> >
> >Hi guys, my GP is trying to help with pain control
> and she asked what I
> >have found that people take that seems to help. I
> told her I had read
> >posts that say anti anxity meds help reduce the
> pain by decreasing the
> >anxiety about the pain (I guess thats how?). She
> wondered if valium (a
> >muscle relaxant) would be better to relax the
> muscles. I told her I
> >hadn't read anyone taking valium but I would put it
> in the board and see
> >if someone had experience or ideas with either.
> Thanks so much. Judy
>
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