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Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Fibromyalgia syndrome is a widespread musculoskeletal pain and fatigue disorder which generally occurs in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons – the soft fibrous tissues in the body. This forum is for fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome (CFS/CFIDS). |
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11-16-2006, 08:50 PM | #1 | ||
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Forum: Fibromyalgia Post New Thread A warm hello to all.I have only posted a few times. So I don't want to bore anyone by repeating myself. I am recently diagnosed with Fibro,anklosing spondylitis,arthritis in several joints and cervical as well as lumber stenosis.Spondylosis,bone spurs,several disk herniations,root compression and Rls. For years I remained in the "probable M.S" status.The M.S clinic treated me with baclofen,klonopin,prozac,foltate, provigal etc...No interferons..thank God! I have a brain lesion left frontal lobe which has only grown slightly the past two years. A spinal neurosurgeon wanted to operate...doing a triple cervical fusion. When going for a second opinion regarding the surgery I was sent to a rheumy.He was able to determine my proper diagnosis.I was given requip and lyrica.The lyrica seemed promising at first. Then it made me sleepy and I gained weight....which I am already overweight.... Today I begin taking Robaxin and neurontin.And yes I still take provigal,and prozac.I also take loratab.Any input about these meds??? I have in the past tried skelaxan,nabutome,zanaflex etc....none of those helped.Thanks IZ Smilies Post Icons You may choose an icon for your message from the following list: No icon Additional Options Miscellaneous Options Automatically parse links in text Disable smilies in text Attach Files Valid file extensions: bmp doc gif jpe jpeg jpg pdf png psd txt zip Thread SubscriptionNotification Type: Do not subscribe No email notification Instant email notification Daily email notification Weekly email notification Post a Poll Yes, post a poll with this thread Number of poll options: (Maximum: 100) Posting Rules You may post new threads You may post replies You may post attachments You may edit your posts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:59 PM. Brought to you by the fine folks who publish mental health and psychology information at Psych Central • Mental Health Forums -- Default Style -- Chestnut vB 3.6.2 -- Black and Gold -- Country Comfort -- Epic -- Smart Brown Contact Us - Home - Archive - Top Powered by vBulletin • Copyright ©2000 - 2006, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. All posts copyright their original authors • Community Guidelines • Terms of Use • Privacy Policy |
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11-17-2006, 01:07 AM | #2 | |||
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Robaxin is a very good muscle relaxant and I have had success with it in the past. I am on Baclofen right now so I no longer take it. Neurontin however didn't help me one bit. I was up to 2400 mgs a day at one point. I gained 40 pounds on it and its been a struggle to even get a bit of it off. So be warned about that. Otherwise others have had success on neurontin.
Good luck with these meds and all the others you are on.
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11-17-2006, 01:13 AM | #3 | |||
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I have been on the klonopin, prozac, neurontin and lyrica at different times. I didn't find either the neurontin or lyrica to be worth the side-effects they caused. The klonopin worked fairly well, but it made me terribly forgetful. And the prozac, well, I didn't like the way it made me think, and it caused me to have some pretty vivid bad dreams.
I sure hope that your body chemisty mixes better with these meds. Like Fiberowendy said, some people get very good results from them. Take care, and good luck! Idealist |
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11-18-2006, 12:30 AM | #4 | |||
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I have been on gabapentin for about 3 years now and luckily it has really helped with my numbness and pins and needles.. I also take mirapex for RLS (that works to) baclofen (flexeril w/ baclofen as needed), nabilone (really really great for pain, effexor (and also tramacet for the really bad pain days, it's as needed as well)
I think that it is a lot of meds to be taking at such a young age (33) but... they seem to help me quite well although, it did take 4 years to get a dx, then to find the "right" medications that would work for me.. I guess what I am trying to say is be patient, it may take some time to find the right mix of meds, and although the side effects do suck, if the med works; then I guess it falls to what is the lesser of 2 evils? (I only say this as I to gained weight, and am trying like heck to take it off now.) Take Care Lisa
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