Thanks everyone for your suggestion, love them all and will talk with dr about all of it. Sherrine, i think you cant take curamin while taking antidepressants, can you? I hear you talk about it alot...
:confused: going to dr on tues, again, can anyone give advice on meds that are giving them back their life?? Dr and i are starting over she gave me savella on last visit, starter pack, and i was so...
:idea: omgosh, iwas just posting that i think iam dying!! I live in fl too but have NEVER felt this bad, and nothing is helping, must be the weather, never done this to me this bad but oh well!!...
Sherrine, when i got up this morning i did all the streches you suggested and even streched in the bathroom, even tho it was VERY painful, it worked!!!! Thanks so much!!!! I dont know about the rest...
They said you have to be out of work to apply for ssdi, how can i? Iam alone and have bills, dont know what to do, hurt all the time, foggy, fatique, cant take it anymore and i sure cant be out of...
Laura, did anyone do an EMG? If so what did it show?...
HAHAHA, Thanks guys, iam gonna try all ideas tomorrow morning!!! Just didnt know who else to ask!!! I not sure about size either but i wanted to let everyone know my problem was stiffness not belly...
:blush: I have to ask this!!!! When i get up in the morning, which takes 10 mins to get out of bed, the first thing i have to do is use the bathroom, now iam a small woman but i cant bend to wipe!!!...
Love Dr. Oz and thanks sherrine, but i read the remarks after dr oz and i have to say i feel the same way!!!!!! This may help some but not all and i have tried all he has suggested, didnt work for...
Hi Bitters, It sounds like you really do need someone to talk to, we have all been there!!!! I checked into the collages in my area and they had counselors there that will see you for free and the...
Hi all, has anyone heard of the Marshall Protocol and if so thoughts on it please??? Hope everyone is doing well!!! :smilewinkgrin:...
Thanks guys, this is the easiest job out there for the pay, even with early hours! @ Joy, yes i have a group of special needs that i take to publix for job training, up 3:30 -leave for work at 4:30...
I wish i didnt have to work, i think i would take better care of myself that way! I start work again tomorrow after being off 3 weeks, school bus driver, iam really not looking forward to it at all,...
Debbie, I also hate going to bed, guess i feel like i dont want to lose the time, but i sure pay for it the next day, i can hardly get out of bed, i have to get up at 3:30am for work, HATE THAT...
Debbie, Iam the same, hydrocodone gives me energy as well, strange huh? Benadryl makes me hyper, but not in a good way! I take nuvigil too and it also worked for me at first but now nothing. I would...
Hi SR and welcome, I was just wondering if you work, have kids at home etc. I would love to do all the things you suggest but for me there is not enough time in my day so i always seem to be in some...
Sherrine, iam so sorry to hear about your baby, i know how you feel, when my husband died in 2006 i had 4 english bulldog cause we showed and raised them but without them i dont think i would have...
Welcome AC, i have sufferd with fibro for 12 years and never knew the things i have learned on this forum, this group has helped me so much that i now feel like i can live with this disease and have...
Sherrine, I walk my dog about 2 blocks every night and have done that for years even when i dont feel like it, she demands it, lol, but it is just soooooo hot, i live in orl fl, the heat makes me...
Snowbunny, the antidepressant is being replace with savella so she told me to stop the old one and change to new one, as far as the pain meds go yes iam weening slowly but i never really took the...
Thanks everyone, DH, iam starting with the trial pack and it will be increased over a 2 wk per until iam on 50mg 2 times a day, started today. Sherrine, thanks so much i will look in to supp after i...
Went to my pcp today and was very pleased with out come!!! She spent 1 1/2 hours with me and i got everything off my chest!!! We are going to start over with my tx plan, start savella tomorrow...
Iam emotional during, havent ever been out of a flare, really just times when the pain is alittle better, always fatiqued!!!! I hope you get to feeling better and remember at least your out of your...
HA HA HA, Can i borrow your husband? I really enjoyed that thanks!!! I also have cigna but different ins for meds, can you believe that? I feel the same way, time to find a new dr!!!! When i first...
Sorry baby i dont have that, sometimes i have fuzzy vision and i have to blink a few times and also my eyes feel tired and swollen most days!!...
It wasnt you LWF, i thaught i offended AMF, i didnt mead to upset anyone i was just stating my feelings! I have been going to this dr for 5 years every 3 months and she refered me to a pain clinic...
Iam so sorr almost, i didnt mean to offend anyone, iam just saying how i feel!!!!! Working in a dr office where for 5 years they would give pt the dx of fibro and then ALWAYS make fun of the pts with...
Snowbunny21, I just love you way of thinking and advice!!!! THANKS for being there and being you!!!!!! Tina...
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Iam a nures and as early as 1999 when a dr had no idea what was wrong with you they gave you the dx of fibro, they either thought you were a hypo or just wanted pain meds, so needless to say when i...
MINE WOULD BE ---- F -FIGHTING FOR A NORMAL LIFE I - I CAN 'T TAKE IT ANYMORE B - BEGGING FOE HELP R - RAGING PAIN O - OH GOD PLESAE HELP M - MY LIFE HOLDS NOTHING BUT PAIN Y - YELLING AT EVERYONE A...
Smurfyshadow, if you would pleas go to my thread "Having bad flare " my whole story is there, thank you soooo much!!!! I really need help. TINA...
Smurfshadow, I was dx with CFS, fibro, ddd, hypothyroid and depression in 2001, from what iam reading iam being treated wrong, ie, not on correct meds, not seeing correct dr, i have been seeing my...
Hi guys, thanks for the suggestions!!!! Snowbunny, baby iam not trying to be difficult and i love your response, if you could bare with me a min and i will try to explain, long story gonna try to cut...
Sherrine, thanks for the advice! Iam allergic to ibuprofen, my face swells up, and muscle relaxers make me feel strange and then i have a panic attack, when i was first dx 12 years ago thats what...
Dustinhunny, no muscle relaxers, for some reason all of them make me feel really strange and then i start to panic, bummer huh? Where are you in fl? I live in orlando, i could sure use a good fibro...
:cry: I have been going through this for about 3 weeks, I have had cfs and fibro since 2001 and i have NEVER felt this bad!!!!! Iam taking opana er and then 4 hours later hydrocodone 10/350 but only...
Dear almost medfree, thanks for the site, i read it and am SURE this wouldnt work for me as much as i would want it to. I already eat very healthy and take vit but so far NOTHING is helping, dx with...
Angel thanks for those words, i really needed them!!!! Debbie I take 2 thyroid meds, just had bloodwork and she increased one of them about 2 months ago but i seem to feel worse. I have to say that...
Thanks Karen, I do feel alone sometimes, its like everyone is sick of hearing me complain and seeing me in pain with NO energy!!! Thanks again Tina...
Iam new to this forum but i really need help. Iam 53 and was dx with fibro,cfs, ddd and hypothyroid, in 2001. About 3 weeks ago i woke up so tired and painful i could not do a thing but sit around, i...