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Want to hear others pain management... I need help

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timlit2r
timlit2r

Hello,

I am a 26 year old male and was diagnosed with fibro in march. this was after 2 years of suffering with chronic wide spread pain but most typically on my torso and back. they did all the tests and images and a rheumatologist diagnosed me with fibromyalgia .

He put me on Cymbalta to work on pain and the depression the pain had caused me. its helped pretty good for my mental health but done absolutley nothing for my pain. the pain is getting so much worse. i just has a baby and i cant help my wife as much as she needs because some days even holding my girl is agonizing for my back.

I want to hear what everyone els is doing... NASIDS and tylonal do nothing, im basically at the point of asking my doc for narcotics...

please let me know of anything that works for you.

Tim

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  • dawn90956
    dawn90956 timlit2r

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    I'm so sorry for you Tim . I'm having scans on my hips. to see if I've got bursitis as I have bursitis in my shoulder. I'm hoping it is as steroid injections have worked on my shoulder. I'm on antidepressants matazipine to help me sleep. Dawn

  • Oompa
    Oompa timlit2r

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    Hi Tim, so sorry to hear this. I'm guessing you're in the states? Use of the word narcotics? Anyway I'm in the UK, and I've been on everything until I found something that worked paracetamol with combined codeine for the pain and nortrptyline to help me sleep. Well I've been on the codeine for about 6 years and it was I who realised that I am very dependent on my meds. My doctor never thought we should review, even when I went to say the original prescribed dose was no longer effective, they prescribed me 30mg, so I was ingesting 240mg daily sometimes more. And now even that dosage isn't doing anything, so please as tempting it is for serious drugs prescribed by your doctor try and avoid. My solace has been keeping me distracted with hobbies, art, reading and regular netball. I also try and reduce stress where feasible. No one really understand the pain we have, and for me was the acceptance for my own mental health. So now I'm slowly reducing my doses so having one instead of two tablets, so I've reduced 60mg but it's a long hard process. Does it help? No, but I'm looking at keeping busy as often as possible, and slowly I've been able to do things with friends and family. Probably not the answer you were looking for but hopefully gives some idea?

  • joanbo
    joanbo timlit2r

    Posted

    When I have particular flare ups I find physio helps and in particular traction on my back. I also have traction on my neck as I suffer with shoulder, neck and arm pain. I haven't yet found a suitable analgesic but take gabapentin which helps with the random pain ,burning sensations and restless legs. I think exercise does help - dig deep and find the energy to take your new baby out for a walk every day, you will get joy from it even though you maybe in sore afterwards (you will be anyway). I hope this helps you.

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