I would suggest going to the sport doc as he seems more open to discussion. The better doc is the one to go after. I would also strongly suggest that you consider another GP. Calling Fibro "your aces...
Just wondering if anyone has bad dry mouth from meds and what they do to remedy it. I have tried some of the mouth washes and toothpaste, but I rarly do that at 2 in the morning when it wakes me...
Welcome. I am a man with Fibro. I have had it about ten years. It took me about 6 to get diagnosed. you are fortunate to have the diagnosis and I hope you can find the balance we all are looking for....
Tramadol has worked wonders for me. I had rls and neck, back, shoulder...just about everything spasms for years before I got on Tramadol. the very first night I took a low dose and they all stopped....
Sorry to hear you are hurting and anxious. I am a guy who has had Fibro for about 10 years. I have a wife who has been with me from the beginning and has walked through everything with me. She...
Wow...I can't believe we experience such similar things! I have had that very "sunburn"feeling for years. especially on the out side of my arms. Triceps are the worst. I also have it on the back of...
After ten years of renting, Myself, my wife and our 5 kids are finally buying a house! We are excited...and I am kind of scared. The last time we moved we fit everything we owned (all 6 of us at the...
Sorry for your nightmare. But please don't give up on doctors. There are good ones out there. It took me 7 years to find someone who was willing to help me. Can you believe I went through more than a...
I think that sometimes we forget just how long it took all of us to understand what we are going through, and it is our body that hurts! With family, I find that it sometimes takes letting your pain...
Greetings, That Lyrica dose sounds high to me depending on your weight. I am a guy 6 foot 200+ and it took me months to work up to 75mg twice a day. Dizziness is a VERY common side effect. But don't...
zealand, Welcome. I am quite new here myself and it is great. As for your pain...as was mentioned in another post we all have various amounts and you will find that it will change over the course of...
Thanks for all the replies. My most dramatic encounter with drugs in general was when my appendix burst in the ER. This was before I was Diagnosed with Fibro, but had it. The pain was indescribable....
Does anyone have experience in taking stronger and stronger narcotics for the pain? It seems there is a vast sweep from Tramadol to Fentanyl Patches! I have been on Tramadol for several years and I...
I have experianced the same thing a handful of times in my 10 years with fibro. It sometimes comes in the morning, other times even in mid afternoon when you had a horrible day it can suddenly hit....
Just a tip. It wont help much to try and pick off all the glue the next morning. that glue is tough and it is made to stick. You can really hurt your scalp working to get it out. The interesting...
I have started and stoped many meds and I would suggest that you make sure you give things time to settle down. I have heard of people who take med for three days and say, "it made me dizzy so I...
Getting another doctors opinion is always good. The worst that can happen is that they are horrible and we have all dealt with those. I know it is frustrating with all the symptoms, but try try try...
Hey Andrea11, I have been in a work situation where I hid my problems very effectively...until I fell down in the hallway one day and couldn't move at all. My employer freaked out when three...
Famengel, I think you are right not to tell if you can have a good understanding and professional relationship with your boss. If he doesn't respect you now it will only be worse if you tell. On the...
Thanks Chutz for your insights. I really am not looking for an "answer" as much as trying to gather the experience of others to help me make a decision. I think I will eventually tell him something,...
Does anyone have any advice on whether or not to tell a supervisor about Fibro. This is the situation: I have struggled through six years of school to get my degree in mechanical engineering and I...
I wake up every day extreamly stiff, and some days I wake up "stuck". Just this morning was such a day. It is always hard...I mean really hard...to get up. But some days I just can't move a muscle. I...
From what I know of my 10 years with Fibro the " I do get a weird pain or irritated feeling in my legs kinda like my nerves are charged or irritated or something." type of pain is classic. Also the...
tulips I am glad to hear you now have Tramadol. It took mine about a week to settle all of my spasms and that was three 50mg a day, so give it a chance and take enough of it. I would also suggest...
One Night when I was 14 I got up in my sleep and turned on all the electric heat on the second floor...I mean every room to 90, and we had 6 including the girls room(where I never went). I woke up...
Tulips, I am so sorry to hear of your pain. I had muscle spasms much like you are describing and they moved everywhere! Even my ears! 6 years I fought with this. They started at about 10 in the...
Congrats on # 3 Dori18! I have 4 myself. 8 6 4 2 and we found out today that there is a new one to love on the way. My wife said that my 4 year old comes in to bed early in the morning to "say good...
I am a man with Fibro. Had it for 10 years now. For me hot showers are great as long as the shower head is a gentle spray. It can be very painful if it is high water pressure. They always make me...
From my own experience I would recommend not wasting another min. on those docs. Your situation will only get worse as you will want to hospitalize them for what they say the next time you see them....
Thanks all for the info and the support. I have been exercising for about six years. Mostly walking and doing what I have to. When I knew I couldn't work in all the fields that I had experience in...
It took me 6 years, 13 Doctors, and two hospital visits to find a doctor that 1, believed me and 2 took action to treat symptoms before understanding what was causing them. My strongest advice to you...
I am new here as well thought I have had Fibro for 10 years, and I can say with certainty that Lyrica can cause that much sleep and more. I first tried it two years ago and I seriously slept for 19...
Well, no. I am not looking for that. I am looking for information on strong stimulants such as Amphetamines that may have been tried by others. I have tried every form of energy drink and most base...
Greetings all, I have had Fibro for 10 years and I have sort of gotten the pain under a semblance of control. What I am looking for is some way to give myself instant energy for emergency situations....