I use natural / homeopathic medicine... and some oriental

right now Pinnapple juice , Arnica montana and stop pain spray,...

opps and epsom salt baths with aromatherepy

Decongestant + Guaifenesin (expectorant) to clear bodywide congestion.

Treat drinking water by adding alkali solution (comp pharm makes it for me) to keep it neutral - 7.4 ph.

Test and monitor saliva pH to keep it as close as possible to 7.0.

Paxil - at night. Have serotonin problems - depression, panic/anxiety, obsessive/compulsive and procrastination - and they came with the Fibro.

Don't eat any acid food or drink. From grapefruit to even raisins.
No soft drinks.
No tomatoes in any form.

Eat a small amount of protein (cheese works) before bed to eliminate night sweats.

Wear eye mask and ear plugs to block out all light and all sound at the head for deep restorative sleep.

Annie

I have fibromyalgia, bipolar disorder with anxiety, degenerative disk disease, sciatica, arthritis, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. For those, I take Lyrica, Lamictal, Celexa, Trazadone, Klonopin, Procardia XL, Univasc, Potassium, and Hydrodiuril. I just started on the Lyrica a few days ago and notice only slight relief. Hopefully, it will become more effective. Except for the sciatica and disk disease, everything is controlled well by my meds. However, the pain from the sciatica and fibro is debilitating at times. Do you have any tips for pain control/management? I've read a lot of stuff but never communicated with anyone about it. Does the depo-medrol help? I had one trigger point injection that helped for a week. Should I ask my doctor to give my the bi-weekly ones that you take? I am in agony. Thanks for any info.

Zanaflex did nothing for me.....which lead me to the Robaxin!

If you tell the doc that they only last for a week....then she/he should be able to help you. I think that steroids can only be given every 2 weeks though. Something about brittle bones.
I tell you if I didn't go every 2 weeks I would be a hurting soldier.

Did you take the Topamax for your fibro pain? I take it for migraine prevention...I am up to 200mg a day and it is not helping head or fibro pain...so thinking about changing to another med just for the fibro pain...thoughts?
Lisa

Hi Happygeek,

This thread is 4 years old (the other one you bumped was about 2 years old). Oftentimes, posters move on from the forum and won't see your replies.

While there is a lot of sage advice in old threads, if you have current questions, you'll usually get more responses by starting a new thread about the issue.

Sorry, I have no experience with Topamax. Good luck !

I seem to have my FM pain and sleep problems under control witn zanax and vicodin (now oxycodone). Before I got on this combination my sleep deprivation was extreme. It was so bad one of my employees asked me to accompany her to her neurologist's appointment and explain what I had found on her (I am a chiropractor). When we got in the room the neuro (a good friend of mine) turned to me and said this appointment is for you. Your staff is having a hard time working with you due to your severe sleep disorder and unsociable behavior.

We tried vicodin and zanax and it worked. I went fron several years of one to four hours sleep a night to a restful all night sleep on the first day.

Since I first started this we have made minor increases in strength and now ten years later I am still sleeping through the night almost every night 95%+.

Before trying this my GP (also a godd friend of mine) had put me on every thing he could think of to stop restless legs (except any narcotic pain reliever. I don't know if I would still be alive if the neurologist had not been brave enough to step up and try this even though it is definitely not considered an appropriate treatment for restless legs.

I am now taking 1mg of zanax and 1 oxycodone-acetaminophen (7.5-3.25) about 30 minutes before I want to go to sleep. I would suggest trying this if you are also suffering from restless leg (mine was very severe).

I take topomax and lamictil both for bipolar disorder but topomaxhas been known to help fibro
I take tinazadine 1 Mg a muscle relaxer cymbalta60 mg just started 2 weeks ago.
Nambutone 750 Mg antiflammatory. Oxycontin20 Mg twice daily Percocet 10 Mg twicedaily
With all these Meds I am still in pain.
Do yoga 3 times week pool. Aerobics twice a week