I was taking Modafinil (Provigil) for the narcoleptic type fatigue, but stopped taking all meds except for LDN and Ibuprofen for a while in an attempt to give this body a rest from the medication trials and side effects that I've been going through over the past couple of months.
The body has been experiencing pain and spasms (especially at night and in the morning) as a result.

I started back on the Baclofen to control the spasms so I could get some sleep and that seemed to be OK. Then I began taking Modafinil when the extreme day time sleep episode-fatigue thing kicked back in last week. Hmmmm....a "rare" side effect of that drug is joint and muscle pain, and I've certainly got that going on over the past few days.

It has left me with quite a problem because I've been needing to use my cane to take the pressure of my back and hip spasms, as well as to help me walk because my left ankle is swollen, stiff and painful. But I haven't been able to use it very well in the last few days because both of my wrists are screwed and pressing down on the cane is just too painful. Sitting makes the back and hip spasms worse, as does laying down for too long.
Looks like I may need to go to my crutches because I need to move around more, and the crutches will put some of the body's weight onto the arm pits.

Speaking of which, this is definitely the pits because I'm now off the Modafinil again to see if that was causing the increased joint and muscle pain; so I'm nodding off in the middle of things again. In addition to that, my left leg and hip spasms & pain have become down right nasty, so its back to the PCP if it doesn't settle by tomorrow...and that probably means trying yet another drug. Can't live like this without some sort of medication, at least to control the pain; yet I'm loathe to try something new .

Passing the cheese...

With love, Erika