I agree with you that you did not pull out the belt. That was what we got as kids, but its taboo now. I started to hurt when my girls were 10, 7, 4. With my husband working and going to school both...
I already have rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune condition. I have developed 3 allergys in the last five years. I was dx with fibromialgia last year, also now considered an autoimmune condition. To...
Hi, I have been on triple therapy for several years, and it worked very well for me. I started with plaqunil for about 18 months, then added methotrexate and sulfasalizine. After a couple of months i...
In hiding and locking up medicine, I have gone the route of not using the bathroom to store my meds. I hide them, out of site, in my locked bedroom. If I'm going to have a houseful and can't keep an...
I don't take Tylenol at all, and nothing with it in it. If I have to reach for an OTC it is motrin. Once I started gabapentin I haven't had any OTC in a while. I've had 2 Drs now on the oral dose of...
Ive ben taking methotrexate for a little over three years, and I've always had to have bloodwork done once every two months. Once, when the liver enzymes went high we had to lower the dose from 30mg...
I was recently dx with fibro to go with RA too. Found out it piggybacks with autoimmune conditions regularly. I also take gabapentin for the extra pain....
Well, let's see- its 4:26 am and its Monday night not Tuesday morning. Pain has been exceptionally good until I turn out the lights, then its the only thing I have to focus on. It hurts just enough...
Hi Lisa, Right now I am just do dang tired all the time. I have finally "slipped" out of a bipolar mixed state that was allowing me to "feel no pain"- but also had my brain running at such a clip thy...
Cymbalta does a good job with my general malise and muscle ache of what we think is fibromialgia to to with my RA. I was already taking some for Bipolar depression, and it was increased for pain...
Have you noticed that there is absolutely no literature on this? I looked and looked (although I was really looking at the emotional impact) and even my drs couldn't find anything. So I started...
I took vicodin for about 2 1/2 years after demoral (sp?) stopped working. The problem was that it originally was supposed to be my B/T med after MO 800mg. After a while I was in a LOT of pain anytime...
This day has mixed meanings for me. First off- for those who have just fallen in the military I don't have a direct relation, but I do know some who do, and it is such heart wrenching prideful...
Ryobi, what a great idea! To follow particular people through the different chapters to see how it deals in the total life. I was working on collecting snippets for each section that best fit the...
I am going about this book more along the lines of peer-to-peer rather than as an expert. An explication of the concept of pain in the medical sense would be beyond what I want to explore. There are...
By the way, I'm posting on my phone. As I re-read I'm finding a lot of "auto correct" mistakes. Sorry if it reads weird. :) _christina...
Thank you for l your support. WB- That pain effects the apnia as we'll as the other way around. I also have the added bonus of Bipolar affecting my sleep, sometimes making it very hard to...
I love being able to share my stories, and share in other's stories here- but what if i didnt know to look? If all i found was info on the Dx, but no personal stories to draw from? If i knew a lot of...
Hello everyone I know and all those i dont know yet. Ive been missing for a while- and Im sorry. Ive been dealing with my daughter being dx with ADHD midway through 8th grade, a vacation trip from...
Since my daughter and I are both bipolar, we both use sleep aids. I have RA, with the chronic pain that goes with it. She is 13 and takes 3mg of melanonion each night. I take 10-15mg of ambient each...
I can't type too much right now because, well, I hurt pretty bad right now too. But I had to get on and contribute here. It really hit a nerve with me. I'm 33, so a bit older than you, but still in...
I had the red face come on 3 years ago on 4mg pred. It has never gone away. I get asked if I have a sunburn regularly. It gets worse in the sun, and if I have inflammation. Dry, flaky skin goes with...
Right with you. Every day is different, some worse than others, and the best days it's sill in the background anyway. Different places, different levels, different abilities to cope with same stuff I...
I use my nook....
Right now i am soooo sleepy. Its 7:30ish and i have to be up to get the kids out to school, but after that i'll be right back to bed for the one extra hour before i have to prepare for my...
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Subject says it all. Help me. MTX/plaquinil/sulfasalizine mix not working anymore. Sed rate was up, swelling and pain too. Just did the hepatitis screening and chest X-ray today. TB test is Monday,...
I would assume it is just a "good" day while doing the homework. Let your meds be innocent until proven guilty. I get occasional "good" days; I also have meds that make me feel worse, but knowing the...
Its an Empi Select Unit, and I can adjust the impulse myself. I got 2 reusable pads as well, and I figured out that if I wet the gel it gets sticky again. I got the kit straight from the clinic, but...
I got a tens unit at my pm last time I went. I LOVE it. O my gosh, it works great. I've put it on nearly every afternoon and turn it on and off and on all evening....
My husband works soooooo hard on one and a "half" jobs o try to make enough money for the family. He has never complained that I cant work anymore, in fact he says he never had the expectation that I...
Stupid flair. Left Siatic nerve driving me nuts....
I got bipolar symptoms at about thirteen. Treatment at about twenty-seven, Rheumatoid Arthritis at twenty-nine. Fibromialgia symptoms at about thirty, and diagnosed at thirty-two. The whole thing...
I went to grab a pill I need just before heading to bed. I need only half a pill today, but I don't have anymore pre- cut in the bottle. I reach for the pill cutter, a cheap version since my husband...
I got in a pain clinic, I switched rheumatologists to one the PM works well with, I see the psychologist once a week to work through the mix of bipolar and chronic pain symptoms, who is in open,...
I also live in central IL. In Bloomigton/Normal. I go to Guardian Headache and Pain Management clinic in Bloomington. I think it is a great place and I get great treatment. Its worth a call to talk...
Most of the time Your insurance will continue for 30 more days or so since you pay for it at the start of coverage not the end. See if the dr can script you for more than 30 days (I got them to...
I was around when you were still angry about your marriage. Possibly still in the final paperwork. You sound a lot better, more content. Good for you. Back then I thought depression was going to kill...
I hate, Hate, HATE it when I am am aware that I am in a mild hypomanic, and have put the usual bumpers on my life, but I STILL manage to humiliate myself with what I do or say. I think I have a great...
I hope this makes You feel better. I take: Zertec 10mg daily, environmental allergy ibuprofen 800mg as needed, general ache pain cymbalta 60mg daily, antidepressant, bipolar Mutimineral vitamin...
One problem is that I live in central I'll and my insurance only covers two rheumys in an hour's drive all around. I've been seen by both. The other one wouldn't do anything and just saw me for a few...
Yes it is incredibly short. I have no idea what happened, but I feel much better. I still have pain, sure, but it's not nearly as bad. Granted, as I moved around more today I have gotten more sore,...
My Flair Is Over! :redface: :cool: :tongue: :cool: :redface: I am back to pre-flair level of around four. I will take that and be grateful....
I was in for RA, my psychologisy is convinced, I told the rheumy that I suspected fibro. She says that its just another name for chronic pain. I asked her to run test to figure ot why I have the...
Half the group is me and my husband. The do it jetr so I don't have to go out...
:skull: Tests came back this morning. Blood in urine. Norma is 0-5. Mine is 50-500. Creatine is elevated. Ck is high. My RN husband suspects breakdown of muscle tissue due to one of the meds....
Pain at about a 6 this morning. Good enough to eat and pull out a move later. Not good enough to make my own food standing and walking about the kitchen, and not good enough for the cleaning That...
Left church today at 8/10 pain. Somebody get the name of the mac truck that hit me. Concerned going to the ER from church, but my hubby can take better care of me at home. Left the minivan that I...
Rheumatoid Arthritis + disabling Bipolar Depression + 3 kids + husband working full time while in full time nursing school...
Prying 4 you. Get better....