Thanks for the heads up Matt-man&little-boy. Kathy, that's awesome they found the cause of your sciatica pain, what was it? I would love to be able to drop my meds in half! I have this severe...
Okay that makes me feel better because I thought you were labeling me which is easy to do seeing how I am so young. I apologize if I was a little brash. Trust me I know what you mean, I think almost...
Thank you for the input, I will gladly space things out from now on, thank you. Okay so where to begin, well seeing as how you already have read about me, there's not a lot more I can tell you about...
Please I am very desperate for some input, if anyone has had what I have going on please share your story. I am desperate to know if this is sciatica from a herniated disc which 2 doctors and a...
Ok so I've been on a pain management plan for almost 5 years. For those of you that have read my past post you know the amount of meds I am on, I actually just got increased which is good. When My...
Thank you all for your replies! I realize there are a lot worse people out there with me so I am sorry if it seemed like I was throwing a pitty party for myself, I was just venting....I've tried the...
I love the idea personally and think it will be a great way to shed light on how severe and how different each case can be with symptoms and what not. I am 22 and have had a heck of a time dealing...
Ok so I am kind of confused at the fact that my right knee which has been getting worse for the past 9 months and now my left knee is starting to do the same thing, which is inflame a lot behind my...
Thank you so much for your response, I really do apreciate it. It's just hard being 22 years old and walking with a limp. You would think after 8 months of walking with a limp you would get used to...
So I have finaly figured out the swelling and increasingly excruciating pain that I have been dealing with behind my knee for the past 8 months (no thanks to my rheumatologist). For the past 8...
I've tried a lot of NSAID's and they all really upset my stomach....even tylonol, advil, excedrin, alieve, they all really hurt my stomach and do not help whatsoever....The pain is so sharp running...
Thank you for the response...Yes that's what I kind of figured. Other people have told me that as well so I'm betting that's what it is. I have OA in my hands and feet pretty bad so I'm sure that's...
I've been diagnosed with O.A., FMS, CFS, degenerative bone disease (was on prednisone for almost 2 years when I was 7 years old which my rheumatologist believes caused me thinning of my bones)...I've...
Thank you very much, I appreciate the kind words, I hope you are right....:)...
Yea I completely understand.....the 4 a day roxy 10's aren't cutting it and like I said he wanted to put me on nucynta, a new drug kinda like hydrocodone and oxycodone with the roxys still, but I...
I have, I have been on pain medicine and gone out to "clubs" and what not to meet new people my age and still I'm just not social....Idk, I know people on here are not a shrink or a love dr. lol so...
O yea I almost forgot, it's actually kind of funny because I've grown accustomed to forgetting things and the fact it's hard for me to make out sentences that either make sense or propper grammer and...
Not to come off cocky or conceited in any way, but I am an extremely good looking guy and only 21.....In the past 3 years that I've been dealing with this I've had one girlfriend and that was only...
I will def. try the bed buddy, it seems interesting.....I'm so confused though.....most people on this forum say that either tramadal or hydrocodone works for them?? It honest to god does not for me?...
when my fibro and it's fog started out 3 years ago I was put on adderal to see if it would help. Honestly I thought it was a mirracle drug. But I cut myself off it due to the fact it increased my...
they come and go...i had one for 11 days straight! Just pounding and throbbing it was horrible. But normally I just get them and they go away within a day or so....idk guess it comes with...
I get 120 soma 350 mg a month as well as 120 roxy 10's a month for my pain. I don't know if it's just because I found a good doctor or if it's because I have 5 or 6 conditions with fms. Idk I'm only...
lol O I thought you did...i need to reread it again and see who did and apologize to them....I did read about it and it seems plausible but a lot of stuff does. To be honest when I breath in it isn't...
not sure about the codeine and codeine phosphate, but percocet and vicodin are not. vicodin is hydrocodone. percocet is oxycodone with apap (tylonol)...percocet is more effective than vicodin...
Thanks for the suggestion. I have never said I have that though. I have FMS, CFS, Osteoarthritis,myalgias and possible degenerative bone disease. Also thanks to this forumn I have found about 5 other...
Whenever I breath in or out but mainly the pain is greater when I breath in. It affects like my whole left side of my back and I can feel my ribs which hurts. Then when I sneeze my whole body kind of...
Dear kathydownunder, Of course I have been told this numerous times and also that the more opiates you take the more opiate receptors you build in your body so in other words you can experience more...
To everyone who has posted on this thread thankyou, but please listen. Trust me I'm well aware I am only 21, but I have been suffering with FMS for 3 years and been on narcotics for 3 years. I have...
Thanks to you both. Yea I just read that about opana on here so I thought it was true. Thank you though I will take that into consideration. Thanks for both your help....
everything non narcotic wise and the only thing that kind of helps a little is cymbalta.....But since my many symptoms and diagnosis's have started about 3 years ago this past year and 2 months has...
Dear Sherrine, Thanks for telling me that, I would of hated to post that and then who knows who would have gotten ahold of my email address!! Dear Bayoub2, Thank you for your continued support! I...
Idk, I guess I just got really lucky....My rheumatologist is like my best friend. I can tell he cares about me so much and for him to trust a 21 year old kid with all of the different kinds of...
Dear FM sufferer...well not exactly about getting the meds from doctors. It sounds like you have had a hell of a time though. 3 years ago When all this started I was immidiately put on hydrocodone...
Dear Nana, when I was 5 I was with my grandmother at the beach laying underneath a beach chair for some shade. That's the last thing I remember, I stopped breathing and had a severe asthma attack and...
FM Sufferer, I've been diagnosed with CFS, FMS, osteoarthritis, and possibly degenerative bone disease. Through these amazing people on this forum particularly bayoub2 and darnelle( sorry if I typed...
Yes with fibro, no 2 patients are the same....everyone can have different symptoms or some of the same symptoms. I'm 21 and have been dealing with this for 3 years now and still my life is a...
I don't have a jacuzzi, Hot baths kind of help but only while i'm actually in the tub. I kind of don't like to even get in the tub because it hurts until the water is all the way up. I realize the...
Heather, Bayoub2, and teeners thank you very much. I will definately mention that to my rheumatologist. I looked up some stuff on sleep apnea and it is fitting but im sure I would need the actual...
Thank you Donnaeil and Bayoub2 you have both given me a lot of insight and things to focus on. I'm just sick of pain and sick of feeling like i'm some type of lab experiment or "case study" as I've...
it's so hard to have a job and work 30 hours a week....i actually had to quit my old job as a cook because it was way too difficult and the oxycodone was not helping enough. There were times where I...
I eat fairly well actually and that's what's confusing about my metabolism issues and the whole weight gain loss thing that ive been struggling with....I probably will eventually have to find a good...
Yes I've done plenty of physical therapy, it just makes it worse...........Yes I use the pillow trick also but even then it still hurts just less.....I hate even thinking what I will be like in 10...
Hey Karen, I have tried walking slow and short amounts of time and it's very difficult and results in massive amounts of pain....as far as oxycontin, that is no longer being made. I believe they...
THanks bayoub2, yes I'm fully aware of that paradoxical fact. It sucks, because I just want the pain to go away and be able to do things I see other people my age doing. I can't even go to the mall...
Hey Sherrine thanks for the reply....trust me I've been dealing with this for 3 years and it's ruining my youth. I have taken or tried almost any vitamin or supplement you can think of.....also, yea...
is when I was between 6 and 8 I was put on large doses of prednisone for a long period of time obviously. Yes my whole body blew up like a blow fish. I know that long term use of prednisone as a...
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