I am suffering with terrible pain and disability. I've recently been diagnosed with fibro but other Drs are not in agreement.
About 4 years ago i developed severe tinnitus and was placed on a variety of antidepressants. I began to experience pain while taking Cymbalta and was cold turkey'ed...
I just started Savella Three days ago
And I'm kinda surprised that I allready have some extra energy.
Ive been nauseous and a little shaky but it's something I've been thru before with the other meds.
Ive been totally exhausted and weak, and with just the start of the titrated pack,:smile: I...
Though I was just diagnosed in October 2016, I realized I actually had the symptoms for nearly 30+ years when I was at the Pain Clinic and speaking with the Rheumatologist.
I have taken several programs and classes to deal with different aspects of my condition such as nutrition, Minding...
Male, early 30s, dealing with bilateral hand pain for 2 years. Office desk job. No other illnesses.
I'm having a hard time finding a doctor who knows what's going on and WHICH kind of doctor is the right doc for my situation. Two years ago I began experiencing pain in my wrists/thumb/palm/back...
I've been on a low dose of gabapentin for a while now and that has helped keep the pain manageable, so it was mostly fatigue and weakness that was affecting my functionality.
I started 30mg Cymbalta 4 days ago: Holy side effects! More pain in new places(at least twice as much as before)...
Diagnosed a few months ago ( fibro). I believe this started from brain surgery and complications of recover. I'm classic text book fibro pt. Which is the first time I've ever been text book, Im usually told " I've never seen this before":D
Two nights ago I had my first real pain at 10 flare up...
I've been trying to do better about getting healthier and conditioning my body to function better living with fibromyalgia. After years of being sedentary and living on pain meds I have finally decided to change my lifestyle. I'm off pain meds and on 1200mgs of Gabapentin instead. It works...
Hi, this is my first time here. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia my junior year in college right before I turned 20 I think. I'd been experiencing pain since high school but since I was always a dancer I always attributed it to pushing too hard in dance or being sore from practice. It wasn't...
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So I know I probably shouldn't do this without doctor supervision but I am pretty sure he would have me do it the same way as I am doing it. I decided that I am sick to death of taking so many medications in a day. I was taking 31 pills a day and just decided enough is enough so I decided to...
I haven't been here in a while, and had forgotten I use to be a member. I found this forum again, and after reading what Fibromyalgia can do to us I knew it was time to come back here.
I also have sjogren's, lupus, hypothyroid, and diabetes type 2, so I think I have been minimizing what this...