I'm the opposite of Cindy! hee hee, yeah we're all different. For me the pain killers help my mood since they take a lot of the pain away I feel like I can function! They make me happy. For me I...
Sounds like we're all in the same boat. My periods have been ten times worse lately. The pain is so bad I was going to have a hysterectomy, but I just couldn't do it yet. If the bleeding gets bad...
I feel like I've given up on a lot. Working hurts very bad. Sitting all day at a computer hurts, moving around and standing hurts. Everything I used to take for granted is now work. Gardening,...
Donna you have every right to wait to pull over until it's safe. I don't have a cell phone but they say to call 911 and tell them to radio the cop to tell him you're not pulling over until it's safe....
I hope you find something that works. Nothing seems to work well for me. The last thing I tried worked great! I only had to deal with my arthritis pain no fibro pain at all. But it started giving me...
Beth I'm so sorry you're going through so much right now. Glad you're seeing someone who sounds good for you! I never knew anxiety was what it is! Mine started with stress over chronic illnesses that...
there's one with a C (can't remember the name) I saw it's ok to take if you have high blood pressure. Ask your pharmacist about it. But with a cold I try not too take much. Only NiQuil to help me...
OK, so I dropped my darn rheumy who is driving me and two other drs nuts (one even said to report him to the hospital- I won't go into it here.) So now I'm just seeing my pain dr and another rheumy...
nanners, maybe I will take half a pill. I just need something. I may go home early too. I just worry about my job since I've taken lots of sick time with dr visits and days I feel real bad. They're...
I need some help here. Living with chronic pain and other chronic problems has been weighing heavy on me. I tried a therapist but I didn't really like him. I just needed someone to talk to that's not...
yes. I do have issues with my lower back but I've had two drs tell me the fibro is making my other issues worse feeling then they should be....
I love th mary poppins bit! Sorry to laugh but I have to! My purse is ok, I try to keep it light. I make it longer and carry it over my should and neck. It hurts, but not real bad. My problem is my...
That is a great response!! I'll have to remember that one! /community/emoticons/tongue.gif ...
I had to give up some stuff like quilting and cross stitch due to my hands hurting and my back hurting. But I'm still doing my photos. I have to, it's been my main hobby for many many years. I force...
Well I'm only at work right now so my husband didn't have to drive home in the ice storm to take me to the dr. I went to the gyn yesterday and she wants me on xanax to help me deal with my anxiety...
OK, so between my fibro and other health issues I'm going insane! My rhuemy is labling me with undiff. Spond. instead of Ankylosing Spond. since I have not fused yet?? OK, well the MRI says I...
I can't remember how I was on gabapentin, but right now I'm on lamictal and having the same problems! My dreams aren't real scary, but when I wake up it takes an hour or more to figure out what's...
Sorry to keep asking about new medications, but the arthrotec didn't work and gave me side effects. So now I'm on Lamictal. It's like neurontin and lyrica, so we'll see. So far I'm just feeling tired...
Terrie, yes I worry the SCS won't help because most of my really bad pain is from spondylitis and I've been told it won't help that. They seem to only help nerve pain the most. I've had nerve tests...
yeah I'm thinking of going back to the pain dr, but he is somewhat conservative, while the rheumy is aggressive (with how they want to treat me.) He seems to think the spondylitis is in a slight...
Try to find a pain management dr, they seem to be the most willing to help with fibro....
I'm only on vicodin right now. It helps but somedays it's just not enough. My pain dr said I may need to go on heavy stuff daily instead of just as needed, but he wants me to try a spinal cord...
Well I tried it and took myself off it. I got sick and very dizzy, then instead of making me have to go to the bathroom like they said it may it bothered my IBS and constipated me for four days! It...
My dr put me on this starting today. Scared to take it due to the side effects, but if it'll help both the spondylitis and the fibro I'm willing to try it....
Sounds interesting. What works the best for the costo is voltaren gel. It doesn't work long, only a couple hours, but it's very nice, and I can breath again!...
I've been dealing with other health isssues the past few months (was diagnosed with Undifferentiated Spondylitis) and have been trying different medications. Nothing is helping at all so the rhuemy...
Oh and I'm going to be 32 this weekend, and I still don't care to be fashionable at all. My husband used to want me to dress a little nicer, now with all this health stuff he just wants me to feel...
Old thread but I don't care! I'm finding it more difficult to wear clothes period. Between my pain and my sensitivities I love being in PJ's all the time. I work in a very casual office so almost...
I have never heard of them. I'll have to look them up. But I also have that same pain, my pharmacist told me to try vicks. I just rub it in like I have a cold and it really helps the pain!...
My husband has this and he was diagnosed with LPR two days ago. He says he has lots of trouble swallowing and feels like he is being strangled. he went to his GI dr and he just put him on a PPI which...
The rheumy said I have sacroliitis and spondylitis. He is not 100% sure about it being ankylosing spondylities because my sed rate is low. He said I don't have the gene marker but that doesn't...
They tested for HLA-B27 and CLA (I think that was the letters?) He also had me bend at the waist and pressed on my sternum which even an hour later when I brought him the copies of the xrays (he...
I wrote this in the fibro section and thought I'd post it here too to get info from this board. In Feb I was in bad shape again and went to a rheumy (one that I went to before and didn't really like-...
A lot of my health problems seemed to have started in my LRQ. They checked my appendix, ovaries (the right one at one point did have a large cyst, but the pain never went away when it did) They did a...
Metallichic may I ask how your fibro is after your hysterectomy? My gyn has been talking about doing one for a while now, and recently is saying it a little more seriously thinking it's adenomyosis....
I guess this is something I'll have to work on. I work in a college library and the bathrooms during the school year are always busy. The good thing is there is one ladies room where there is no...
I have a huge issue with going to the bathroom (#2) in public. I just can't do it, no matter how bad I have to go. We had locking 1 stall bathrooms at work and I could go there if needed. Now these...
My husband and I both have IBS to an extent, mine from my fibro, his from who knows what. He went to his gastro and he said he has hemmies and gave him stuff to try, as they have REALLY been...
Well I have fibro, so that may be causing it then. I do get weird twitches elsewhere on my body (eyelids, fingers etc...) And I'm "allergic" to fake sugars and don't eat them. Thanks!...
I've been having some strange feelings in my intestines. It doesn't hurt, but it feels like a muscle twitch. It lasts about 10 minutes then stops. It comes and goes all day long and has been...
I was told I have OA in my spine. But then another dr told me that to have arthritis in the spine this young (29) is a sign of something more serious. Has anyone heard this before?...
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They said it's not PCOS. I start the pill in a couple weeks so we'll see if it'll help. i really hate being on the pill, so in a small way I hope it doesn't help because I don't want to be on it very...
I only had the colonoscopy for the GI part, numberous ultrasounds for the gyn part as well as laparoscopy to check for endometriosis. I had blood work done, and a CTscan to make sure it wasn't my...
I've had IBS for years now, diagnosed last year. The colonoscopy came back clear last week. I'm still having pain in the LRQ and now below my bellybutton from the surgery (the Dr is giving it two...
OK here's a quick story of what's been going on lately. In August I had a large ovarian cyst rupture. The pain from it never went away. I went to the gyn and then a second gyn and had numberous...