Sherrine, All I need is something to wake me up, got anything like that in your list of stuff?...
Grandma, yeah, even with my military discount and such, I pay way too much for that. I almost fell off the chair when they told me the cost. I can't wait till the military starts actually putting it...
Back from doc's appointment. I lied. I missed something on the xrays and yes, there is a foreign body in my leg, about 1/3 the way down my shin. NO clue what it is. Never hurt that leg that I know of...
Yeah if you look at the cymbalta side affects, it's like they contradict each other. Weight gain. Weight Loss. Etc etc. I'm just glad I got the weight loss. It's a first in my history....
Ok, I've seen my xrays now - I have my doc appt tomorrow morning. It appears the "foreign body" is in the knee, not in the shin - so that makes sense. I'll find out tomorrow if they are going to do...
It's hard for me to know, since I'm going in and out of hot flashes from menopause. But I noticed that in the night I wake up alot more wet than before. SO yeah, I'd venture to say it's the meds....
well, for me, lethargic and fatigued mean the same thing. The only difference in the definitions is fatigue comes from activity, while lethargy comes from illness. So technically most of us are...
Hope you have a blast!!...
well, maybe not always, but this time there is. I started Cymbalta the first week of May. It is now the last week of July, so almost 3 months, right? In three months I have lost 15 lbs, and I have...
Oh and the knee was operated on in 1984, the toe in 1991 and the scar, well that's from 1963. LOL. SO it's not like anything recent happened!...
Sherrine, actually there's not a single scar on that leg. I'm sure at some point I've fallen off a bike as a kid and gotten gravel in the wound, but usually in cases like that, there's a scar there....
LOL It's gotta be a tracking device. I mean, why else put one in there? I'm smart, ya know. A genius! Tracking me would be the best things the aliens could do. They learn tons about... Uhm. Wait... I...
Thanks ladies! I appreciate the support. I'm good with handling stress, typically, but with the added fibro fog it's making it a little harder. And you know what? The fog has gotten worse since I...
Fibrofog is really killing me. It started at the same time as the sudden tmj last november, but I hid it for a while. Now it's killing me. First, I was forgetting the little things. Loosing the car,...
I use the tramadol/Ultram. I had to play with it to see what works for me. One in the morning, one at night, and on bad days I take it every 6 hrs. Some days I have a good day and as evening starts...
LOL yeah, it's the weirdest thing ever. I did have surgery on the knee back in 1984, and it was as the scopes were just getting going, so the doc wasn't quite as talented as I needed, so he had to...
I went to see Harry Potter at midnite thursday nite, and slept awesomely after that - and felt great friday!...
At least, that's what I keep telling people. :turn: I talked to my doctor about my progress with fibro, which some days is VERY good, and others, not so much. I told her the lidoderm patches help...
I have a severe allergy to sulpha. Nasty stuff. I was hospitalized for 2 weeks because of it. I also have Tendonitis pretty bad from time to time. Have you tried pain patches? Lidoderm Patches? Those...
I've been on Cymbalta for a month, taking 60mg now - and I take it at night - I researched online and found it appears to be very individual what works for you. I took my first pill at 6 pm, then...
Naproxen isn't a pain reliever - it's an anti inflammatory. Alot of folks get that confused. It's like motrin in that respect. Neither are pain relievers. Sometimes there's the side affect of relief...
Take care of that gerd! Don't be like me and end up in the ER with esophageal spasms cuz I ignored the GERD! I told someone I now know what labor pains must be like - I suffered at least that much...
I take the 60mg Cymbalta at night, because it makes me drowsy. Course, it semes to make me drowsy 24/7, so not sure if it matters when I take it. It got a little better the last few days - and then...
I have eye trouble - now let me say up front, I'm a blind as a bat person normally. But about 11 years ago I started having unusual issues which I have read can be explained by fibro - that of seeing...
Since I've been here, I've seen alot of posts about doctor/patient incompatibility. It made me wonder, how did you find YOUR doctor? And how well do you work together? My doc isn't a doctor. She's a...
Yeah, he sounds like a quack. I think the best thing might be to take recommendations on doctors. I got lucky on my doc, she is awesome. And I don't blame you - next time you sense something is off,...
Kara, My heart is with you but the others are right. The most important part is to not let it get the best of you. Monitor your progress. What wears you out the most? If you have a big day planned,...
Yeah I took one of those antibiotics in December and was shocked at the side affects. I was very careful because of the possible tendon damage. I felt my ankles get really stiff when I was on it. But...
Hey Andrea, apparently this "can happen again" per both doctors. However, they are taking a proactive approach with both prilosec and Zantac, and also lots of liquid anti acid's. Then, in about a...
Hi Karen. It's the same thing my doctor has given me 2X before. It's what my husband calls "super tylenol". I'm lucky that my pain isn't as bad as some fibro patients, or maybe it's just that I...
No, I'm not complaining about fibro pain. I'm actually kinda complaining about no pain. Well, not really. So you guys know I had the big esophageal spasm which knocked me off my feet for 24 straight...
I saw my primary care physician today and she's had the same esophageal spasm as I did - she said the only thing unusual about mine was the full length of it. She said normally it lasts just a few...
sonhasfibro, wow, that would be tough. The pain I had radiated through the middle back and around the stomach (lower part of the chest). At times I could feel it up into my chest pains. The pain was...
Oh and btw, I never thought about what happens with surgery. When I had my last one, a bladder tack, I slept for a solid week after it, and it only lasted what, an hour?...
Yeah, I had to explain to my husband what was going on and why the doc kept thinking it was nothing more than an anxiety attack. He then went "crap and I made it worse by saying you got worried when...
I had a bad day yesterday. Really bad. I went to bed about midnite, and woke up about 2 am, but since I'd slept all day and normally dont' go to bed till 4, that didnt' surprise me. I had a little...
Well, I had nausea on the first day I took 30 mg, and on the first day I took 60mg, but otherwise no more. I'm not experiencing any nausea, and I do get hungry. Just when I eat, I don't eat as much....
I've had alot of fibro issues today too with the weather. In fact, I'm supposed to be working on edits on a project, but instead am playing on the computer. I haven't been too bad at the memory...
So for those of you on Cymbalta, I was wondering if any of you found your appetite decreasing? Since the very first day I've found that my appetite has decreased to the point I'm eating about half of...
I don't have spasms in my ears, but suddenly have them in the nose. Now how do you pull a muscle in your nose? LOL. It's been going on for like 3 days now. I feel like bewitched - as if I twitched my...
I get charlie horse's too. Alot. Have since childhood. I remember, the day my house burned down when I was 12, I didn't hear the flames at first because I was busy prying my fingers off the play doh...
Ok, I guess I missed the other post and don't see it here, so thought the moderator was talking to me. Glad to hear I didn't make a mistake on my first "question". :D Anyway, Yes, I have been pretty...
Well apparently I did something wrong by asking this question, but not sure how since while there are topics about fibrofog, most are on how to deal with it in a fun way, not specific questions about...
So, my husband was the same way for years. I told him years ago I probably had fibro. He shook his head and told everyone that I read diseases on the computer then tell ppl i have symptoms. Used to...
Oh I know what you need. My doc prescribed these pain patches - if your doctor hasn't, or won't, get some at the store - and wear them on the flight. Put them in your most sensitive spots (mine is my...
LOL Sleepwalking is something I rarely do anymore, mostly cuz I don't sleep deep enough now, but when I was younger it was a huge problem. The last time I remember doing it was right after I got...
It could also have been heatstroke. I've had that a few times and it sounds alot like it. You said you got hot, and when you came in you were clammy, and now cold - that's the way heat stroke works...
Just introducing myself - Name is Teresa (obviously) and I have probably had fibro for 25 years (The first pain started literally the month I met my husband, and we'll be married 25 years in March)....
I think I know what you're talking about. Mine works a little differently, but when I went to my eye doctor 15 years ago (long before I knew Fibro had eye issues), I nearly panicked. They did that...
Hey, I heard the president whatshis name (ok, uhm, Obama), signed the date 2008 when he was in England. I don't feel so bad. :)...