Comment on My incisions from ankle surgery have hit the itchy stage of healing and it's driving me crazy

• SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I didn’t know they treated headaches with gabapentin! Is that prescribed off label? How’s it working for you?

  I took a look at your post history to see if you mentioned an underlying diagnosis and saw you’ve taking antidepressants. There are a couple that help nerve pain, secondary to acting as an SSRI; duloxetine and venlafaxine. If you’re not already on one of those and the nerve damage becomes painful, it might be worth asking if you can try one of those.

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  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The gabapentin works pretty well for my headaches. I take 400mg daily and it does well combined with the aimovig I take once a month. I only get about one migraine a month now.

    I am currently on venlafaxine for my depression. My psychiatrist also put me on amitriptyline for the nerve pain and it’s taken the pain away for the most part. Now I’m just dealing with the weird numbness and annoying itchiness. I left a message for my surgeon to see if I should be worried about the numbness. It’s starting to spread and I just wanna make sure it’s nothing serious lol.

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