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    Gabapentin and weight issues

    I've been on gabapentin since June, currently taking 600mg/day. It's (mostly) managing my pain (on good days I have virtually no pain), which makes me happy. But right after I started taking it, I gained almost 10 pounds, and I can't seem to break through the plateau I'm at right now to go back...
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    Hello all....angy and maybe even in denial

    Hello everyone, I haven't been officially diagnosed yet and quite frankly I'm hoping like heck that I don't have Fibro but it seems as if I pretty much have every symptom but 2 (as well as the allodnia, although I did panic a bit when I had 2 mesquito bites and the next day they felt as if...
    • tracyferrell
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    • anger angry arm back burning chair denial disbelief doctor early emg fibro fog flare gabapentin heart mad mri pain research shaking shoulder sounds story surgery symptom symptoms wanted
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
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    I must be cursed

    Well I went to my psychiatrist yesterday and he told me he is quitting his practice and moving to a different state. He at least referred me to someone else. This is the 4th doctor in a year that has left their practice. My rheumatologist left about a year ago, the doctor who was treating me...
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    Gabapentin

    Well I went back to the doctor today and she gave me a prescription for gabapentin. Anybody else take this? If so does it work for you? I was told it "might" work but was reading about it and am really worried about the side affects. Normally I do not experience side affects from medication but...
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    Fibromyalgia,depression and body pain

    Hi all, I have been suffering from various disorders for years (like asthma, body pain, depression etc ). I have been on a psychiatrist for my depression and have planned to start treatment, next week for body pain (especially pain on the hip and neck). I just have been diagnosed with...
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    Pain Management

    I am 32 & have been suffering with fibro symptoms for the past 10 years. I was just recently formally diagnosed with 16 tender points. My symptoms have increased drastically, I can no longer work, I have 2 children ages 8 & 13 & am really struggling. In addition to the fibro, I now have...
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    Fibromyalgia Pain Meds & SSRI's

    I am currently taking tramadol & gabapentin and at the time was also taking a SSRI which was Prozac. I am a med sensitive person, Have been taking the Prozac for around 2 months and then all of a sudden i got very sick was throwing up sweating and shaking and alot of other symptoms. I went to...
  8. Devilstompa

    Fibromyalgia Pain Update

    Hello, I haven't been on here for a while have been dealing with alot. I am now seeing a good doctor that is helping me with my fibromyalgia pain and other things. I am being prescribed tramadol now and gabapentin. The gabapentin is helping me and I'm actually able to decrease my tramadol.
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    Attempting a different support....

    I have been on a few different support forums. One of them was too confusing to use. The other....I felt like posts got lost and well....instead of being supportive, I felt like I was surrounded by moms who just wanted to tell me what to do. So, here I am... I am 46, married, wife, kids -...
    • savsgirl66
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Welcome new members
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    What worked for us

    I have no financial ties to any products mentioned here, and no association other than being a member, with any websites that I may mention. If I mention them, it is only because I, as a mother of a child diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, CRPS and CFS/ME, have found them to be helpful. My...
    • gryfalcon
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Alternative medicines and therapies
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