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miklo18429
miklo18429

My sciatica has been acting up ...leg and ankle pain has been bad...but I can deal during the day...problem is at night the pain is so intense I cannot get an hour sleep, no position is relief only a hot bath through out the night...I fell asleep in the bath last night for a min. I'm on naproxen and lidocaine patches which did not help at all...I'm think in about adding in extra strength Tylenol..what's your ideas

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  • jacqueline01135
    jacqueline01135 miklo18429

    Posted

    Hi.. sleep on your back, with a pillow under your knees. Keep your feet flat ,and put pillows ,maybe more than one ,,until you feel pain free,,, It does work ...
  • karen22950
    karen22950 miklo18429

    Posted

    It probably depends on what is causing your sciatica.  I had severe pain in right hip, leg, ankle and foot for eight months.  Had to use a wheel chair almost every morning, just to go from the bedroom to the kitchen.  I have had Lupus  pain for thirty-two years, but nothing like this.  Two epidurals did nothing for it, nor did oxycodone.  I finally got an appointment with my Rheumatologist.  He diagnosed it as Fibromyalgia, and he doesn't treat fibro with narcotics,  Instead, I was told to take Tylenol Arthritis three times a day ( every eight hours).  I was very skeptical but did as he suggested.  After just a week, the pain was greatly reduced and I no longer needed a wheel chair! 

  • price6209
    price6209 miklo18429

    Posted

    Get an MRI and find out what is the cause of your pain, if you don't know what to treat you can do more harm than good. See a specialist Spine and Joint or Neroligist.

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