Clove Oil thanks!

[alexxkay]

Great thanks to calygrey for the initial suggestion, and to patrissimo for a timely reminder. Clove Oil turns out to be a *great* topical anesthetic for me. Downside is it only works for ~20 minutes per application, and with diminishing returns if I use it continuously, so not good for sleeping through the night. Still, it should make the daytime *much* more bearable.

About that "diminishing returns" thing: I've been getting that lot lately. The Demerol had a mild positive effect for the first two nights, then seemed to turn totally ineffectual. I've had that reaction with a couple of other drugs recently, as well. It's like my body really thinks I'm supposed to be getting these pain messages, and is re-routing the signal pathways to make sure they get through. Stupid corporeal form...

Comments

[tamarinne.livejournal.com]

Perhaps try rotating through different drugs? e.g. take Demerol one night, ibuprofen second night, Demerol third night, or something like that.

[corwyn-ap.livejournal.com]

Stupid corporeal form...

Turns out, pain (analog) is useful for software as well. Not sure about pure energy beings. I expect so, if there is a way they can be damaged.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

I had demerol during labor. It was blissful. And, then, an epidural. Maybe you can get an epidural for your mouth. Might make eating difficult, though.

If you ever need non-head surgery, you should decide what you think about the TENS machine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TENS

[calygrey.livejournal.com]

As I get older my body seems to be increasingly of the opinion that all drugs and alcohol are poison to be gotten rid of as quickly as possible. The effect is that some things work sometimes. Last time I had surgery I woke up almost but not quite too soon.

Try some kind of plaster on top of the clove oil so it stays on longer. Might help, might not.