Wow, What a ride.

Pepperoni wrote:
Gaba is pretty good and it is hard to overdose, as large doses are tolerated well. It is a better sleeping pill than a pain killer, though. Tramadol does not have a lot of side effects..... I can tell when my dosage falls too low as the pain returns. My miracle drug is hydroxychloroquine, which you will remember as a malaria drug from Vietnam. my arthritis pain becomes debilitating, but a few days on the chloroquine gets me moving again.

Thanks to all that responded to my post. Without the internet we would not know how many people are in pain.

I'm so sorry for everyone's pain. I have pain most of the time but until recently I have been able to work through my pain. Since September I have not been able to do anything other than lay in bed or on our couch. I'm one that likes to be up doing some sort of project. That said, no matter how bad I feel, I keep in mind that there is always someone who is having a worse time then I.

I remember hydroxychloroquine in Vietnam. We took it once each week at lunch. Right after lunch there was a long line at our three hole out house as everyone that took hydroxychloroquine had diarrhea. I stopped taking it because of diarrhea, and I was lucky that I didn't get malaria. I was a door gunner on a helicopter and was everywhere from Saigon to an island off the south tip of Vietnam.