Stopped taking Savella

Hi ...I am new. I have been on Savella for about a year. I developed diarrhea that was persistent for over 3 months. I know I shouldn't have done it...but I went off it a week ago and started taking Naproxin, I used to be on Naproxin for my arthritis pain and had to stop taking it when my Dr. thought I had Fibromyalgia. The diarrhea has stopped but I am having horrific pain in my left shoulder and down my left arm. Also 3 fingers on the left hand have the feeling that they are trying to go to sleep. Would this be typical of with draws from Savella? I am ready to just go back on it, but I don't know what to do. I need advice!

Thanks for the advice Karen,

I didn't tell my Dr. about my stopping the meds and I knew that I should have. I was just wanting to try skipping it for a few days to see if the diarrhea would stop...and it did. But than this awful pain began. My husband and I had also started on a low carb diet because we are diabetic, along with the diet I had started a first step exercise program which is mainly stretching. So I thought maybe the exercise was to blame, but the pain has remained constant now for 1 week today. The pain started about 2 days after stopping the Savella. All kinds of thoughts have bounced around in my head...like is it my heart or the exercise, or the way I am sleeping..but I really think it is from the lack of the meds. I'm one of those people who doesn't like to take any kind of medication...I look at it as slow poison. I wish there was a natural remedy for this! But I haven't heard of any that works. I think that I'll contact my Dr. today ..this old woman needs relief! LOL Again, Thanks for the advice!

Thanks Karen for the info. I hadn't heard of these supplements. I am just beginning a trial to do something that a ER doctor told me. After looking over my prescription meds, he asked me how long I had been on Statin drugs? I take Simvastatin for high cholesterol and have taken it for probably 15 to 20 years. He said that he doesn't like the statin because he found it causes pain in many patients. He suggested that I take a break from it for a couple of months and see if it makes a difference. He said that some of his patients were able to go off of Fibromyalgia meds altogether. I thought...hey its worth a try. I once was taking a blood pressure pill that I found out later, was causing me to have a cough that just wouldn't go away. When it was stopped for a few weeks, the cough disappeared. So...I am willing to give this a try. I will post later to let you know how it is working. I pray this will be like the cough...and go away!! :)