Posted 4/16/2014 11:49 PM (GMT 0)
Hello all,
I have a lot of questions and am not sure where to start. I am 24 and my mother has fibromyalgia and CFS. For years I would go to the doctor and swear I had CFS. I would fall asleep in class no matter how hard I tried to stay awake, and flunked out of a decent university because I was unable to learn anything. Two years ago I was diagnosed with a severe vitamin D deficiency and take 5000 IUs a day. This helped me up until a month ago.
One day at the end of my shift (I serve tables)I was unable to walk or move my fingers at all. I was hurting for about a month but this one day it totally took over my body. Everything felt so heavy to carry. I rushed to the walk in clinic and they gave me Tramidol. This worked, although I could not take 5-HTP while on it so I was a little sad but not in pain. I ran out of the Tramidol before my doctors appointment and switched to taking 8 Alieve a day,way over the limit I know. The doctor took my blood and everything came back absolutely perfect, so I have been given klonopin for my anxiety and Cymbalta 30mg for my pain.
It is my second day on the Cymbalta and my pain is mostly gone and my mood is better although unlike when I took the 5-HTP I feel almost sedated in my emotions. I also get extremely tired and sleep in the afternoon. When I wake up I feel like I am going to throw up until I take some klonopin. Is that normal? I feel the Cymbalta may be the answer but I also feel jittery and strange. Is there another option? I know Lyrica works for some people but that seems scary as well. I also read adderall can help with the exaustion, but how do I even bring up that to my doctor? My doc also said I should be okay to take 50mg 5-HTP with the Cymbalta to keep the serotonin levels in my brain up but im already nauseated, I don't want to add sereatonin syndrome to the mix. Is there anybody else out there that has a different prescription that works for them?
My main worry is that I start school again in a month and I can't fail this time around. And the field I wish to go into requires lots of lifting as well as finger precision. I'm scared I will put all my time and money into something and end up not being able to function by the time I'm 30. I also don't want to go the vicodin/oxy route because I don't want to end up addicted to anything.
One last question, and I'm sorry for the long post. Has anybody been diagnosed with fibromyalgia later to find out it's lyme disease. I'm getting a western blot test soon and that's my last hope with process of elimination.[img]