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    living with fibro and staring a family

    Great post! Some medications can be reduced others cannot even be taken during pregnancy. Unfortunately there is evidence that I may not be able to successfully accomplish implantation on my medication. Changing meds sucks! I wish I had a high risk pregnancy doctor I could ask if the information...
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    When is it okay to take narcotics?

    I went to my pain specialists and we are trying the oxy you are talking about next actually. I am also one of those people that reacts differently than most to medications. I am in Canada and this Doctor pushing other meds thing isn't an issue in fact my doctor would prefer I take Tramadol it's...
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    When is it okay to take narcotics?

    I am fighting with this. People say you're in pain for a reason and you are just masking it but with Fibro that pain is a miscommunication with the brain so it is telling you something is wrong with your hip when your hip hurts but there is nothing wrong with it. Mine hurts all the time and...
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    I need help to find treatment for my metal problem

    The pain sounds like the pain I experience from my fibro but I have never heard of this reaction being from metal. I get it from any kind of touch but certainly not from being around something specific. At first when I was reading your post I thought it was psychological but if you experience...
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    New Fibromyalgia discovery

    Is vitamin D levels something they check at a yearly physical? I am pretty sure my Doctor checks it and I have never had an issue that I know of but I also know some medications can also lower your vitamin D level like lyrica.
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    living with fibro and staring a family

    This is a worry I share too. My husbands mother is all "you can't be on medication for 2 years before a pregnancy" and I'm like, there is no way that is possible. I may even have to take medications during pregnancy. The worst thing you can do for your unborn child is be in unnecessary distress...
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    When you are feeling low what do you do to change it?

    I give myself the day. I don't immediately try to get out of the bad mood, I try and realize why I am feeling depressed and then I let myself grieve. I find EFT to be very helpful during those times. I don't obsessively focus on the feeling but I let myself feel what I am feeling and then I let...
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    New to the Forums

    Hello I am Pollen. I was diagnosed late last year with Fibromyalgia although I have been suffering for quite some time. I had to stop working in 2010 and at the time we didn't know what exactly the problem was but now we know! I tried Cymbalta but was very anxious on it and had paranoid...
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    Medical Marijuana

    It took me over 2 weeks before it started to help me. Cesemet is brand name Nabilone, I am on generic. For the first 2 weeks I had migraines but then they subsided and I had a massive improvement in functionality and mood. Also finding the right dose takes times they tend to start you very low...
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    Medical Marijuana

    Nabilone. Can't recommend it enough. It is a synthetic cannabanoid it has me at my most functional in years. For you US people reading this it isn't an option for you as the cost is about $3000 a month and isn't covered by any insurance in the US but in Canada it's about 66$ a month without...
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    Newly diagnosed, but suspect it has been here for years

    It's very unfortunate that they will not cover the cost of the cymbalta. Tramadol is very cheap in generic forms, in MA you can get 120 pills for 15$ at walmart pharmacy. Before I was on my current medications, so before my diagnosis I was put on tramadol, I used 2 to 3 pills a day. It's...
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    Just been diagnosed but blood says otherwise

    Your doctor is concerned that the inflammation may be causing your pain in which case it might point to another reason for the pain like rheumatoid arthritis. Typically with Fibromyalgia there isn't a large increase in inflammation because it is your brain that is reading signals as pain vs you...
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