Hi fellow fibros!

Elisabeth, that's really sad about your doctors there. There are a lot of good fibro support groups on the internet.

I like this one, but there are many.

http://www.fibrohugs.com/

And another: http://groups.msn.com/FIBROWHAT/welcome.msnw

For a long time I waited for Cymbalta (an antidepressant) to come out on the market. I remember a Braintalk member who was part of their trials. Anyway, it's touted to help Fibro and other physical problems.

So I started on it and went up to 90 mg. My doc told me that he had gotten information that for pain Cymbalta wasn't effective enough at 30 or 60 mg, but that 90 was the magic point. I told him I wasn't all that sure that it was helping my fibro, but that I hadn't had any major flares.

Well recently, a month ago, I went down to 60 mg because I didn't think that it was helping my depression enough and thought about going off. I was absolutely flabbergasted at what happened.

I awoke one morning with this familiar pain. My feet hurt, my hands and arms ached, etc., etc. And I thought to myself, oh my god, it has been helping my pain. I had forgotten how it felt to be like that on a daily basis.

Fibro is not in your head! Have you been to an arthritis specialist? I forgot what they call those doctors. (Hey! I didn't say that Cymbalta has improved my memory problems!) I hope you are able to get in touch with some good doctors.