Re: hellowhitney, you lurker, Welcome/Cassandra/Pain

[Guest guest]

Dear Whitney,

Thanks for the suggestion on what helps the pain, other than PainMeds.

I have been taking the Flexiril/Cyclobenzeprine, 1 in am and 1 in pm, for a few

months. It

realy is the only thing that helps. I cannot take Ibuprophen or other NSAIDS

cause I am on

Lithium( and Nsaids are among the half million Litium interactions that could

Kill me) and I

have had a realy bad go with all antidepressants, mood stabalizers, 'atypicals'

and anti-

seizure meds so I think that's about every thing but I will look up Lexapro

before I go see

my Psychiatrist and ask her about it, just so she doesn't crapp all over all

over again.

Yes it hurts .And they want me to do YOGA? Next person who suggests yoga, I will

ask

them " and how many years have you studied yoga? " I bet the answer is about 6

years less

than me.

I realize I a starting to rant. I just can't stand these know it all health

care types who think

all I need is " DAILY EXERCISE " .

I am going to see the Pain Psychologist,but only to play with his head and so I

can tell

them all that I went.

So come on out of your lurking place more often Whitney and join in all the fun.

Cassandra

>

> >

> > hi Cassandra, I am usually a lurker on the boards, but your post

> > sounded so familiar to me. I have FMS but it is a result of another

> > disease that I have. I'm 25 and have been living with this for the

> > last 6 years. Finally it got so bad in the past year I sought

> > help. It took me so long to find the best combination for my pain.

> > First I was just given an endless prescription for Lortab. Of

> > course that does nothing for the pain most of the time. Then I was

> > put on a pain patch, it was great for the pain, but it was terrible

> > for me. I gained weight and would sleep way too much. After being

> > on all of these medications I finally decided to stop taking

> > anything that is an opiate. I just cannot form an addiction to

> > something like that. It controls you whether you admit it or not. I

> > am glad you specified " besides pain meds " . The one thing that has

> > helped me is taking a Flexeril every night before bed. It puts you

> > in stage 4 sleep (that most of us aren't getting with FMS)and it

> > relaxes your body so your muscles can repair. It took about 2 weeks

> > for me to see a major difference, but boy was it major. I take that

> > and a Lexapro 10mg every night and it keeps me feeling way better

> > than I used to.

> > I hope you can find your combination of activities and medications

> > that will keep FMS in check. (((hugs)))

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Cassandra,

I used to be on flexeril (pre-dx, but I suffered often with non-

specific spasms) but was " upgraded " to robaxin. That could be a

thought for you as I think it's the next step up from flexeril.

The past few days, coughing with the bronchitis like I have, I cannot

tell what is fibro pain, what is from coughing and what is from

just " blahs " . So I went to chiro and got adjusted and feel a little

better. Am taking all pain meds including the silly tylenol arthritis

because it helps with the headaches the coughing inspires.

I'm another one of those allery folks. I was hurting so bad the other

day, I almost went to my PCP for a shot of toradol, but I wouldn't

have been able to drive home.....

Darlene

> > >

> > > hi Cassandra, I am usually a lurker on the boards, but your

post

> > > sounded so familiar to me. I have FMS but it is a result of

another

> > > disease that I have. I'm 25 and have been living with this for

the

> > > last 6 years. Finally it got so bad in the past year I sought

> > > help. It took me so long to find the best combination for my

pain.

> > > First I was just given an endless prescription for Lortab. Of

> > > course that does nothing for the pain most of the time. Then I

was

> > > put on a pain patch, it was great for the pain, but it was

terrible

> > > for me. I gained weight and would sleep way too much. After

being

> > > on all of these medications I finally decided to stop taking

> > > anything that is an opiate. I just cannot form an addiction to

> > > something like that. It controls you whether you admit it or

not. I

> > > am glad you specified " besides pain meds " . The one thing that

has

> > > helped me is taking a Flexeril every night before bed. It puts

you

> > > in stage 4 sleep (that most of us aren't getting with FMS)and

it

> > > relaxes your body so your muscles can repair. It took about 2

weeks

> > > for me to see a major difference, but boy was it major. I take

that

> > > and a Lexapro 10mg every night and it keeps me feeling way

better

> > > than I used to.

> > > I hope you can find your combination of activities and

medications

> > > that will keep FMS in check. (((hugs)))

> > >

> >

>