Posted by Alone on February 8, 2007, at 18:49:32
In reply to Re: Valium AND Xanax? » Alone, posted by yxibow on February 4, 2007, at 1:25:15
Wow, you are the first other Somatiform person I have encountered.
I had neck pain for over a decade, but about 2 years ago I lost 30 lbs in just a few months for no reason.
I also developed urinary urgency and frequency, my body temperature would drop drastically every night and I would get chills.
My right eye would over work itself (confirmed by my optometrist) for no reason making my eye red and it would feel like there was always something in it.
I would get sharp pains in my upper abdomin and terrible acid coming up in my throat.
My Family doc ran tons of tests (Cat Scans, Blood work, xrays...) and refered me to other docs (Urologist, Gastroenterologist, Rare disease guy) and they ran even more tests.
Then I got Shingles. My Family doc gave me Neurontin for the Shingle pain and then some thing wonderful happened.
Most of my other problems dissapeared, completely. But then they would start to comeback and consequently my doc would up my Neurontin again and then the symptoms would go away again.
After I got up to 2400mg a day of Neurontin, I still needed another increase but my doc said he was worried that I needed so much. He suspected I had Somatization Disorder and referred me to a Neurologist.
The Neurologist tested me for MS, which came back negative, confirmed the dx of Somatization disorder and let me go up to 3400mg a day of Neurontin.
So far I have only had to use a max of 2700 mg in a day to control my symptoms. I have litterally had every part (almost) of my body checked and there were NO physical explanations for any of my problems. But the Neurontin works. It's a mystery!
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