pain management

  1. C

    How do you get your significant other to understand fibromyalgia?

    I feel my husband is in complete denial of my diagnose of fibro. It surprises me because as I was attending Pain management, and going from doctor to doctor trying to find out what is wrong with me and why my neck, lower back, shooting pains here and there, feet hurt, etc. etc... He was talking...
    • csmith225
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    • Forum: Moan, complain and vent
  2. C

    Pain Management

    anyone attending a pm doctor? Getting injections such faucet joint injections, epidurals for your fibro? If so, do you find it helpful? I also want to know for those who are taking Neurontin for ur treatment of fibro, what does it help you with? Do you find it to be beneficial for your pain?
    • csmith225
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    • doctor helpful men pain pain management treatment
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    • Forum: Chronic pain
  3. K

    Can't sleep.... Ughhhh

    I started savella a few days ago, and have had nausea, stomach pain, hot flashes, and my actual pain feels worse than before. This happened with one other med (oxycontin) a while ago... Tonight my pain is so bad I can't sleep. Had to leave the bedroom so I didn't keep my boyfriend up all...
    • katydid
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    • Forum: Moan, complain and vent
  4. Keith Watson

    Does Exercise Ease Your Pain?

    Do you exercise regularly for pain management? I was in a bad state and very sick from getting less and less sleep. So I decided to something about it. My pain is worst in my shoulders and hips so I started walking for a half hour every day. I also estimated my healthy weight range and realized...
    • Keith Watson
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    • exercise healthy pain pain management sick sleep weight
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Chronic pain
  5. C

    newbie- advice please

    Hi! I too new to this support group. So, here is my story. I was finally diagnosed this week after a year of seeing just about every specialist there is. For a long time I blamed tension and anxiety for my tense muscles and pain throughout my body. I also have Irritable Bowel Syndrome brought...
    • crystal_ryder
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  6. MercyL

    What to do?

    A friend suffered from COPD. Her Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease required steroid treatments and, after a lifetime of steroids, her doctor discovered stage 4 lung cancer. The doctor says the use of steroids led to her cancer. She passed about 2 weeks ago. Doctors had tried talking me...
  7. J

    Lost but back again

    I was on this site fairly often when I first started dealing with having Fibro but then I stopped because I thought I had a handle on the issue. After seeing a PCP, back specialist, sports medicine doc, rheumatologist, 3 psychiatrists, 2 pain management specialists, orthopedists, podiatrist...
    • Jaybo1
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    • back clinic encouragement go away insight kids looking for lost medicine opiates pain pain management pcp rheumatologist specialist support understanding wanted
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  8. M

    No doctor really cares

    I'm super new in here so please bare with me. I was recently diagnosed with FM. I have been in so much various pain for the past 5 years. I was seeing a family doctor who just gave me vicodin and nothing else for 3 years. She would not increase the dose or add new medication with it. I was so...
  9. D

    New to Forum

    Hi All, I am from Logan City in Australia. I have been dealing with Fibro for years now but only diagnosed last year after countless bloodtests continually bring up Lupas and then when tested directly for Lupas coming back negative, also always with inflammatory markers too high. Mostly my...
  10. V

    New here. Please tell me I am not crazy

    Almost three years ago i was diagnosed with fibro and sent to a neurologist and psychiatrist. The psychiatrist put my on lexapeo and cymbalta. He said he couldnt do more until they got the pain under control. Three months ago the neurologist said he couldn't do any thing more for me and sent me...
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