Only me again!
After about 6 weeks or so with no sleep I eventually decided it was time to go see the doctor. I've episodes of insomnia off and on for years, but they were always caused by having too much on my mind, not the continuous pain coming from my lower back, neck and knees. Even doubling up on my morphine wasn't doing any good.
Anyway, a visit to the doctors...it's only the second time I've seen her (my old doc retired last year after looking after me for 30 odd years) and after a quick chat she prescribed me 20mg amitryptilene to try for a while.
That night I slept like a log, and it seems to be having some cumulative effect with the morphine as pain management has also improved. Only thing is it makes me that bit more drowsy during the day; if I could drive it definitely wouldn't be legal for me to do so!
My next post will be about my ongoing 'dealings' with the UK Benefits Agency and how useless they are.
Tra for now!
Paul M.