I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in July after several years of ruling out every other possibility under the sun. I do believe that my Mother also had this however in her day it was attributed to "old age aches and pains" and she suffered for years.
It has been a very trying few years as I have been put on so many drugs, anti depressants that I cant possibly remeber them all..none of them worked and pretty much just made me feel crazy to accompany the pain.
I finally found a doctor that doesnt treat me like its all in my head and he is a pain management specialist, after reviewing the loads of meds I have taken he tried Lyrica, Cymbalta and Gabetin (sp) all to no avail as I cant tolerate the side effects. I am now on Percocet and take a small amount in the evening in order to sleep as I also have RLS. I work fulltime by luckily work from home so spend my days with hot water bottles on my shoulders, neck you name it. I am just so grateful right now to sleep at night as that rarely happened to me in 3 years and I was pretty beat up.
I am glad I found this forum, I have friends and family but would love to make new friends that truly understand what I am going through.
It has been a very trying few years as I have been put on so many drugs, anti depressants that I cant possibly remeber them all..none of them worked and pretty much just made me feel crazy to accompany the pain.
I finally found a doctor that doesnt treat me like its all in my head and he is a pain management specialist, after reviewing the loads of meds I have taken he tried Lyrica, Cymbalta and Gabetin (sp) all to no avail as I cant tolerate the side effects. I am now on Percocet and take a small amount in the evening in order to sleep as I also have RLS. I work fulltime by luckily work from home so spend my days with hot water bottles on my shoulders, neck you name it. I am just so grateful right now to sleep at night as that rarely happened to me in 3 years and I was pretty beat up.
I am glad I found this forum, I have friends and family but would love to make new friends that truly understand what I am going through.