u/Aeropaww

Hi all. I have been given steel cap shoes however they aren’t very comfortable at all for being on my feet for hours. After 6 hours of being on my feet, they feel very bruised and sore. They are the cheap bulk buys that get handed out with absolutely zero comfortability. I know there will be many people who know exactly what I’m on about haha.

Does anyone have recommendations for S3 industry approved safety boots that are actually comfortable to wear?

I know a lot of people have posted their first experiences already but it’s genuinely been really helpful to read as a first time user.

A bit of background on why I take them: I have scoliosis and I get burning pain in my shoulders and pain in my lower back from the curvature. I have tried codine up to the highest dose and a low dose of morphine which barely helped manage my pain. So I’m weaning off of them. A lot of people I know said that on codeine they felt like floating on a fluffy cloud whereas I’ve never felt this feeling. Got prescribed Naproxen, also didn’t help too much with pain. So now I’m on my last option which is this drug. I’ve been started on a low dose of 10mg and after a week I go up to 20mg.

I’ve been on it for 6 days already. The dry mouth is absolutely horrific and I have tonsillitis because of it. I have insomnia and so far it’s helping the insomnia but still knocking me out the next day. I have a driving lesson today and my practical test tomorrow. I could not be more p*ssed off at my circumstances. Honestly I think these side effects are way worse than any I got from taking opioids. I have noticed my nerve pain being a lot more noticeable and intense when first starting but I think it’s starting to subside.. fingers crossed.

I’m going to try some of Google and Reddit’s advice like chewing sugar free gum etc and probably leave an update in a couple weeks. I’ve already significantly increased my fluid intake as of yesterday when I developed tonsillitis. It hurts so much to swallow.
Any other advice would be absolute gold to me right now, thank you:)

UPDATE: literally day 7 of taking it. I got penicillin from the DR. My tonsillitis has mostly gone already which I’m so surprised at. I think upping my fluid intake has definitely helped with dry mouth. The main reason for updating is that I no longer feel burning in my shoulders (Mostly). My mother was actually able to touch and use force on numb areas which used to be excruciating when touched. So I’m actually super grateful now for this medication. The first week is rough and when I start 20mg, it’ll probably also be a bit rough for a few days. I did take my driving test, the instructor said I was a very competent driver. I failed due to a minor fault becoming more serious however it wasn’t dangerous. So I’m quite happy but also bummed I gotta resit but on the bright side, I know what to expect now.