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donna76140
donna76140

Hi I’ve recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and would love to hear from you my back neck shoulders elbows are the worst my mornings are the worst with out my pain medication I couldn’t cope but once it kicks in I feel like I can cope with the pain well sort of you know what I mean the doctor put me on milnacipran tried it don’t like it just not meant for me so currently taking mirtazapine had to go through terrible withdrawals to start the milnacipran stopped that now back on the mirtazapine 7.5mg at night 

10mg in the morning OxyContin and if I need another one about 3pm or just before bed my back is the worst oh my god my Neck shoulders elbows ache I get head aches I cry at the drop of a hat I feel mental sometimes I have a supportive family and a great doctor so would love to know what you take and info would be awesome right now 

Thank you so very much ❤️

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  • mandy12133
    mandy12133 donna76140

    Posted

    Hi Donna I havnt heard of any of the meds you have mentioned . I take oxactin each day for my depression .but for my fibro I'm trying to just cope on a mixture of paracetamol with codine and ibuprofen, just recently I have been taking tramadol as been getting very bad neck and shoulders with bad headaches . I have a sports massage every 6 weeks which helps but is very expensive at £60 for 1 hour. I've tried gabepeptin but hated it gave me very weird spaced out feelings . I try to keep as active as I can as this seems to help most . Gently walking , swimming . I have s spiky massage ball which I put against the wall and my back and roll over it .It's like a mini massage and that helps . Don't tho k there is anything that will stop all the pain and stiffness. Have u tried naproxen that helped a bit . Xx

    • donna76140
      donna76140 mandy12133

      Posted

      Thank you for your reply I wish over the counter pain meds would help me but they don’t touch the sides but my doctor really thought the milnacipran would be my saviour but no it’s a pain blocker antidepressant some people have great success others no I live in Australia so not sure where you live but the 10mg OxyContin twice a day helps with my pain I need and am trying different antidepressants that will help me sleep and not feel so emotional thank you again 😘

  • DawnRenee
    DawnRenee donna76140

    Posted

    HI Donna,

    Ive had Fibro for some time.. My pain is in my shoulders and arms and elbows  and is the worst in the mornings and evenings.  I currently take 1  - 325 mcg Percocet every 6-8 hours as needed and 7.5 mg prednisone in the morning at 5am when I get ready for work.  So I take the Percocet at 5am and then again about noon. Again about 4:30pm and again at 9-10pm. I also take Lyrica 3x a day along with the Percocet in the AM, NOON and at night. It helps a lot and I use a heating pad at night along with my electric mattress pad.  I also have a great doctor here in WI, but not such a supportive family, but great friends.

    I do what I can when I can. I work FT , because it is a desk job, and not a lot of running around.

    Maybe taking Lyrica would help you. During the winters here I also sometimes take MS COntin 10 mg at night instead of the Percocet. During the winter it seems to help more to sleep.

    • donna76140
      donna76140 DawnRenee

      Posted

      Thank you so much for your info my points of pain are similar to you 

      Thinking of you ❤️

    • donna76140
      donna76140 DawnRenee

      Posted

      I do sometimes take lyrica but it’s highly weight gaining and I feel I don’t need that on top of every thing else but definitely take one if I need to thank you again heaps for your info means a lot 😘😘

    • DawnRenee
      DawnRenee donna76140

      Posted

      that's one thing I have not had a problem with , with LYrica.. weight gain... not at all.. Sorry that it affects you...

      always something.......ggrrrr

    • donna76140
      donna76140 DawnRenee

      Posted

      That’s so good glad it helps I just take it when I really need it 

      Thank you so much you’ve helped me a lot ❤️

  • Mom44
    Mom44 donna76140

    Posted

    There are a lot of foods that cause inflammation try to stay away from those foods.  Eggs is one 
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