HI All!

It's so nice to see the fibro people again!

Slogo, I have CMP pretty bad. I noticed someone said their CMP comes and goes. My CMP is ALWAYS there, some times better than others. You can touch me hard anywhere, literally, on my body, and it hurts. Some places with just a feather of a touch.

My fibro comes and goes though I haven't had a really major flare in awhile.

I started on Cymbalta when it came out to try and address my pain issue with the fibro and CMP. I didn't think it was helping so I decided to lower my dose. I was SO shocked when I woke up one morning after that and all these familiar pains (that I had forgotten about) were back with a vengeance. So I took the dose back up to 90 mg.

I'll never forget when I was first diagnosed. It was the first and biggest flare. I was dying inside from the pain. I'd go home at night after work and throw blankets in my dryer to get really hot, then just wrap myself up in them. I hurt every where possible.

After an intiatial diagnosis of some phantom pain, and a couple more doctor visits, I was diagnosed. The pain was so severe with the onset that my doctor put me on percodan and I blessed the day he was born. It was the only thing that got rid of the pain that time.

I also remember after being diagnosed I was initially shocked and felt very sad.

Now I can look back on my life and recognize diseases and symptoms that all are related to the fibro.

It's difficult to deal with.

I can't remember right now the type of specialisst who finally diagnosed me. LOL, must be that ole fibro fog! (Couldn't be my age!) One of those who specializes in arthritis etc, whatever they're called.

Good luck!