Any tips? I am trying to get botox injections in my hands for hyperhidrosis, which requires 25-30 injections all over palm and fingers (per hand).
I have a severe needle phobia and yesterday tapped out after 11 injections - it hurts, really bad.
I'm trying to figure out a way to
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get through this procedure. They used topical numbing cream, *and* I was on 2mg lorazepam, but that still didn't work.
Does anybody have any suggestions, even if creative or hard to pull off? I'm kinda desperate.
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Thoracic Spinal Cord Neuralgia here. I find, for the really intense pains, topical numbing creams barely take the edge off, you're definitely not alone there.
Would they not do a local or a nerve block for you?
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Nothing comes to mind, I'm sorry. Short of a general, that is.
If anything pops up, I'll shoot you a tweet. Hang in there. <3