Hi, Curley. I have pre-Lupus and osteoarthritis and have been on Plaquenil for about 6 months now. It worked miracles on my joint pain within weeks and I was lucky enough not to have an side effects....
Well, two weeks into the Lexapro and I am a new woman! Although I said that after I started the Plaquenil for my auto-immune disease and felt terrific, then God decided to give me osteoarthritis 4...
Well, I may not be as young as you chickadees (I'm 44), but I'm way too old to have this OA in my spine, too :) I have read it is directly related to smoking, which I was guilty of in a social way,...
Hi, everyone! You have all been so helpful with your advice and stories about using antidepressants - thanks. I've been on Lexipro for about a week and I'm doing better, but I'm still kind of a...
Thanks, everyone! And that you, Erin, for the heads-up on all the symptoms. I'm already starting to feel them. I'm tossing half the night and sleepy half the day. Dry eyes and headaches...fun stuff!...
Wow - thank you all! I was amazed that I called my rheumy yesterday saying I wanted to just discuss an anti-depressant for the pain and he immediately called in a prescription for Lexipro that I...
Hi, everyone! I'm in the "this hurts all the time, it will never get any better, my old life is over" part of my diagnosis (OA/spondylosis in the lumbar spine at age 44) and now realizing that either...
Hi, everyone! I've been a recent regular on the Lupus board since being diagnosed with undifferentiated connective tissue disease last summer and when I was on prednisone for that and realized I had...