Which one of your medications has changed your life?

I have found from own experiences going back 28 years now! ( Although I have been Chronic Astmatic since age of 2. years old and for a long time Bronchitis was a Health Problem) It started with a Prolapsed Disc following an Accident at my Business. For complicated reasons I still don't understand I was unable to have an Operation to help improve my back. I was bedridden for 2. years in fact my GP at time ( Still married then to much younger wife and my age was 47 ) Removed a door to place under bed mattress, which was there upto ask for divorce. Then moved to one of sisters spare bedrooms so she and her husband basically replaced my now ex-wife sadly. I have never had a relationship since then. I was told because I had been on Strong Steroids both tablets and a upto 10 or 12 injections of them into spine to ease Horrendously continuously 24 hours a day for 2 years And to this day still. The Tablets for my Asma after being hospilized at age of 14 and converlesce to save my life. Therefore they made any Operations impossible as same today! I was put on Tramodol 50mg 8 daily recently reduced to 4 daily for Safety Reasons. Co-Codomol 500mg 8 times daily remains same. Amitriptyline ( Stopped a few years ago) Nitrazepam 5mg 2 nightly recently reduced to one as none affective now! I also have been taking numerous others for Heart over last 20 Years. Like Tildiem 300, Simvastatin 20mg, Doxazosin 4mg, Aspirin 75mg, Ferrous Fumarate 305mg (Iron) Also Evacal D3 1500mg for bones I now have from last Scan Median Osteoporosis through bones. Recently Diagnosed 2 years ago with Aortic aneurysm in main heart Artery. At last Scan was 4.6 leaving .4 before will be Operated on if am fit and healthy and then Converlesence hopefully. I have had medication Reviews but now with aneurysm it safer to leave at present. 

Can I just add something about the subject of depression and anxiety, no medication will make you well unless your willing to help fight the battle that goes on in your head 24/7. You have to be prepared for everything and fight it all the way. I have had self harm thoughts since the age of 14/15 and fighting full scale depression since about 22.  I came on this site on Saturday night, looking for help, support, god knows!!!  I started to write a message with tears running down my face, I'd had enough of the fight. Half way through writing I stopped and tried to sort myself out which I did, and managed to take some of the thoughts away. This has been the closest I've been to the edge for a lot of years. 

So all I say is, always be prepared for the battle that goes on in your head and hopefully god is holding your hand and can help you through it.

Stu.

im on embrel methatestrate placunel.....forgive the spelling.i take embrel and methatestrate once a week....placunal twice a day.......since taken embrel ive found it has stopped my left hand deforming ....my left hand is deformed but hasnt got worse...pain is not as bad as before.........ive been on embrel 1 yr 

Still not worse that seeing 8 friends blew up in front of you, no offence but still have empathy..

The medication I take is Citalopram.

i take it orally daily, but feel it hides an issue not making this issue any better, but certainly no worse.

I have Fibromyalgia and am currently taking Gabapentin 300MG Capsules (9 A Day) and Tramadol 50MG Capsules (4 A Day)

I also suffer severe Heartburn so I take Omeprazole 20MG Gastro-Resistant Capsules (2 A Day) along with Crippling Migraines so I take Pizotifen 0.5 MG Pills (2 At Night) to counter act the Migraines.

Due to the nature of Fibromyalgia and Doctors not having much of clue if what to do about it, I, along with many others who have Fibromyalgia continue to suffer. I must add that Doctors prescribe what they believe will help with the pain as there is currently no Medication on the market to help. Considering Fibromyalgia is currently incurable, I think that Doctors (Or at least my Doctor) is doing whatever he can to help with what little information about fibromyalgia he has to go on.

Sadly, due to the crippling pain I am in almost every single day, despite the medication I take, I am virtually a prisoner in my own Home and most of my Friends do not even bother to call me or come and see me any more because I simply cannot get out of the House. My Doctor told me that Fibromyalgia is not classed as a Disability so I cannot even get any help on the NHS and I cannot afford to buy a Wheelchair so I must continue to use Crutches even though I struggle to walk on them.

I can only hope that one day, I will be able to afford a Wheelchair and I also hope that Fibromyalgia will one day be recognised for what it is. A crippling Disability.

I'm not sure the survey and my answers were of any help to anybody. I take dexamfetamine for Narcolepsy, to prevent me from falling asleep. I'm aware that there are allegedly long-term adverse side affects from taking this medication, however, the alternative for me is having no life, risking having accidents around the home (ie broken bones from falling asleep on stairs or climbing ladders to do home repairs/burns/cuts when falling asleep cooking etc. I'm allowed to take 'drug holidays' so long as I can sleep (ie if I'm in hospital/having a day in bed), so as I said, not sure how helpful my answers were? If I forget my meds for Narcolepsy, my body soon tells me by the fact I can't stay awake. With regards to other meds for heart condition/results from brain aneurysm etc, the survey didnt really allow for more than one health complaint. Also, my meds for Narcolepsy are a controlled drug. This has caused problems in the past, especially abroad.

hallo. i have had lymphodeama for 17 years it is in my legs. my legs are constantly swollen and i wear support hosiery, which are really difficult to get on. i have never been offered any treatment through my gp. i get real help from the bexleyheath lymphodema clinic, which is based in the hospice at belvedere. i recently discovered that MLD [manual lymphatic drainage] is available on the NHS, this has never been mentioned to me in 17 years, i had to seek it out myself. i have now been referred by my GP, only because i asked.

still waiting for an appointment!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i also suffer from chronic pain because of a spinal problem, i am on co codamol, naproxene pain killers, but i am worried about the long term side effects, i also suffer from depression, also i lost my left eye because of london ambulance service refusing to send an ambulance when i was having an aggressive attack of glaucoma, even though an emergency doctor had told me to phone 999 urgently.

life sucks

Wolfman 79

am I to understand your doctor has refused to proscribe you a wheelchair even though you are severely crippled with pain?? whether your condition is a disability or not he proscribes lots of painkillers not getting PIP or DLA is one thing, but refusal of basic mobility quite another ask again for a wheelchair if the answer is no another doctor might be a solution.

found the questions easy x