Bambi
New member
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2021
- Messages
- 9
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 07/1992
- Country
- US
- State
- CO
Hi everyone. I’ve had fibromyalgia for a long time. I was diagnosed 28 years ago. You would think I’d have a handle on this, but over the past few years, I’ve seemed to just hurt more and more. Right now I take Lexapro , a diuretic for bp, levothyroxine for thyroid. As we live in a state with legal marijuana, I usually take a combination of CBD and TLC in the evenings. It used to help, but doesn’t seem to anymore. I am 5 ft 5 and weigh 162, which is the most I’ve ever weighed but has been stable for the last few years. I walk almost daily. Before the pandemic, I relied on Accupuncture more than I’d realized. I don’t feel comfortable doing that until I am fully vaccinated.
I also have restless legs and sleep apnea and the RLS seems to involve more pain after I get in bed at night. So I’m often awake in pain until 1-2. Lately the pain scares me with it’s intensity. Boring, burning deep pain in my hips, thighs, calves and feet.
I am constantly trying to lose weight without success, partly because I tend to get up and eat carbs at night which seems to finally help me sleep. Because of that, I’m afraid to add on another med that causes weight gain or I’d be asking for amitriptyline since I remember taking it back in the 90s and it did seem to help.
Any thoughts would be helpful. I feel rather desperate. Thank you.
Bambi
I also have restless legs and sleep apnea and the RLS seems to involve more pain after I get in bed at night. So I’m often awake in pain until 1-2. Lately the pain scares me with it’s intensity. Boring, burning deep pain in my hips, thighs, calves and feet.
I am constantly trying to lose weight without success, partly because I tend to get up and eat carbs at night which seems to finally help me sleep. Because of that, I’m afraid to add on another med that causes weight gain or I’d be asking for amitriptyline since I remember taking it back in the 90s and it did seem to help.
Any thoughts would be helpful. I feel rather desperate. Thank you.
Bambi