peme6040
New member
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2015
- Messages
- 1
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 11/2014
- Country
- US
- State
- IL
I'm fairly new to all of this, was diagnosed with Fibro back in Nov. My doctor put me on Lyrica 300 mg a day, Cymbalta, and at my request put me on Flexiril to help out my night and morning pain/stiffness. I'm also taking 440mg of Naproxen OTC twice day because I noticed less pain with it. Near the end of December I was noticing more pain and stiffness, specifically in my back, shoulder, and hips. So I found an old prescription I had of Ultram and decided to try that. I was taking 1 pill 4x a day and noticing no relief, in fact nothing whatsoever. I have read a lot of people use it for breakthrough pain and it works so I decided to try 2 pills 4 x a day. Still nothing and unfortunately got up to 3 pills about 3 times a day. That's when I stopped and gave in and said this isn't working.
So I scheduled an appointment for next week with my doctor about increasing the Lyrica and finding a possible medication that will help with pain relief. I guess what I'm asking is just to see what has worked for others. I know in the past hydrocodone has helped me w/ pain of surgeries and injuries, but not sure if my doctor will prescribe that. Just wondering what's good and what to stay away from.
So I scheduled an appointment for next week with my doctor about increasing the Lyrica and finding a possible medication that will help with pain relief. I guess what I'm asking is just to see what has worked for others. I know in the past hydrocodone has helped me w/ pain of surgeries and injuries, but not sure if my doctor will prescribe that. Just wondering what's good and what to stay away from.