Bunny
New member
- Joined
- Aug 19, 2014
- Messages
- 1
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 10/1998
- Country
- CA
- State
- BC
Hello,
I am new to this forum. I have had fibromyalgia for over 15 years and have dealt with it by trying various sleeping medications, low dose antidepressants to help my chronic insomnia. I am 47 now and have finally hit a point where nothing seems to be working to help me to sleep. I am taking 3.75 mg/ night of zopiclone and have been on this for the past 5 months but it only gets me 3-4 hours of sleep a night. Not enough for me to be able to function with the fibromyalgia pain. I am attempting to taper off of this now, but it is he'll since I get even less sleep and much more Anxiety with each cut to my dosage. I have never tried any pain meds before, so wondered what works for others that I could possibly try while I am tapering off this sleeping pill? I am also curious as to what others do to help their sleep that works for them? I have tried all kinds of natural things, but none of that really works for me. Does gabapentin work for both pain and sleep?
Many thanks!
Bunny
I am new to this forum. I have had fibromyalgia for over 15 years and have dealt with it by trying various sleeping medications, low dose antidepressants to help my chronic insomnia. I am 47 now and have finally hit a point where nothing seems to be working to help me to sleep. I am taking 3.75 mg/ night of zopiclone and have been on this for the past 5 months but it only gets me 3-4 hours of sleep a night. Not enough for me to be able to function with the fibromyalgia pain. I am attempting to taper off of this now, but it is he'll since I get even less sleep and much more Anxiety with each cut to my dosage. I have never tried any pain meds before, so wondered what works for others that I could possibly try while I am tapering off this sleeping pill? I am also curious as to what others do to help their sleep that works for them? I have tried all kinds of natural things, but none of that really works for me. Does gabapentin work for both pain and sleep?
Many thanks!
Bunny