Thanks. I'm just very grateful he didn't have a weapon.

I love Tramadol. IJS.

Heh, so much individual variation.

Acetaminophen helped me little, but not much. Ibuprofen worked, which was bad in a way -- because I waited until I was maxing out on the dosage before I finally gave in and made a doctor's appointment.

The NP at the doctor's office prescribed Tramadol. It did nothing for me - less even than the acetaminophen had.

Two weeks later, when I told the doctor that Tramadol wasn't doing anything for me, he commented, "Yeah, the nickname for that is 'Trama-don't' -- but it was worth a try."

He switched me to a prescription for Meloxicam. That stuff worked great.

Aleve does nothing for me. Thank goodness Ibuprofen does.

I had forgotten about Aleve (naproxen sodium). I did try it once. It did nothing for my pain, but after a while I suddenly got one numb spot around the right corner of my mouth, and simultaneously another numb spot under my right big toe. Lasted for about half an hour, and scared me, so I have never gone near the stuff again.

I'm sorry, sj. Exposure to that level of hatred is always emotionally jarring. I don't understand it, and I don't want to understand.

Aleve upsets my stomach. Ibuprofen didn't used to, but now it does too.

Heh, so much individual variation.

What really sucks is trying to figure out what works when you are in pain, because it isn't the kind of thing you can experiment with effectively in advance.

Usually I'm a big fan of ibuprofen. I'm trying to not rely too heavily on it - like dcp said, at some point you want to address what's causing the pain instead of just masking it. I haven't really had occasion to try the serious stuff (yet). That said, apparently now that I'm getting older (seriously, y'all, how am I THIS old?) I'm starting to get fun muscular/joint stuff (frozen shoulder last year, weird back tweak this week) that IBU won't touch - so let me just say how glad I am that there's a MedMen just down the street from my chiro. Otherwise, I don't know if it would have occurred to me to try CBD, which has been amazing for those types of pains. I've been getting the lowest THC stuff I can, since it's not what I'm there for, and it helps a lot.

My big accomplishment today was making it out of the dentist without any problems requiring further attention, and I will TAKE IT.

As you should!

Epic, I have also had frozen shoulder, and thought the other one was going this week, but it came out of it, thank goodness. But man, my shoulders are twingy and wonky and I sleep on them fucked-up on the regular. Ugh.

ION, I've been watching too much GBBO, and I was thinking I should make puff pastry for Christmas, the one time I make a fancy dessert, and then I realized I could just do it anytime. And maybe I will!