Hopefullone
New member
- Joined
- Nov 28, 2015
- Messages
- 8
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 08/2015
- Country
- US
- State
- MA
Doc says I have "early" fibromyalgia. I need rest to help treat this but am having awful pain on upper arm and hip while sleeping on side. Other sleeping positions don't work for me.
The exhaustion is so incredibly debilitating I can't function at all anymore and stunned I haven't had a heart attack. The bags under my eyes are unbelievable and people look at me like I'm mentally ill or crazy, I look so bad. I just want to be rested enough to go back to work and to be able to show up for life. The isolation is very depressing.
Doc said to take Motrin before bed (doesnt last long enough through the precious early morning sleep I need); to get massages (I'm broke); to try Cymbalta (does this work or is it an old now-disproven therapy that barely touches the physical pain?)
He said my blood work was fine except for borderline anemia so he wants me to have iron infusions (this sounds crazy and like a "band-aid" to me - I just need some rest!)
I asked if there was a specialist of any type he could send me to for the pain and he said no. Isn't this where a good doc might refer me to a pain mgmt clinic or something?
By the way, I had to FIGHT to get him to even meet with me about this. I actually had to go to hospital administration to get him to see me!
Any suggestions?
The exhaustion is so incredibly debilitating I can't function at all anymore and stunned I haven't had a heart attack. The bags under my eyes are unbelievable and people look at me like I'm mentally ill or crazy, I look so bad. I just want to be rested enough to go back to work and to be able to show up for life. The isolation is very depressing.
Doc said to take Motrin before bed (doesnt last long enough through the precious early morning sleep I need); to get massages (I'm broke); to try Cymbalta (does this work or is it an old now-disproven therapy that barely touches the physical pain?)
He said my blood work was fine except for borderline anemia so he wants me to have iron infusions (this sounds crazy and like a "band-aid" to me - I just need some rest!)
I asked if there was a specialist of any type he could send me to for the pain and he said no. Isn't this where a good doc might refer me to a pain mgmt clinic or something?
By the way, I had to FIGHT to get him to even meet with me about this. I actually had to go to hospital administration to get him to see me!
Any suggestions?