Hi Nurse0101,
I am very sorry that you have had this additional Fibro DX. It doesn't seem fair that you should have more pain and fatigue heaped on top of your RA pain and fatigue. It is also very confusing at first trying to deal with both. I was DX with RA 1 1/2 years ago and with Fibro 7 weeks ago. I found it difficult to accept the Fibro DX at first but one of the benefits of being diagnosed is that I can now distinguish the different pains. I now know that my RA meds Orencia, Methotrexate and Deltacortril are working well. The pain I have been suffering for the last few months was mostly Fibro. Your soreness and stiffness could be your RA or your Fibro. It's not so easy to distinguish what is causing the stiffness and fatigue. I have given up trying to.
For Fibro I'm on Lyrica 150 mg and Solpodol (a mix of paracetamol 500mg and Codine 30mg) at night. Lyrica on its own worked well with my painful, burning feet but was no help with the pain in my arms and hands which woke me up many times in the night. I started taking the Solpadol a few nights ago have found it very helpful. I also swim regularly to try to ease the pain. I know it's supposed to be great in relieving pain but I'm not so sure it helps much! I seem to be worse after a swim. Maybe I would be much worse without it. I go because I love it though.
Good luck with it all. Neenaa
Post Edited (Neenaa) : 12/10/2013 2:39:03 PM (GMT-7)