Hi, I'd like to introduce myself...

[2muchpain]

Hi everyone,

I'm a pain management patient who has been scammed before, and as being stuck in-between my specialist's recommendations and my gp being difficult I really need to find sources I can trust. So I am looking forward to exploring and meeting you all!

2mp ?

 

[AngryBird]

Hi there @2muchpain. Welcome. There are lots of people just like you here. I'm one of them. I have a blog here, if you're curious.

My best suggestion is to check out the rules and info for new members, so you don't get in trouble before you have a chance to look around. If you can, a small donation will open up the sections you may be interested in. Be careful and don't ask anyone for sources. It's against the rules and is usually how folks lose their money. Everything you need is already listed. The search works well, once you figure out how to spell what you're looking for. You will see what I mean when you start reading.

There are some good folks here who can empathize with you. Lots of fun stuff, like the five letter game. 

@2earls or @PTFC. They are mods and can help. If you can't message yet, just type their names with the @ in front and a drop down will show up. Just click on the name in the list. 

 

[2muchpain]

Thank you ever so much AngryBird, I will definitely have a look at your blog, and I have just made a donation !

 

[2muchpain]

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to update here that I'm from the UK and that it is so hard to get reputable sources here and that before joining I was getting very depressed with the pain feeling like I wouldn't get any help. I also have PTSD, as well as fibromyalgia, after being stalked by a psychopath a while ago and am still waiting for proper treatment. This site has been a massive light and the end of a tunnel for me and I thank you all masses. :780_sparkling_heart: :784_peace:

 

[trinity]

Welcome.

 

[deetledee]

Hi, I'm new here myself. Like you, I also have ptsd so u are in good company. I have a lot of pain from injuries sustained while serving. The best recommendation that I can make is research and read,read,read. When I first joined I was kinda getting a tad frustrated which was my fault. You cant just read for an hour or two. You really have to put in the work. I am getting around the site much better and Ive learned so much. The moderators really seem to be on point. Making a donation will open up more threads and will help you find what you are looking for

 

[PTFC]

Hi, I'm new here myself. Like you, I also have ptsd so u are in good company. I have a lot of pain from injuries sustained while serving. The best recommendation that I can make is research and read,read,read. When I first joined I was kinda getting a tad frustrated which was my fault. You cant just read for an hour or two. You really have to put in the work. I am getting around the site much better and Ive learned so much. The moderators really seem to be on point. Making a donation will open up more threads and will help you find what you are looking for

Great advice @deetledee, and everyone else! Welcome @2muchpain!

 

[2muchpain]

Welcome.

Thank you very much ?

 

[2muchpain]

Hi, I'm new here myself. Like you, I also have ptsd so u are in good company. I have a lot of pain from injuries sustained while serving. The best recommendation that I can make is research and read,read,read. When I first joined I was kinda getting a tad frustrated which was my fault. You cant just read for an hour or two. You really have to put in the work. I am getting around the site much better and Ive learned so much. The moderators really seem to be on point. Making a donation will open up more threads and will help you find what you are looking for

Thank you so much for your advice, everyone has been so helpful and you were totally right and I thinking I have found what I am looking for after some serious reading and some emailing. I will report back in the relevant threads ?. I am so sorry you have ptsd too, it really sucks, I was stalked by a next door neighbour who I had never met before. I can't imagine what you must have been through in service though. I really hope that you manage to get some help and feel better soon. ❤ .

 

[2muchpain]

Great advice @deetledee, and everyone else! Welcome @2muchpain!

Thank you very much ?.

 

[humboldtguy]

@2muchpain welcome to the board. I am in a similar situation as you described with my gp. I am from America but the stories are the same wherever your from. Make sure you read the pinned posts and rules. The info you seek is here. You just need to read through the threads. Look foward to seeing you on the board

Much love

Humboldtguy

 

[2muchpain]

@humboldtguy

Thank you so much for your warm welcome! I'm so sorry to hear that you are having similar problems as me. It is so difficult when my pain gets worse and I need my dose upping (I have a lot of nerve problems and an incision hernia after an operation gone wrong as well as the fibromyalgia and PTSD, I normally get 6 monthly epidural injections to numb the area but the last one failed and my pain levels are crazy making at the moment) as my GP can not up my meds without the say so of my pain management specialist, however it takes months to get an appointment with my specialist.

Luckily I have found this site now and have already been successful in getting some help, before I was hanging on by a thread and genuinely don't know if that would have made it to today alive otherwise. That is why I am so grateful to everyone on this site. I am currently on a big waiting list to get further help with my PTSD also and think this site will be the answer to coping until then.

It is so sad that there are so many people in our situation world wide.

Thank you again, and to everyone here.

Much love

2mp