Comments on: Ease fibromyalgia pain????!!!!!????

By: beemzer

beemzer — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:13:46 +0000

cymbalta helps me a great deal. i have a major depression. disorder and my pain was constant. i was told over and over again all my symptoms i.e. fatigue,pain,etc were associated with my diagnoses mdd. i later was diagnosed with fibro. in addition to mdd. and what i’ve discovered is cymbalta 120mg each day/ xanex for slediscomfortcomfert/electro stimulation machine (can be purchased) for severe pain in addition GREEN tea (four cups daily) last cup should be taken at least four to six hours before bedtime.

By: Sophiesmom

Sophiesmom — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:42:49 +0000

You know you have more than 18 pressure point right, but whatever over 1/2 of yours are flaring (FYI you have 22, 11 on each side).
I have had fibro forever myself, i have RSDS and i got the fibro as a secondary thing, mine was from an accident. If you were to look at me you would never know i was in pain 24/7, i do have really bad times once in a while and i go to a room scream and cry and be done with it. Are you getting plenty of exercise? You need to move it or lose it. There is a point were your pain level is great and when your doing something each time you need to go just past that point.
You need to find something to keep your mind off the pain, i have my horse rescue…You have to understand to that those not in chronic pain have no idea what your going through and you can never expect them to understand either. Getting control over this disorder and not letting it rule your life is what needs to be done.
Have you tried soaking in the tub. What i do for flare sites i made rice bags. I took matieral and i made a bag, filled it with rice you have in the house and i put it in the microwave for 2 minutes, and place on the offending site. You can even use a sock…Moist heat seems to work better than your regular heating pad. I have gotten so good at making these bags i even made them so i can walk around with them on and i have made other them to.
The anti depressants may help you, getting on the right one for you is another thing. I dont take them, i take two vicoden in the morning so i can walk and then in the evening when i come in from my horses i take two more, by then the pain is horrindous and thats it, well once in a while i will take a dose mid day, but thats rare. This has help me maintain some normalacy, tho i still hurt it takes the edge off the pain.
If you havent done this ask your doctor to refer you to a pain management clinic, there are all these new things coming out and they may work on you. Good luck and i hope you feel better…
Oh and good sleep LOL whats that??? Im so tired sometimes i dont know how i get anything done.
Spell checker must have died so forgive my bad spelling…blame it on the fibro fog LOL

By: crimsonshedemon

crimsonshedemon — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:13:05 +0000

I’m sorry you’re having such a rough time.
Do you see a rheumatologist? A rheumy is the best doctor to treat fibromyalgia. FMS is tricky. Not much is known how/why is attacks but we know that it does. Keep in mind that you can use more than 1 doctor. I see 3 different doctors- all treat different areas.

Cymbalta and Effexor, both SNRIs, have been shown to help with fibromyalgia. I’ve been taking Effexor XR 300mg for the last couple years. It helps with sleep, pain levels, and the depression that can occur with chronic illness.
Not sure how much it helps but it’s part of my overall therapy for lupus and fms.

Most doctors treat with an analgesic (advil, aleve, celebrex, etc)
muscle relaxer (soma, flexeril, skelaxin, etc)
anti-depressant (cymbalta, effexor, elavil, etc)
sleep medication (sonata, ambien, remeron, benedryl, elavil-a tri-cyclic used for sleep)
Some use pain medication (vicodin, morphine, ultram, etc) and anti-seizure drugs (neurontin, tegretol, etc)

Areas that need to be addressed-
pain
sleep
exercise/stress reduction
physical activity
fatigue

I use complimentary medicine also (chiropractic, massage therapy, vitamins/supplments)
Each patient is so different. What works for me, won’t necessarily work for someone else.

By: mars2boys

mars2boys — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:02:37 +0000

If you truly have fibro, a rheumatologist will not help. I went to two when seeking a diagnosis, and after testing negative I was sent on my way!

I know you said money is an issue, but with me, I know I will pay just about anything to be pain free. I just started seeing a NUCCA doctor (type of chiropractor) and after two adjustments, I am feeling less pain. It also helped my brother who had similar fibro pain. May be worth at least looking into. It isn’t really too our there as far as mainstream treatments, so insurance may cover it. My six months of treatment is running about $1000 before insurance. So worth it in my opinion. When you are paying for meds every month, that cost too adds up!

By: bettyboop

bettyboop — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:30:28 +0000

Lay down, and concentrate on relaxing your muscles. Try and get into as comfortable a position as you can. Start with your feet, and concentrate on the pain you feel, and in your mind, shrink the pain until you can find the exact spot that the pain actually is, and acknowledge it. And then move up your legs to the next spot, and do the same thing, concentrating each time on relaxing. Do this until the pain has lessened or you fall asleep.
When you can, call the dr. about the appointment you have, and tell him how much pain you are in, and ask if it is possible to get in sooner.
Good Luck

By: justmeinthisworld

justmeinthisworld — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:21:43 +0000

Celebrex is an NSAID–(antiinflammatory)—-there is NO inflammation with FMS–if it is actually helping you—you probably either are misdiagnosed or have a 2nd disease taht causes inflammation

teh Celebrex may only be working on teh 2nd disease-not FMS

FMS is a disorder of teh Central Nervous System—the drugs that help FMS are neuro in nature such as Cymbalta and Lyrica-possibly Tramadol–but you may not be able to take Tramadol with Cymbalta–

I woudl consider tryign another doctor–you don’t seem to be taken seriously by the current one

email
kindness@fibrobetsy.com

she keeps a list of docs recomended by other patients and takes off docs with bad reviews unlike other so called referral lists