Fibro research..... what it does not tell you

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It also says this is not a progressive illness.... that it will not get worse

with years. It says alot of places I read that it stays the same or gets

better. Not so for me and not so for a few hundred other people I have talked

to. Mine has worsened by at least triple in the last 3 years or so.

One reason they might say narcotic pain relief is not effective is because

they don't want to say it is. The reason??? this is a chronic pain condition

and it is not always practical to use narcotics for chornic pain for the obvious

reasons of fear of " addiction " and " dependence " . When I was first diagnosed

with fibro, I asked my doctor for something for pain without taking narcotics.

Advil, Tylenol, Aleve, Aspirin, .... nothing over the counter would stop the

pain anymore. I went on Tramadol. It was fine for about a year until the pain

worsened.

I did not want to go on narcotic pain meds. I found myself thinking of how

important pain relief is to me. Because I will have this the rest of my life

and I really do not enjoy the fact that I might have to continue to take

stronger narcotics for it. It is just traditionally not a practical thing to

do. Narcotics have been reserved in the past for acute pain such as post

operative pain or broken bones. I will add cancer. No one counted on fibro

actually coming into the picture. And for those that don't need narcotics, I

think that is great. It is wonderful and I am glad you don't need them. But

for me, I have to have the pain relieved to some extent so I can keep pushing my

body to go to work.

love and hugs,

Debra V.

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I don't know who did the research, but I can say that they are full

of bs!!! Mine has not only gotten worse, it has gone for happening

in the spring for 2 years, spring and fall for a few years and as the

years have progressed it is now a constant!!!

Wonder who they were doing research on?????

Oh! I can't wait!!! until sometime in May or June when I have an

appointment with my favorite psychiatrist (ever heard of anyone

liking their psychiatrisit???) But I can't find the paper I wrote

the date on!!! Oh, the joys of fibro fog, brain over load!

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> It also says this is not a progressive illness.... that it will not

get worse with years. It says alot of places I read that it stays

the same or gets better. Not so for me and not so for a few hundred

other people I have talked to. Mine has worsened by at least triple

in the last 3 years or so.

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> One reason they might say narcotic pain relief is not effective

is because they don't want to say it is. The reason??? this is a

chronic pain condition and it is not always practical to use

narcotics for chornic pain for the obvious reasons of fear

of " addiction " and " dependence " . When I was first diagnosed with

fibro, I asked my doctor for something for pain without taking

narcotics. Advil, Tylenol, Aleve, Aspirin, .... nothing over the

counter would stop the pain anymore. I went on Tramadol. It was

fine for about a year until the pain worsened.

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> I did not want to go on narcotic pain meds. I found myself

thinking of how important pain relief is to me. Because I will have

this the rest of my life and I really do not enjoy the fact that I

might have to continue to take stronger narcotics for it. It is just

traditionally not a practical thing to do. Narcotics have been

reserved in the past for acute pain such as post operative pain or

broken bones. I will add cancer. No one counted on fibro actually

coming into the picture. And for those that don't need narcotics, I

think that is great. It is wonderful and I am glad you don't need

them. But for me, I have to have the pain relieved to some extent so

I can keep pushing my body to go to work.

>

> love and hugs,

> Debra V.

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