Momz- i'm sorry that you're in such pain all the time.....i hope you and the docs can figure something out.

Richard.... I think that each person is different in how they do or don't respond to medications, especially in these combinations. to manage all of this i take Keppra (500mg 4x daily), oxycodone (5mg 3x daily), lidocaine patches, and Cymbalta (30mg 2x) . Like JoKat, I was opposed to taking an A/D, but I've found that it helped ALOT. I took lortab for a year, but switched when i started getting less relief from that, and I was worried about liver and kidney toxicity from the acetimenophen part of that. I had been taking Lyrica also, and that worked GREAT until i had an allergic reaction to it . I don't think I took it long enough to worry about diabetes or weight gain from it.