Beginning this year, I started to experience burning pain and spasms under my left lower rib that spread to my back.
I never experienced anything like this before, and suspected it may be shingles, but I had no rash. Went to PCP. He said it was just rib pain and should go away within 2 weeks. The pain kept spreading down, ultimately reaching the front and back of my hip. The pain is also joined by horrible spasms on my left side. I can't even dress myself properly, because it is painful for the clothing to touch my skin. I assumed it may be an MS hug and went to my neuro. She offered me clonazepam or amithriptylin, which I am scared to take.
My fear of taking these sort of medications stems from ten years ago, when I had a burning pain in my arm and my neurologist prescribed Tegretol. After I took only half of the prescribed dose , I nearly lost consciousness and was extremely dizzy for three days--unable to walk. When the medication side effects finally subsided, I found that my right side was paralyzed and had to go to the hospital and take steroids. The only medication I'm not scared of taking is Tylenol and Advil, but they're not helping me with my current pain. I don't take any DMDs.
I hope this pain is MS related, since I also have an additional problem. I'm a 51-year-old peri-menopousal woman. I haven't had my period for two months. When it finally started, I had heavy bleeding for twelve days. Then it seemingly ended, for two days. Now it started again. I think that the pain I described above is not related to my female organs, since I have no pelvic pain--with my pain specifically being on the left side of my lower back. I had a regular pelvic ultrasound a year ago. I don't want to contact the gynecologist. Can anyone suggest any non-medical ways to get rid of the pain (I do stretches and put ice on the area that hurts, but that doesn't help)? Any thoughts and advice would be appreciated.
I never experienced anything like this before, and suspected it may be shingles, but I had no rash. Went to PCP. He said it was just rib pain and should go away within 2 weeks. The pain kept spreading down, ultimately reaching the front and back of my hip. The pain is also joined by horrible spasms on my left side. I can't even dress myself properly, because it is painful for the clothing to touch my skin. I assumed it may be an MS hug and went to my neuro. She offered me clonazepam or amithriptylin, which I am scared to take.
My fear of taking these sort of medications stems from ten years ago, when I had a burning pain in my arm and my neurologist prescribed Tegretol. After I took only half of the prescribed dose , I nearly lost consciousness and was extremely dizzy for three days--unable to walk. When the medication side effects finally subsided, I found that my right side was paralyzed and had to go to the hospital and take steroids. The only medication I'm not scared of taking is Tylenol and Advil, but they're not helping me with my current pain. I don't take any DMDs.
I hope this pain is MS related, since I also have an additional problem. I'm a 51-year-old peri-menopousal woman. I haven't had my period for two months. When it finally started, I had heavy bleeding for twelve days. Then it seemingly ended, for two days. Now it started again. I think that the pain I described above is not related to my female organs, since I have no pelvic pain--with my pain specifically being on the left side of my lower back. I had a regular pelvic ultrasound a year ago. I don't want to contact the gynecologist. Can anyone suggest any non-medical ways to get rid of the pain (I do stretches and put ice on the area that hurts, but that doesn't help)? Any thoughts and advice would be appreciated.
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