It's back to the drawing board

So I've been on Nortriptyline for probably a month now and it really seems to have helped with my muscle pain and headaches, but I am still not sleeping. I am averaging probably 3-4 hours a night. It takes every bit of my strength to get up each morning to get to work. It is really starting to get me down because I am so tired and exhausted every day. I can't live like this, being so sleepy all of the time.It's frustrating!

I spoke to my doctor last night and she gave me two choices, one was to go back on Cymbalta, or come into her office and it's back to the drawing board and we start over, from scratch. Let me tell you, but the Cymbalta gave me horrible side effects, including insomnia, and it did not help with my pain.

I am wondering if anyone has used this 5-HTP that I have heard of in my research of fibromyalgia. It sounds like it can help boost my mood, help with the pain, and help with the sleep, not to mention it's known to suppress the appetite. I am going to discuss it with my doctor. My thought is too stay what I am on, since it seems to work with the pain, and take the 5-HTP as well. And if it works, maybe I can ween myself off of the prescriptions.

I also take Nortriptyline, which for 20 years has helped me a lot with pain, migraines, and sleep - unfortunately, a few years ago it wasn't working as well for sleep, so I added Clonazepam.

Upping the ante wasn't something I wanted to do, but it was an incredibly stressful period of my life, and sometimes you just gotta do what you have to to keep on keepin on -

I hope you work out a plan that helps you.

Debbie