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Old 10-23-2011, 09:01 AM
Kanga_chick Kanga_chick is offline
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Frown Gabapentin for Fibromyalgia

Hi there...

I was diagnosed with FM in June 2011 and given license for MM which I used almost daily but carefully and responsibly. I usually dealt with the daily pain but then when the day was over I would reach for my MM.

I was recently prescribed Gabapentin (300x3) in Sept 2011 for pain. I was on Cymbalta (90mg) but was taken off that and put on Lithium for Bipolar disorder. My psychiatrist has suggested strongly against the use of MM with Lithium especially while I get used to it.

I have a lot of pain now and have gradually increased my Gabapentin to 500mgx3... As I don't know what else to do for the pain...

I recently moved away from my family doctor & she was sick for my most recent appt of which I drove 7hrs for...
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