Sunnyraven
New member
- Joined
- May 20, 2014
- Messages
- 9
- Reason
- Undiagnosed
- Diagnosis
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- Country
- US
- State
- NC
Hello everyone,
I posted my newbie info already and now I don't know what to do. I came in to see him bc I had been dealing with intensifying neck/shoulder/knee/ect pain and migraines, which I never used to get. I had been trying NSAIDs with little improvement, except for my psoriatic arthritis pain/symptoms. He told me to stop taking NSAIDs, which is fine bc they weren't working anyway and started me on zanaflex 4mg 3x daily and Cymbalta. I have no insurance which is why it took me 5 months to go to dr since I'm unemployed due to my body not cooperating. Anyway zanaflex helped only marginally when I took it at the first sign of a migraine...it worked for 1.5 hours than migraine back. I know Cymbalta can take weeks to months to start working. I have a tramadol rx from a couple years ago that I only took once bc it made my heart rate elevate and very anxious! I am at times unable to get out of bed, much less work (at least 2 days a week). I need an inexpensive pain med that can get me through the worst of it until the cymbalta starts working. I'm going to call dr tomorrow, so please if anyone has any experience or suggestions please share!
Thank you!
I posted my newbie info already and now I don't know what to do. I came in to see him bc I had been dealing with intensifying neck/shoulder/knee/ect pain and migraines, which I never used to get. I had been trying NSAIDs with little improvement, except for my psoriatic arthritis pain/symptoms. He told me to stop taking NSAIDs, which is fine bc they weren't working anyway and started me on zanaflex 4mg 3x daily and Cymbalta. I have no insurance which is why it took me 5 months to go to dr since I'm unemployed due to my body not cooperating. Anyway zanaflex helped only marginally when I took it at the first sign of a migraine...it worked for 1.5 hours than migraine back. I know Cymbalta can take weeks to months to start working. I have a tramadol rx from a couple years ago that I only took once bc it made my heart rate elevate and very anxious! I am at times unable to get out of bed, much less work (at least 2 days a week). I need an inexpensive pain med that can get me through the worst of it until the cymbalta starts working. I'm going to call dr tomorrow, so please if anyone has any experience or suggestions please share!
Thank you!