Recent content by sweetpea51

Pythonplay3, I was diagnosed in January of 2015 and my dr started me on 300mg of gabby twice a day... worked great for awhile then we had to change dosages cause after awhile it stopped working for me. Now I'm on 600 mg in am and 700mg at night along with tizanadine twice a day and prozac...

Dr put me on melatonin it worked for a couple weeks and in the last few days it doesnt seem to work anymore. Keep waking up every night and cant go back to sleep

Been working on mine since february still waiting for a hearing

kasmaflower, I understand what you mean. I dealt with pain for over 10 years with no answers. Every doctor I dealt with had a different reason for my pain. Then this January I found a new GP who understands FM and believes me when I talk to him. He believes in pain management and sent me to...

My pain is more of an all over pain. The worst is my lower back, legs , hips, shoulders, arms and headaches. The fatigue just makes them all worse.Makes it very difficult to function some days.Doing dishes takes longer than it ever has..... have to do a few and then take a break and sit. Just...

I take tizanidine twice a day and I take 10 mg of melatonin at night to help me sleep... It does help.

Darkchocolate, I currently take 600 mg of gabapentin twice a daywith an extra 100 at night, tizanidine, fluoxetine and all these were added after I was diagnosed.

I agree with that. Maybe some day they will figure out some way to help thats not bad for us.

Cheryl Ann, I take the 600 of gabapentin twice a day with an exxtra 100 mg at night. I a;so take 20 mg of fluoxetine twice a day and 4mg of tizanidine twice a day aswell

Willow, Thanks yes its difficult.I take 600 mg of gabapentin 2 times a day and an extra 100 at night. That used to help me sleep not so much lately.

Darkchocolate, The relief didnt last long .... its 3:30 am here and Im awake again and of course my heating pad has stopped working .....but I will take any relief no matter how short a time it is.

oh goody went to bed feeling pretty good not hurting too bad. woke up at 1:30am and am still up. Back pain is intense heating pad stop working so I got my "rice sock" out put it in microwave and put it on back or wherever, Just sick of not being able to get decent sleep. Any suggestions. Im...

Darkchocolate I guess it could be the sweeteners but after 2 days with no carbonated drinks I have seen a good amount of relief. Dont get me wrong the pain is still there but any relief is better than anything ....

Andreap, I know the feeling I was diagnosed in January and am still learning new things about what irritates the symptoms and makes flares worse. I found out this am that carbonated beverages are not a good thing. Didnt have any for 2 days b/f bought me a diet pepsi and didnt even drink it...

Hey Cheryl Ann, Yes I have lots of problems with my hands and wrists. Dr told me not only do I have fibro, arthritis but also degenerative joint disease... When mine act up I either warm them with a heating pad or hot water. I feel for you . sending soft hugs