ChinaCat
Member
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2017
- Messages
- 20
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 05/2017
- Country
- US
- State
- IL
I’m having a flare in my left side upper back/neck. It’s like a burning pain and I can’t get comfortable. I didn’t sleep at all last night. I feel panicky and hopeless and i don’t know how to resolve it.
I’ve used dry heat and moist heat. I’ve taken Valium and tramadol (not at the same time). I’ve tried ibuprofen. I take Cymbalta daily. I take medical marijuana. But I work, so I can’t take meds that’ll alter my state of being at work. All I can do is ibuprofen, tramadol and a heating pad at work.
I’ll have to wait days, if not weeks to see my rheumatologist. And even if I do, I feel hopeless that she can do anything to help except prescribe meds and give me a cortisone shot.
What strategies do you guys use to cope? Should I try to get a massage? Dry needling (that worked once in the past before diagnosis).
This pain is all I can see right now. It even hurts to breathe.
I’ve used dry heat and moist heat. I’ve taken Valium and tramadol (not at the same time). I’ve tried ibuprofen. I take Cymbalta daily. I take medical marijuana. But I work, so I can’t take meds that’ll alter my state of being at work. All I can do is ibuprofen, tramadol and a heating pad at work.
I’ll have to wait days, if not weeks to see my rheumatologist. And even if I do, I feel hopeless that she can do anything to help except prescribe meds and give me a cortisone shot.
What strategies do you guys use to cope? Should I try to get a massage? Dry needling (that worked once in the past before diagnosis).
This pain is all I can see right now. It even hurts to breathe.