Extreme Penile Pain & Burning - Need help and guidance
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 3:05 am
Hello all,
Six months ago, I began feeling a pinch at the tip of my penis. It was slight, but bothered me enough to have a full panel STD and urniary analysis done. Everything came back normal, but the feeling persisted.
Before this started, I suffered from psychosis (manic episode) that lasted for a couple months and totally changed my life. I had a bad reaction to Lexapro, an anti-depressant, as previously I only had issues with depression:
When I was manic, my body was under immense stress. As I came down, I had awful panic attaxks and anxiety. I was also in a car accident during this time that I seemingly came out of ok, but there was a big whiplash.
I was put on a lot of medication when I was manic that made things worse and I suffered from intense tremors for a few months.
Meanwhile, the pinching in my penis began to feel more painful and it was accompanied with burning and a sensation like something was stuck inside there. I was given plenty antibiotics to treat a pitentional infection, but nothing has taken the pain away since it's started- it's only gotten worse.
I eventually found the right medication that stabilized me mentally and I've been doing really well on that front, but now my penis pain is extremely bad (9 out of 10 and constant).
So far I've been taking amitriptyline 50mg and Lyrica 375mg and doing pelvic PT twice a week. I had a guided pudendal and sympathetic nerve block that slightly numbed me for a bit, but the pain came roaring back after a few hours and has left me with some sitting pain. I'm also taking opioids for pain but they barely do anything.
I'm not sure what do next. Do I have just PN or PNE? Is this ever going to go away or heal by itself?
I am looking into shockwave therapy in Canada and I am starting TMS treatment in LA in the following weeks.
To add, I also have kyphosis and slight scoliosis which makes my pelvis unaligned. I'm not sure if this set me up for this or not.
What can I do to make this pain more manageable? Should I start looking into surgery? Is it possible to heal from this without surgery? Any more ideas or recommendations for me?
Thank you for reading. I may have missed some details, but I guess I'll start with this.
-David
Six months ago, I began feeling a pinch at the tip of my penis. It was slight, but bothered me enough to have a full panel STD and urniary analysis done. Everything came back normal, but the feeling persisted.
Before this started, I suffered from psychosis (manic episode) that lasted for a couple months and totally changed my life. I had a bad reaction to Lexapro, an anti-depressant, as previously I only had issues with depression:
When I was manic, my body was under immense stress. As I came down, I had awful panic attaxks and anxiety. I was also in a car accident during this time that I seemingly came out of ok, but there was a big whiplash.
I was put on a lot of medication when I was manic that made things worse and I suffered from intense tremors for a few months.
Meanwhile, the pinching in my penis began to feel more painful and it was accompanied with burning and a sensation like something was stuck inside there. I was given plenty antibiotics to treat a pitentional infection, but nothing has taken the pain away since it's started- it's only gotten worse.
I eventually found the right medication that stabilized me mentally and I've been doing really well on that front, but now my penis pain is extremely bad (9 out of 10 and constant).
So far I've been taking amitriptyline 50mg and Lyrica 375mg and doing pelvic PT twice a week. I had a guided pudendal and sympathetic nerve block that slightly numbed me for a bit, but the pain came roaring back after a few hours and has left me with some sitting pain. I'm also taking opioids for pain but they barely do anything.
I'm not sure what do next. Do I have just PN or PNE? Is this ever going to go away or heal by itself?
I am looking into shockwave therapy in Canada and I am starting TMS treatment in LA in the following weeks.
To add, I also have kyphosis and slight scoliosis which makes my pelvis unaligned. I'm not sure if this set me up for this or not.
What can I do to make this pain more manageable? Should I start looking into surgery? Is it possible to heal from this without surgery? Any more ideas or recommendations for me?
Thank you for reading. I may have missed some details, but I guess I'll start with this.
-David