->  WC> Trazodone, take two at night and out for the first 3 hours unless
->  WC> something loud disturbs otherwise I get 7 hours.
->  WC> Once awake there's no gettinbg back to sleep.

-> Well, that sounds like a step up! At first, I thought my Amitryp was also
-> intended to KO me at night. It did, but I had to wake up twenty time to drink
-> water. Right now, they are trying me on Nortriptyline. It too is a
"crossover"
-> drug, that tends to work on nerves.

Well some cautions. 
For me when first put on the drug there were unpleasant side effects.
I'd wake up in the middle of the night with a raviaging thirst and
shortness of breath.

I suppose I could have worked up to the present dose and avoided this.
After a month on the drug all side effects disappeared.
Also when first put on it it was like getting drunk.
Take the trazadone and 20 minutes later you felt totally drung, 5
minutes later you were asleep.
Now it's 30 minutes to lights out and it comes on gently.

Priaprizom is the other known side effect and if you get a hard on
that won't go away you must seek medical treatment, this has never
happened to me.

So all in all this drug has been ideal for my getting a good nights
sleep with no side effects or blood tests required.

->  -> Are you mobile?

->  WC> Barely, I get 2 hours or less daily standing and - sitting combined,
->  WC> after that falls and embarrassing _accidents_ happen.

->  WC> I can walk about 6 blocks on a good day.
->  WC> Were it not for my dog needing walked I doubt I'd have ANY
->  WC> remaining mobility.

-> They've immobilized your damage, no? 

No they have not.
That is PRECISELY the surgery I wanted, I had an orthopedic surgeon
I knew and trusted but he wasn't on the _list_ of approved surgeons
Vocational Rehabilitation would pay for :-(
I wanted a spinal fusion, Charles Finn declined citing a 5 percent
morbidity rate.
I'd have gone for it at 40 percent for a chance to return to work.

I've since heard from a large number of people with less than desirable
results from the surgeon I got stuck with.

-> You might want to ask if something called
-> a neural glide might be a good therapy for you. My pain was a slow progression
-> - I suppose while the nerve bundle was massing - and my self induce therapy was
-> to try to stretch it as I would a muscle. Turns out, quite the opposite was
-> required.

Problem is getting someone to PAY for it.
I've got Medicare but the copays would kill me as I wouldn't be able
to afford meds or eat.

What's a neural glide anyway and does it help you?
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