Has anyone tried medical marijuana to treat fibromyalgia? If so, what strain did you use? I've heard higher CBD is better. I will make sure to ask the pharmacist as well....
Hello, I am sorry to hear you are having a hard time. It can be so difficult sometimes. I hope that you find some relief with topamax. I am thinking of asking my doctor about taking it. I am about to...
My doctor did say it was fine to decrease by 25mg to see how I felt. I check back on Monday. I am quite sore in areas that don't bother me a lot. Deep pain. I am sleepy getting up, but I do feel a...
I have been on lyrica for about a year now. I was taking 100mg AM and 125mg PM. After debating for several weeks I decided to decrease my PM dose by 25mg to see if any of the side effects decrease....
I went through a period of time when my old doctor wanted me to take tylenol or ibuprofen. She even told me to take them together. I found that it did nothing for my extreme pain days. My new doctor...
Fibromom1976 and ak angel, I am in the same boat. I don't want to bloat or continue to gain weight but I know that lyrica helps the pain. I constantly decide to decrease lyrica, but I get nervous a...
And for those that mentioned the benefits of therapy....it is something I have found helpful in the past. I think I will look into starting it up again....
Thank you everyone for your responses. It's very nice to know that people took the time to reply to me. I wonder if I'd tolerate Gabapentin better. I have considered lowering my Lyrica dose a bit to...
I've had fibro for almost 3 years. I am 28 years old and I've tried so many different types of medications. I've been on lyrica for a year and the weight gain and bloating is really starting to...
In 2009 I got H1NI (swine flu). I was very sick for several months. My doctors and psychologist and myself pretty much link that to triggering anxiety, panic attacks, PTSD, and fibromyalgia. Plus I...
Also I decided to stay away from the allergy pill. I didn't want to risk mixing it with my medications....
Thanks for all the feedback everyone! Liz I do think that anxiety plays a role, but I had never had it go on for two days straight. It is better today. My arms and legs "fall alseep" quite easily and...
Have any of you experienced a widespread itching/ pins and needles? It's different than from the usual pain I have. The weather where I am has been crazy. Thunderstorms on and off for days. I think...
i take 75mg tramadol hcl a day. its a 24 hour release. i use to be on the shorter acting one, but i switched to this so i wasn't self medicating so much. i notice you are on lyrica too....i find that...
thank you for your replies. i do drink a lot of water, but i could cut out the salt and even though i am on so many drugs i always seem to forget to do Metamucil to help the constipation....
i know that weight gain is common with lyrica, but does anyone get bloating too? are there any remedies to this? i battle with constipation because of my medications, so i know that doesn't help...
Hello all, I am a Canadians living in Europe for the summer. I met with a naturopath here and she told me about Normast. (I am in no way advertising for it!!!). There is very little on the internet...
From what I have researched it seems that doctors are still trying to figure it out, but there has been research to suggest that it has to do with our pain receptors transmitting to the brain, "pain...