No brain fog is good. When I took elavil, it was fine for staying asleep but the hangover/zombie effect was not worth it. I guess we are all awaiting magic pills.

Hey, Warbelsnap. Neurontin I believe has a side effect of hair loss? With Cymbalta it is more of a rare occurrence. I didn't experience hair loss or weight gain with Cymbalta. I didn't realize how much it was helping with the Fibro until I quit taking it. But, I felt it wasn't helping with my depression at all.

I have to have help for the depression and so far the Prozac seems to be going fine. I've also lost all the weight I had gained from years on that awful Paxil But the Prozac definitely doesn't do a thing for pain.

I'm flared right now with both the fibro and arthritis. Such fun...not!

I always highly recommend Nioxin hair products for anyone! It's great at preventing and stopping hair loss.

Doody,
You are right...the hair loss is a rare side affect. Not sure if it is one of the neurotin, but I wouldn't put it passed it. I've been on the cymbalta longer than the neurotin and the hair loss just seems to be getting worse. I will have to my Dr either way. I this rate I will be bald and suffering. . Also sorry to hear about your flare up. The last couple of weeks have been worse than normal for me also. The weather changed down here from cold to not bad (low 70s) and just changed again to the mid to low 50s.
Have you tried zoloft? I've been taking it for at least 3 yrs and I love it. I had to have a full hysterectomy at the age of 29 because of endometriosis and they couldn't save anything. I still say zoloft saved my marriage. We were all leaving in heck because of the moodiness not just from day to day but from moment to moment.

Hugssss
I am undx, with many MS like sxs...my mom has fibro though. I was told once it was that from a neuro, but then he didnt put that in his report. Then my pcp, said no all this cant be fibro. So still getting figured out some day.

I have lots of stiffness in morning, and I walk like age 99 first thing, and have to be careful. I am mom of five kids, work a hard fast on the feet type of job.. Once up out of bed and around a bit, I loosen up enough to do my work.

I am on neurontin, for tingling pain I get with numbness, it helps that a LOT!

Just curious if anyone knows what is best for the stiffness stuff, is that what you are trying Cymbalta for?? Hoping neurontin isnt the hair loss culprit..I havent noticed much. But with each child after giving birth I was losing so much hair.

anyhow, wanted to say sorry about your pain and ailments..good luck on the meds. and was curious about the stiffness stuff hugssssssss,sarah

I always highly recommend Nioxin hair products for anyone! It's great at preventing and stopping hair loss.[/QUOTE]

I'd love to hear which Nioxin products you use for preventing/stopping hair loss.

Sabimax,

My short lived stint on Cymbalta seemed to help enormously w/ stiffness.

thanks antonina...someday maybe I will try that... just dont want to be taking lots of meds at once. Right now and probably forever I will be on the Neurontin, and right now taking Prednisone taper down med for my sxs flaring. hugsss,sarah

((Atonina)) I just use the Nioxin shampoo and conditioner, though they do have other heavy duty products for the scalp. My son-in-law used it when he had a bad bout with alopecia a few years ago and it helped him as well. If you want to look at this link, what I use are the Shampoo and Scalp Therapy. The scalp therapy also is wonderful on any area of your skin. There is also a Product Locator tab here. If you type in your zip code, you can find stores that sell it. http://nioxin.com/en/products/scalp-...em-1?xPos=10.5

My best story though is one of my best friends. Years ago I gave her a 'travel-pack' of Nioxin to try. Her hair was very thin and fine. Since then, she has never used another product! At salons sometimes you get lucky and can find a set of the shampoo and conditioner in a package for sale, in big bottles. It's not cheap. But it also takes very little to use!

((Sabimax)) BOY HOWDY on the stiffness! What you said describes me many mornings! Like a 99 year old woman. Once I get to work and get around for a bit, the stiffness starts to wear off. I do think that the Cymbalta helped me, but again...it wasn't for me in terms of depression. There have also been reports of 'suicidal' thinking while on it..I was one of those, but then...a lot of ADs warn about that. Plus at the time I was taking Ambien and that could have been the villain in my 'suicidal ideology'.

Often I also wake up with stiff and sore feet. Weird.

Doody,
I'm psyched!! I'm going to buy Nioxin and will report back. It certainly can't hurt since whatever I'm doing ain't working. Thank you for the info.

Doody,
I am in total agreement with antonina about trying the Nioxin. What I am doing right now is not helping. I'll ge back to you on how it work. Thank you friend for helping with another issue.
Gentle huggs to all.