Recent content by Btoppe

I was diagnosed with fibro in February 2015. I was also diagnosed with severe anxiety and a couple other things. I currently take Cymbalta 90mg, Flexeril 10mg, Mobic 15mg, and Ambian 10mg. Ambian does not in any way help me sleep. My panic attacks and constant body pain keep me awake no matter...

Hello everyone. Am I the only one waking up every morning with an extreme headache accompanied by tender neck pain? The vertebrate right where my neck meets my shoulders hurts so bad on each side. I wake up and I can already feel the pinch in my muscle around that vertabrate which gives me an...

Thanks for the info. I knew the disability process took awhile, but I had no idea it could take that long. How long did it take for your doctor to refer you to a rheumatologist? I have already done some light research and somehow I did not think about looking up how it works in my specific...

I am thinking about trying for disability. Although, I have heard it is a bit hard for people with fibro to get it. I just want to know about the process what makes it a successful one or not. I've read that getting a diagnoses from a rheumatologist is better than one from just your normal...

I had been on lyrica for a couple months. I too started having weird side effects. I started to feel more depressed and moody. It is supposed to help you sleep, but it didn't for me and it obviously does the opposite for you. I hated being on lyrica so I decided to stop taking it. My doctor told...

Thank you very much for the information. I have been at my current job for 10 months and I have plenty of other work experience to qualify. I have read that getting disability with fibro is a struggling process. I have been diagnosed and treated with my family doctor, but I read a diagnoses is...

CatherineTheGrear, thank god I am not the only one. I have been going to the doctor regularly since January of this year. I have been put on multiple anti-depression medications that make me feel crazy yet my doctor refuses to refer to a pain clinic that might find one medication that will...

I am going crazy. I am only 20 years old and it is hard having fibro for many more reasons than just pain. I am never taken seriously when I say I am to exhausted to work even a 25 hour week. When I say I am in pain I always get a response like "Oh, you're young you will be okay." Also because...

I work in a warehouse and i carry heavy damaged product and walk around all day. I am still in horrible pain. Finally my boss stopped me from using a manual jack to pull around a pallet of heavy product. Now i only carry one by one, but I am still hurting. My doctor keeps putting me on...

I am currently having major problems with my job. I am going through the worst pain I have ever felt. I am constantly exhausted and have no energy. I feel like my job is doing nothing but making me worse. I can not afford to quit or start over somewhere new, but sometimes I feel like I can't...

I have been dealing with fibro pain for a while now. I keep coming back to my doctor saying the medicine has not helped my pain. I am on cymbalta, lyrica, mobic, and flexeril. I can only take flexeril at night because it makes me tired, but it does help with some of my pains. Have you been...

I have decided to stop taking the lyrica. I am just not comfortable taking it. It did not help with my pain much. (I know its not a pain medication) My family told me my mood was different and I was acting a little odd while I was on it. What should I tell my doctor? Im still not sleeping which...

So I recently went back to the doctor complaining about how I could not sleep and I was in a lot of pain. She added Lyrica to my medications. I have heard a lot of bad things about it. If you take it what are some of the side effects? What does it help? Do you like Lyrica? I don't understand...

To be honest cymbalta only makes my pain tolerance a little better. I have noticed how my pain is not as bad after certain activities. I do experience sharp pin needle pains still and my pain level is still above a 2. It absolutely does nothing for my major pains. On the other hand, it does keep...

Yes I have continued using the log book for a while. I talked to my doctor about everything I wrote down in it. I know that I have to be referred to a pain clinic, but my doctor doesn't want to. I just need something little to get me through the day. I was on a medicine that was similar to 5...