Sorry for being gone for awhile.

Hi there,I don't know about taking anything on but I do know that chronic pain can wear even the strongest down. I can not imagine the stress you feel during tornado season, I have seen the devastating results and they are horrific but I have only seen what the news allows nothing first hand.

I underwent a few months last summer and fall with a staph infection so my doctor thought I had huge ulcer like sores all over my arms so I did the anti biotic rounds and they never helped. My daughter suggested I try removing aspertame from my diet and after 3 weeks the sore were gone, I believe I had aspertame poisoning because my body is doing so much better.

You mention your blood sugars I am a diabetic and now taking artificial sugars out of my diet I do tend to crave the cheesecakes and sweets so watching my levels can be a real charm. I give up and sure I might not eat the entire cake but I do have a piece. I noticed that a bunch of my neuropathic pains have not been as bad as of late.

The big one you mentioned is your anti depressant is not helping as much have you talked to you doctor? I gave up on Cymbalta and lyrica as they are so darn expensive and my family said I was zombie like and even though zombies are apparently "in" I think I am doing better without them. I still take elavil after all I can't stop everything. Maybe you just need a lIttle increase of strength of course you and you're doctor know what is Best so maybe it's time to have that talk.

I do hope reading my long post makes you feel a little better, I did try, sometimes I of course go off on a tangent not making a lot of sense but that's the fibro flaring the fog makes me strange to even me, sometimes I get annoyed by the arguements and then realise I was fighting with myself, lol.