hello! i have a pair of crocs that are the mary jane style....i like them a lot for just running around in, but for work they do not have enough support....i do have high arches and it causes more...
hey tyno3- it stopped working in both ways....i was on little else but celebrex at the time....the celebrex gave me terrible stomach issues so i stopped that and then the elavil a year later....the...
oh i know about the weather changes....i can always tell when a front is moving in.. i used to take amitryptalin about 10 years ago...i started at 10 mgs and after a year of taking it i was up to...
well, like i said i don't think it's a good idea to mix AD's with tramadol and i cannot stop taking the tramadol. it's the only relief i have....the doc won't script any other pain meds.... i do...
hey thanks everyone....i am feeling better today....feeling misunderstood is really what has triggered all this...work has been difficult with the pain and fibrofog.....and i am so sensitive to...
i'm not on any AD therapy currently...i was on cymbalta (samples) but my insurance did not cover it....plus it gave me all kinds of weird side effects....doc moved me to zoloft....that was a...
thanks ginny for your reply... i often wished that i could believe in god....i would be able to kinda vent anonymously to him/her....sadly, i do not....i am agnostic (not atheist)....i just can't...
i am so sad...feeling so alone....strangely, i understand that this "aloneness" i feel makes me somewhat unstable.....it also makes me a "martyr"....an apathetic loner i am...... i am just to the...
hello.... i had a c-section last december....i was okay during pregnancy...had a bit more pain than usual, but nothing like a flare...after the c-section i immediatly went into a severe flare....the...
as soon as i come home from work i go straight to the bathroom and change into soft yoga pants and a tank....if ya'll have never had them, you must try them!!! oh they are lovely.....i got mine at...
i am having pms right now :sad: my fibro always gets so much worse during my period.....i also have endometriosis so the cramps are just awful....i have to work tonite and i know the pain is gonna be...
ugh. my jeans hurt me too....not because of the fibro tho....it's because of my cesarean scar....they ride low (i choose it that way so that my muffin top doesn't show :wink: ) and they rub against...
hey there...i have not posted in the lupus forum before, but i am sure i am in lupus limbo.....i have had pluerisy and it was abosolutely terrible....i could not walk without having excruiciating...
yep. i got both too....doc says they occur quite often together....i know that a massage therapist can work the kinks out of the myofascia, but i cannot afford it :cry:...
i too am not dealing with the change in weather.....i am in the midwest and it is gonna rain here for two days...yesterday i felt that stabbing pain all over....god, it awful and my meds don't help...
krista, i love what you said about the fact that if it is possible for your mind to cause pain then it is possible for it to make you happy and pain free...something the doctors don't really...
last time i saw my doc she kept asking me questions to see if i am depressed.....every answer i gave was directly related to the pain and fatigue i have.... when your not able to function like you...
hey allie, i too have those never ending eye twitches....try getting some dried apricots...they are the fruit highest in pottasium....taking a calcium/magnesium supplement may help too.......
tluvstulips- i'm right there with ya babe. my co-workers are always saying "huh? what?" not only are they in a high stress, fast paced situation, they have to deal with a fibromite!!! i just recently...
i actually find a shower superior to a bath at relieving muscle soreness.....i have times when even the muscles in my armpits hurt really bad and the directional spray of the shower feels...
so, my doctor decided to move me from cymbalta (an SNRI) to zoloft (an SSRI)....she knows i take tramadol 300 mgs/day.... when i had the script filled, the pharmacist told me to call my doctor...
i am gonna try and respond generally to everything... i had 6 weeks worth of samples of cymbalta....it has been a month since my last appt....i called last week to try and get a replacement for the...
hey kelly71! please describe your rash? it is obviously on your face, but i'm interested to know the shape of it....is it in the typical "butterfly" shape? mine is only half a "butterfly"..... the...
thanks lilbearsmama... i have tried hydrocortisone cream...hasn't helped much yet. at first, i tried this "light wand" my mom has....it is supposed to heal eczema and/or acne....well, it made it...
i have joint pain, hair loss, intermittant fever (a lot of times with my period? seems strange), the pluerisy and the rash. my joint pain is burning and some of my joints swell, mostly in my hands,...
my doctor scripted cymbalta and restoril at my last visit. my insurance will not pay for cymbalta, so they said they'd call in something else when i ran out of samples....well, i called the medical...
meowese- i did not jump off the table when i was tested. yeah, it hurt, but i am so used to the pain that i just kinda retract from being touched on my tenderpoints. i do have a place near my spine...
i recently developed a strange rash on my nose....it has spread now to one cheek and an eyebrow.....i have a lot of the symptoms of lupus other than the rash...i just never really thought about it...
i do get itchy muscles.....and it hurts when i scratch them....i also get itchy joints.... the symptoms of fibro just keep getting stranger.......
thanks for the links chutz. i did find a couple of things to print out. the first one was the most helpful. i felt so alienated from everyone last night. whenever i would walk up to them, they would...
i have been having some serious fibro fog at work and my co-workers are getting irritated....they do not know i have fibro....they only know i have a type of arthritis..... tonight, i royally screwed...
irishbabe- i have had that strange ponytail pain too....i cannot even wear a hat....i always get a migraine when i do.... i guess i just never noticed that the top of my head hurt as well as my...
i am afraid to massage them because i always go overboard and make them worse.... maybe a warm compress?? i think i'll try that......
this is weird, right? of course, we fibromyalgics have pains in weird places.......just recently, i have had some more intense headaches....i was feeling around on my skull looking for the "sore"...
hey thanks everyone...i skipped my dose yesterday and took one today....i have felt fine since....i think maybe the 60 mgs. is just too much for me..... i was not able to get in contact with my doc...
oh! this is awful!!!! 3 weeks i have been on cymbalta and i have been sweating like crazy.... i thought after the first few weeks the side effects would go away.... the insomnia and jitteriness seems...
yes. i hate going to the obgyn :mad: when i was pregnant it was the worst. my doc had the hardest time examining me...i just could not relax because the pain was so intense....then while in labor i...
hello, i am trying to go from tramadol to cymbalta. i am weaning off the tramadol and have been taking cymbalta for a week now....my doc has been trying to get me on cymbalta for a while and i kept...
hello, i noticed that you take celexa and i was wondering if it helps at all with your pain? my doc put me on cymbalta but my insurance won't pay for it and she wants to try me on celexa.....doesn't...
hmmm....my periods have always been awful....since they started :mad: i will say that my periods sometimes dictate how my fibro will behave....a week or so before my period my fibro symptoms get much...
hhh- i do not know how to make links clickable....i do know that if you highlight the link then right click on it and copy, then you can post it in your url.... canadian prices are cheaper for...
okay...after half an hour search, i found this.... http://cadth.ca/media/pdf/E0057_Milnacipran%20for%20Fibromyalgia_cetap_e.pdf i still do not know if it is available here in the states....i did see...
i have been researching SNRI's because my doctor scripted cymbalta but my insurance will not cover it. i have 6 weeks worth of samples and then i have to switch to something else. i found some info...
i did try the raw diet about 6 years ago.....it worked pretyy well....i had more energy and less pain....i was only eating 75% raw tho.....and doing fresh juice twice a day..... the big problem i had...
i am so sorry you are going thru this situation with your rhuemy....i stopped seeing mine because he was of no help at all....he would only script celebrex which did not work at all and made me sick...
hey dally- oh my....did i ever feel funky from lowering the tramadol dose! i kept thinking i must feel weird from the cymbalta until i took my second dose of tram......i felt better then and realized...
it's so weird that you asked this question....i was thinking of asking the same thing..... i had a very rough week and my symptoms flared....i was already in a flare, so now i'm in a double flare!...
alright folks- amelie is still doing well...she's so resilent! 35 stitches on her head and she is still as busy as ever...i follow after her everywhere because i'm afraid she will fall and hit her...
thanks again to everyone... i do not have a lot of time right now because i have to work tonight. i know i didn't give details earlier, so i will now... harry is a 6 year old lab/setter mix. never a...
kythe- since i started having symptoms of fibro, my hair has changed a lot.....when i was young my hair was so thick and curly.....i had spirally curls. they were gorgeous....... now my hair is super...