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My pcp was out on vaca, so I had to see his associate, she is now sending me to the pain clinic. She thinks I am to young to be on in her words " such a high dose if Soma" it it 250 mgs 2 xs a day along with 7.5 vicodin 2xs a day. This is what works for me. This is after years of trying...

Hi all, Forgive me if this has already been addressed -- I looked around but am so foggy and tired today I didn't put much effort into it. Has anyone else been found to have elevated cortisol, and if so, do you feel that is related to your Fibro symptoms? I am waiting on the results of a third...

Hi everyone - thank you for taking the time to read my post. I have been reading a lot here the last few days. I have not officially been diagnosed yet but my Rheumatologist sent me home with bunches of website links and talked to us ( hubby) at length about Fibro at my appointment on...

Hello Friends, I am a 65 year old female retired public school teacher. I had to retire in 1997 when I was diagnosised with FM. I had taught second grade 5 years and first grade 23 years. I enjoyed teaching and grieved very much when I had to retire at the age of 50. I was in an inner city...

Has anyone approached the pituitary gland and testing to see if this is the problem? I am reading a new book and this Physician focuses on hormones and different effects the pituitary gland can have on us. In terms of Fibro... I have a Dr. appointment tomorrow and want to approach this with...

I was on this site fairly often when I first started dealing with having Fibro but then I stopped because I thought I had a handle on the issue. After seeing a PCP, back specialist, sports medicine doc, rheumatologist, 3 psychiatrists, 2 pain management specialists, orthopedists, podiatrist...

This is my first time on this or any other support forum. I am admittantly a little nervous. Well, here goes nothing: I have spent most of my life with no insurance. I knew that I had pain, but I didn't know what it was or why. I haven't had the easiest life, so I figured that the pain i felt...

I finally found a great pain specialist after dealing with Kaiser primary care physicians. The pain specialist deals with his own chronic pain, so he can identify with his patients. My PCP's (primary care physicians) at Kaiser didn't really care about my situation. They were disrespectful. When...

Hello everyone, I have not been diagnosed with als but am very scared that i have it. I have a long story but I will try to shorten it as much as possible. i got the swine flu back in april and have been having weird neurological symptoms ever since. It first started out with my arm feeling...

I joined this group in October and have been reading your posts, almost daily, since then. This is my first post. Due to the fact that the medical community seems to have so few answers I find the antecdotal information on this site very helpful. This is my story: In the middle of August, 2006...