My doctor said the dirty A word this week. I'm not ready to accept this! I'm glad you found something that helps you. Thanks for sharing....
We fight on. I like that....
I take 100 mg of Tramadol once a day, and I get the restless legs if I skip a day. I got off the fentanyl patch using Clonodine and low dose Prozac. I may try that again if I decide to discontinue...
I wish there was a way to either copy and paste the links to the studies or to click directly on the link. How to post a link: mCode Guide ...
Btw, I love how you call us warriors....
I have pain on my rib cage. Even my skin hurts. That's the thing I find most strange about fibro, how the pain moves around and varies in intensity. I hope your pain eases soon. Heat helps me when it...
I broke the tenth commandment today. The one that prohibits coveting anything that belongs to my neighbor. It started with a doctor's appointment. I was explaining to him that I had not claimed my...
Wow! You've got a lot on your plate. Gathering as much information as I can helps me. It helps me feel like I have some measure of control in all this. Knowledge is power....
What a fun thread. Here's my contribution. I had to have an anorectal manometry test done, and at the end a water balloon was inserted in my rectum and I had to pass it....with spectators....while I...
Almost medfree, I read the article you posted, and I decided to start a food diary. Thanks for the nudge!...
That's what the test determined I was. I think it means I have a tendency to empathize too much when I'm helping others, to the point that it effects my own emotional well being. I'm trying to learn...
Thanks. I'll look into it....
I'm glad you found something that allows you to function. Could you post the link to the Mayo clinic article about Kadian?...
Interesting. I scored very high on the quiz, so now I have a name for it: "out of control healer." :turn: Something I have been trying to do is acknowledge others' pain without feeling the pain. When...
I take Tramadol 100mg in the evening. It really helps with the the pain. I'm not on Gabapentin, just started Lyrica a few weeks ago. So far no problems. I'm not seeing any benefit from the Lyrica...
20 Best Essential Oils to Stop Pain I ran across this article tonight, so I pulled out my stash of oils to see if I had any or if any of the blends I have contained the recommended oils. I'm sure...
Thanks. I've already gleaned much just from reading back a few months. The Fibro 101 was helpful. I'm going to look into the Malic Acid. Having an illness like this one requires being intentional...
I'm glad it's helping you. Cymbalta really helped my pelvic pain for awhile too. (I wasn't diagnosed with fibromyalgia at the time.) I was extremely agitated, restless and angry. I was rocking back...
Self management graph from Mayo. http://tinypic.com/r/fuz0j7/9 ...
I'm happy to have found this forum. I was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and now I'm in the information gathering stage. Two years ago I had an emergency surgery that pushed me into surgical...
This a new symptom for me too. I have the same pain about an inch below my right rib cage on the abdominal wall. I think it was triggered by swimming. I'm going to just walk in the pool and see if it...
I had a hard time coming off Cymbalta. I was on it for about 6 months when it stopped working. I slowly titrated the dose down, and then forgot to take it one night. I ended up in the e.r. with...
Trazodone is helping me with no side effects that I can tell. I've only been using it for a few weeks. I tried it in April and it didn't help at all. Like others have said, we're all different....