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Posted 2/14/2014 1:21 AM (GMT 0)
about 5 to 6 years ago, I went through a long period of high stress emotional trauma, and during this time period began to have symptoms that were later diagnosed as fibromyalgia. I honestly thought I was dying; that I had some awful disease. I did not see a doctor right away because I had custody of three little children that needed me at that time in their lives. I also was working full time and hanging on by the skin of my teeth. After the children were put back in their home, I went to the doctor and recieved the diagnosis after ruling out other things. I tried Savella, which worked well for about 9 months, then ceased to be helpful. I was put on Cymbalta, but did not like the side effects. I am now only on Celebrex for arthritis, and have a prescription for Tramadol. I use the tramadol at night to get out of pain enough to sleep.
I am interested in others who might have been diagnosed after emotional trauma.
I am also interested in others who take Tramadol. I am very afraid of developing a tolerance and becoming drug dependent, but the pain is severe enough that sleep alludes me most nights without it. I work full time with young children.
Posted 2/14/2014 2:01 AM (GMT 0)
I take tramadol on nights when the pain is bad for me. I also take gabapentin every night.
I've haven't built a tolerance to it yet.
Posted 2/14/2014 2:13 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome to the forum Wishing,

A lot of us build a tolerance to medications. It just happens. We often have to take something stronger to compensate for that.

It took me awhile to find a dose of pain medication that would actually help the pain. But I did and I feel I am in a good place right now.

Cymbalta is a type of antidepressant and with antidepressants there can be a lot of side effects. Often they go away, but sometimes they don't. I take antidepressants too, but I don't think that they help much with the pain.

When you get a chance, check out the first thread on the forum titled "fibro 101". It is an awesome thread with a lot of good information. I hope that it helps you.

Keep posting and know we all really care about eachother here. Just knowing that you aren't alone with this helps.

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 2/14/2014 6:36 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, Wishing, and welcome! People have developed fibro from trauma, accidents, illnesses, and some are like me who have no idea how I developed this illness. I was watching TV when it hit me! But, nevertheless, it's not fun.

I chose not to use the stronger medications. I use ibuprofen with food, Tylenol, vitamin D3, magnesium malate, and a prescription muscle relaxer called Robaxin to help me be in control of the pain and fatigue. The muscle relaxer made a significant difference in my pain...especially at night. I used to be awakened numerous times from pain and would have to get up at least five times to walk around so I would have a chance of falling back to sleep. Since taking the muscle relaxer, I only get up once a night to use the bathroom! AND I only take half the amount that the doctor prescribed so I'm not sleepy, dizzy, etc. I don't have side effects with this. But there are other muscle relaxers out there too that some members use.

I did try Tramadol and also Vicodin but neither helped me one bit. I might as well have been on a placebo medication.

Be sure to read Fibro 101....the first thread on the forum. There are links to good info about fibro and you will learn a lot there. This is important because we need to be our own advocate with this illness so we need to learn as much as we can about it.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you better. Don't hesitate to ask questions because we are here to help you. Hope to hear more from you soon.

Sherrine
Posted 2/14/2014 6:47 PM (GMT 0)
Sherrine, Karen, Joy,
Thank you so much. I have avoided joining this forum because I am a very private person. But now I see what I have been missing. Commrades! I feel like something has been lifted. Thank you for choosing to help others dealing with this complex illness.
Posted 2/15/2014 12:30 AM (GMT 0)
WishingHopingPraying, welcome. It is hard to get used to the loss of privacy on this board when anything you write can be found during a simple search on the internet. I wish these forums would be private and require a password to get on them. The forums do provide a free email account to keep anyone from identifying you through your email address, but my email company does a tremendous job of stopping unwanted emails, so I stay with them.
Posted 2/17/2014 3:54 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, I have a friend who is a chiropractic specialist. He has people from all over the country that come into see him. From the things I have learned from him and watched him do, my answer to your question of high emotional stress bringing on your Fibro is yes and that is my opinion of course :-). I was put into a high stress, emotional situation on top of my other health issues and now I have PTSD. Our bodies only work so well, and both physically and mentally things can cause us disruption.
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