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    SusieD

    Hiya, this feels strange typing how fibro affects my life, I've had it for over 10 yrs but the last couple of years it's been really bad, I'm now struggling to walk, I'm allergic to anti inflammatory medication and have a low tolerance to steroids, over the years I've tried many things to try...
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    19 with Chronic Pain and Fatigue

    Hello people ! So recently I have had some really bad symptoms much that describe FM. So I started a new job in April and I was very content for a good month till I noticed some "invisible pain" on my upper back. It felt prickling and I decided to continue to ignore it. After a hellish 3 months...
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    • Forum: Chronic pain
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    Hello Everyone !

    Hello people ! So recently I have had some really bad symptoms much that describe FM. So I started a new job in April and I was very content for a good month till I noticed some "invisible pain" on my upper back. It felt prickling and I decided to continue to ignore it. After a hellish 3 months...
    • Tuba1Kenobi
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    • anxiety back bed chronic chronic pain depression doctors driving family fatigue free good ignore insurance job medication men money neck new job pain referral rheumatologist shoulder sick symptoms tests treatment urgent work
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
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    Dextromethorphan for fibromyalgia is helping me

    Hi, I'm new to the forum, my name is Katie. I feel I need to let someone with fibro issues know about the possibility of using Dextromethorphan for pain. I've had FM for 6 years, diagnosed only a year ago. I previously tried combos of Tylenol and ibuprofen (one is processed by the liver, the...
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    Weaning off opiate

    After being diagnosed with fibromyalgia years ago, my neurologist has put me on a variety of medication and up until now, none seems to really work. I am currently on opiate and feel it is also not effective. Am fed up with the side effects and withdrawal symptoms of lexapro and opiate, I plan...
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    Aquatic Aerobics

    A friend of mine who has been diagnosed with FMS absolutely swears by it. She goes to center which offers aquatic aerobics in water that has been heated. This was essential for her as she used to feel very uncomfortable in water that was okay for a lot of the other people. She says that regular...
  7. AugustGreig

    Gabapentin (Neurontin) as a treatment for FMS?

    Has anyone else ever had any experience using gabapentin to treat fibromyalgia? I had a friend who was prescribed this drug for pain associated with diabetes. Knowing that I suffered from insomnia and chronic pain, both from fibromyalgia and Scheuermann's Disease, she suggested that I try some...
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    • Forum: Pharmaceuticals and pharmacology
  8. Lana

    Flexeril

    Hi everyone, I just came back from the Doctors he has put me on a new medication for bedtime. This med is called Flexeril it is a muscle relaxer. Has anyone tried that? I am taking Lyrica 150mg 2 pills three times daily, Tramadol only 1 pill daily due to stomach pain, and now Flexeril only 10...
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    New Fibro Symptoms?

    I was diagnosed back in 1991 with CFS/Fibro. Over the years I have avoided medication as much as possible, I do not tolerate pain meds well at all. about 2 1/2 years ago I started having Blood Pressure spikes going as high as 220/180 and debilitating headaches unlike any I had ever had over the...
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    why even bother waking up anymore?

    I just don't see the point. I'm only 18 and already I can't work, I can't leave my house, I have to cancel appointments left and right because moving is just too painful and the motion itself makes me impossibly nauseous. My girl left me because we haven't been able to see each other for a...
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