heh, I drive my p-doc crazy sometimes. Like, I told him my whole trial and error thing with the Magnesium and Cymbalta and he says "why don't you let doctors do their job and see them instead of driving yourself crazy with all this."
I told him it doesn't drive me crazy. I enjoy trying to figure out why x does y and how I can make things better (or worse) by doing z.
But I was fighting tears the last time I saw him (Tuesday). I told him I'm 90% pain free but I keep adrenaline surges over the silliest stuff (like my daughter sneezing or coughing in the next room). He told me Cymbalta is excellent for pain but not for anxiety because it increases the adrenalin in your system. Then I was fighting tears and said "so, basically, I have to choose between being in pain or having anxiety."
It's silly because I never even realized exactly how much pain and discomfort I was in until Cymbalta and being able to actually fall asleep and wake up like a regular person. Now that I know, it's REALLY hard to decide to go back to that.
He increased my Gabapentin to see if that will help with the anxiety. I didn't even know it was prescribed for that. I was taking it for my legs lol (I actually need to go Google that now).
Other than that, life has been quiet for the most part.