Re: Fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis and meds

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I have everything you mentioned plus many other things but with Lyrica I

personally did not have much luck.  After one week, it affected my vision so

that I could not see very well. I ended up not being able to take it. Others

however have had great luck. I believe if you go back to the archives there has

been a lot of discussion on Lyrica.

 

As far as fibro goes I have tried many things. They now have me on Humira for

that and other things. It seems to helping. Whether it is helping that or the

other things I am not sure but something is working because I do feel better.

Gwen

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 carman lyrica did not work for me but the problem i had with it was it made me

shake or some people call it tremble . and i like to paint ceramics so that did

not work for me . but i do wish you good luck

[Guest guest]

Harley,

Right now I am prepared to try almost anything within reason to help me get out

of pain on a daily basis. The bright light(s), the headaches, the stress, the

tiredness, the stiff muscles, the spasms,the swollen tendons (and so on). The

frustration on top of everything, from not being able to work and take care of

my children who are college and high school age is FRUSTRATING! TO THE MAX! I

have done this for 18 long, hard, grueling years.

I used to just read these e-mails; now I am finally writing to/ at some of them.

Maybe out of frustration, maybe out of reaching out.  However, thanks for

taking your time to write me! Bless YOU.

 

Carmen

---harley honey wrote:

>Carmem lyrica did not work for me but the problem i had with it was it made me

shake or some people call it tremble . and i like to paint ceramics so that did

not work for me . but i do wish you good luck

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> So, I'm wondering if it's time to talk to my doctor about something more than

over the counters. What experience do people have with Lyrica or what other

meds have you had success with to manage fibro and arthritis?

I don't have arthritis (well, maybe one finger) but I've had fibro forever. I've

tried Gabapentin (Neurontin) but not Lyrica. I had such incredibly swollen

extremities from the I couldn't continue with it - even my fingers were little

well-stuffed sausages. Aside from that the Gabapentin made me alternately

giggly and testy, and no one including me knew which one you were going to get

in any specific situation. Amazingly enough my friends are still speaking to me.

;-)

The antidepressants did quite a bit better, and most of them will shift the

quality of the pain for me at least a little. Cymbalta has been by far the

best, but Effexor worked pretty well too, and even Celexa and Zoloft did

something.

I was surprised to find that a combo cox1/2 anti-inflammatory called meloxicam

(Mobic) made an impact on my fibro pain. I don't use it a lot because of the

concerns over heart disease but it is effective.

Of the alternative stuff I've tried Seven Forest's Sappan 12 seemed to work the

best, though Magnesium maleate helped as well. Astonishingly enough Lance

Armstrong's FRS drink, though awful tasting and prohibitively expensive, made a

big difference in pain the couple of times I tried it. Go figure.