I'm feeling so well I'm scared!!

[Guest guest]

Hi! Read your message. Don't know which particular antidepressant

your doctor chose to start you on but the up feeling , the slightly

manic energy, gotta move feeling is a side effect of many

antidepressants when you first begin to take them. For

example...Elavil. It takes about 7-14 days for these type of meds

to get fully integrated into your system..after that period of time

passes, you will be better able to assess your situation. You may

just be a good candidate for this treatment and the restoration of

deep sleep may make your aching and lack of energy or tiredness

become light enough to allow you to continue on with your life with

only a few modifications (The lie-down at lunch is a good idea!)...

Don't know if this helps at all...My fingers are crossed for

you!...Lamisa

> I'm one of the new ones. I joined this group a week ago just after

I came back home from seeing the doctor who finally diagnosed

fibromyalgia.

> The thing is, I'm only taking some triciclic antidepressant he gave

me to help me get a repairing sleep and increase my tolerance to

pain, also the usual aloe vera on getting up in the morning, the warm

showers at night before going to bed, nothing special...and,

honestly, I don't know what's happening to me:

>

> is it just that someone finally confirmed the diagnosis without any

doubt, and so now I feel euphoric only because of that?

> is it that I'm more relaxed now I don't have to think of what

doctor I'll be seeing next? no more tests? no more " there's nothing

wrong with you " ?

> is it that the medication is acting earlier than with others?

>

> It's not that I'm completely free from some disconfort and

tiredness, but I just lay for a few minutes after getting home from

work and then after lunch and that's it, there I go again, I can

actually do things, I can do the washing up and then hanging the

clothes outside and then something else, all three things in a row!!

This was completely unthinkable a few days ago, it has been

impossible for me to do more than one of those things a day,

sometimes I just used to spend the day pushing myself around the

house, unable to stand up and do anything. I can't believe it, but

more than three days completely free of excruciating pain, restless

sleep, complete exhaustion, inability to carry out the most

insignificant physical task...I can't manage it.

> After ten years, I honestly can't handle actually feeling allright!

> Am I crazy???

> Please, has anybody here ever felt like this? So afraid of the

fall??

>

> Honestly, I don't know what to do with this energy. How long does

it take to get used to it before being back to the pit again?

>

> I need advice...

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi! Read your message. Don't know which particular antidepressant

your doctor chose to start you on but the up feeling , the slightly

manic energy, gotta move feeling is a side effect of many

antidepressants when you first begin to take them. For

example...Elavil. It takes about 7-14 days for these type of meds

to get fully integrated into your system..after that period of time

passes, you will be better able to assess your situation. You may

just be a good candidate for this treatment and the restoration of

deep sleep may make your aching and lack of energy or tiredness

become light enough to allow you to continue on with your life with

only a few modifications (The lie-down at lunch is a good idea!)...

Don't know if this helps at all...My fingers are crossed for

you!...Lamisa

> I'm one of the new ones. I joined this group a week ago just after

I came back home from seeing the doctor who finally diagnosed

fibromyalgia.

> The thing is, I'm only taking some triciclic antidepressant he gave

me to help me get a repairing sleep and increase my tolerance to

pain, also the usual aloe vera on getting up in the morning, the warm

showers at night before going to bed, nothing special...and,

honestly, I don't know what's happening to me:

>

> is it just that someone finally confirmed the diagnosis without any

doubt, and so now I feel euphoric only because of that?

> is it that I'm more relaxed now I don't have to think of what

doctor I'll be seeing next? no more tests? no more " there's nothing

wrong with you " ?

> is it that the medication is acting earlier than with others?

>

> It's not that I'm completely free from some disconfort and

tiredness, but I just lay for a few minutes after getting home from

work and then after lunch and that's it, there I go again, I can

actually do things, I can do the washing up and then hanging the

clothes outside and then something else, all three things in a row!!

This was completely unthinkable a few days ago, it has been

impossible for me to do more than one of those things a day,

sometimes I just used to spend the day pushing myself around the

house, unable to stand up and do anything. I can't believe it, but

more than three days completely free of excruciating pain, restless

sleep, complete exhaustion, inability to carry out the most

insignificant physical task...I can't manage it.

> After ten years, I honestly can't handle actually feeling allright!

> Am I crazy???

> Please, has anybody here ever felt like this? So afraid of the

fall??

>

> Honestly, I don't know what to do with this energy. How long does

it take to get used to it before being back to the pit again?

>

> I need advice...

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi! Read your message. Don't know which particular antidepressant

your doctor chose to start you on but the up feeling , the slightly

manic energy, gotta move feeling is a side effect of many

antidepressants when you first begin to take them. For

example...Elavil. It takes about 7-14 days for these type of meds

to get fully integrated into your system..after that period of time

passes, you will be better able to assess your situation. You may

just be a good candidate for this treatment and the restoration of

deep sleep may make your aching and lack of energy or tiredness

become light enough to allow you to continue on with your life with

only a few modifications (The lie-down at lunch is a good idea!)...

Don't know if this helps at all...My fingers are crossed for

you!...Lamisa

> I'm one of the new ones. I joined this group a week ago just after

I came back home from seeing the doctor who finally diagnosed

fibromyalgia.

> The thing is, I'm only taking some triciclic antidepressant he gave

me to help me get a repairing sleep and increase my tolerance to

pain, also the usual aloe vera on getting up in the morning, the warm

showers at night before going to bed, nothing special...and,

honestly, I don't know what's happening to me:

>

> is it just that someone finally confirmed the diagnosis without any

doubt, and so now I feel euphoric only because of that?

> is it that I'm more relaxed now I don't have to think of what

doctor I'll be seeing next? no more tests? no more " there's nothing

wrong with you " ?

> is it that the medication is acting earlier than with others?

>

> It's not that I'm completely free from some disconfort and

tiredness, but I just lay for a few minutes after getting home from

work and then after lunch and that's it, there I go again, I can

actually do things, I can do the washing up and then hanging the

clothes outside and then something else, all three things in a row!!

This was completely unthinkable a few days ago, it has been

impossible for me to do more than one of those things a day,

sometimes I just used to spend the day pushing myself around the

house, unable to stand up and do anything. I can't believe it, but

more than three days completely free of excruciating pain, restless

sleep, complete exhaustion, inability to carry out the most

insignificant physical task...I can't manage it.

> After ten years, I honestly can't handle actually feeling allright!

> Am I crazy???

> Please, has anybody here ever felt like this? So afraid of the

fall??

>

> Honestly, I don't know what to do with this energy. How long does

it take to get used to it before being back to the pit again?

>

> I need advice...

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry I can't help you. I wish I could. I am still in excruciating pain

but I am so happy that you are getting some relief. I just want to tell you

to relax and enjoy it but don't overdo it.

Hugs,

Sherri

>

> I'm one of the new ones. I joined this group a week ago just after I came back

> home from seeing the doctor who finally diagnosed fibromyalgia.

> The thing is, I'm only taking some triciclic antidepressant he gave me to help

> me get a repairing sleep and increase my tolerance to pain, also the usual

> aloe vera on getting up in the morning, the warm showers at night before going

> to bed, nothing special...and, honestly, I don't know what's happening to me:

>

> is it just that someone finally confirmed the diagnosis without any doubt, and

> so now I feel euphoric only because of that?

> is it that I'm more relaxed now I don't have to think of what doctor I'll be

> seeing next? no more tests? no more " there's nothing wrong with you " ?

> is it that the medication is acting earlier than with others?

>

> It's not that I'm completely free from some disconfort and tiredness, but I

> just lay for a few minutes after getting home from work and then after lunch

> and that's it, there I go again, I can actually do things, I can do the

> washing up and then hanging the clothes outside and then something else, all

> three things in a row!! This was completely unthinkable a few days ago, it has

> been impossible for me to do more than one of those things a day, sometimes I

> just used to spend the day pushing myself around the house, unable to stand up

> and do anything. I can't believe it, but more than three days completely free

> of excruciating pain, restless sleep, complete exhaustion, inability to carry

> out the most insignificant physical task...I can't manage it.

> After ten years, I honestly can't handle actually feeling allright!

> Am I crazy???

> Please, has anybody here ever felt like this? So afraid of the fall??

>

> Honestly, I don't know what to do with this energy. How long does it take to

> get used to it before being back to the pit again?

>

> I need advice...

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry I can't help you. I wish I could. I am still in excruciating pain

but I am so happy that you are getting some relief. I just want to tell you

to relax and enjoy it but don't overdo it.

Hugs,

Sherri

>

> I'm one of the new ones. I joined this group a week ago just after I came back

> home from seeing the doctor who finally diagnosed fibromyalgia.

> The thing is, I'm only taking some triciclic antidepressant he gave me to help

> me get a repairing sleep and increase my tolerance to pain, also the usual

> aloe vera on getting up in the morning, the warm showers at night before going

> to bed, nothing special...and, honestly, I don't know what's happening to me:

>

> is it just that someone finally confirmed the diagnosis without any doubt, and

> so now I feel euphoric only because of that?

> is it that I'm more relaxed now I don't have to think of what doctor I'll be

> seeing next? no more tests? no more " there's nothing wrong with you " ?

> is it that the medication is acting earlier than with others?

>

> It's not that I'm completely free from some disconfort and tiredness, but I

> just lay for a few minutes after getting home from work and then after lunch

> and that's it, there I go again, I can actually do things, I can do the

> washing up and then hanging the clothes outside and then something else, all

> three things in a row!! This was completely unthinkable a few days ago, it has

> been impossible for me to do more than one of those things a day, sometimes I

> just used to spend the day pushing myself around the house, unable to stand up

> and do anything. I can't believe it, but more than three days completely free

> of excruciating pain, restless sleep, complete exhaustion, inability to carry

> out the most insignificant physical task...I can't manage it.

> After ten years, I honestly can't handle actually feeling allright!

> Am I crazy???

> Please, has anybody here ever felt like this? So afraid of the fall??

>

> Honestly, I don't know what to do with this energy. How long does it take to

> get used to it before being back to the pit again?

>

> I need advice...

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry I can't help you. I wish I could. I am still in excruciating pain

but I am so happy that you are getting some relief. I just want to tell you

to relax and enjoy it but don't overdo it.

Hugs,

Sherri

>

> I'm one of the new ones. I joined this group a week ago just after I came back

> home from seeing the doctor who finally diagnosed fibromyalgia.

> The thing is, I'm only taking some triciclic antidepressant he gave me to help

> me get a repairing sleep and increase my tolerance to pain, also the usual

> aloe vera on getting up in the morning, the warm showers at night before going

> to bed, nothing special...and, honestly, I don't know what's happening to me:

>

> is it just that someone finally confirmed the diagnosis without any doubt, and

> so now I feel euphoric only because of that?

> is it that I'm more relaxed now I don't have to think of what doctor I'll be

> seeing next? no more tests? no more " there's nothing wrong with you " ?

> is it that the medication is acting earlier than with others?

>

> It's not that I'm completely free from some disconfort and tiredness, but I

> just lay for a few minutes after getting home from work and then after lunch

> and that's it, there I go again, I can actually do things, I can do the

> washing up and then hanging the clothes outside and then something else, all

> three things in a row!! This was completely unthinkable a few days ago, it has

> been impossible for me to do more than one of those things a day, sometimes I

> just used to spend the day pushing myself around the house, unable to stand up

> and do anything. I can't believe it, but more than three days completely free

> of excruciating pain, restless sleep, complete exhaustion, inability to carry

> out the most insignificant physical task...I can't manage it.

> After ten years, I honestly can't handle actually feeling allright!

> Am I crazy???

> Please, has anybody here ever felt like this? So afraid of the fall??

>

> Honestly, I don't know what to do with this energy. How long does it take to

> get used to it before being back to the pit again?

>

> I need advice...

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

--- Newberry really summed this up a couple of days ago (I

think...fibrofog!).

It is also really nice to know you are not in imminent danger of

dying. No one believes how bad you feel because test after test is

normal! They believed me regarding fatigue but my pain was all in my

head.

I am trying to come out of a long bout of my CFS. This humid weather

we are having in the Ohio Valley is of no help at all. I can handle

the pain better than the fatigue! I still work full time

(fortunately I am out of college until fall; I take summers off). I

had my CFS in a ...well, remission. But I got sick training a

housekeeper at a Red Roof Inn. I'd had the flu and caught pneumonia

going from hot motel rooms to freezing winds. I supposedly was well

by late March but....I'm not where I was before I became ill.

Devan Starlanyl (sp) gives really good advice about building the

immune system and I am taking my thymus extract and astragalus root

along with a special comination of vitamins and minerals directed

toward my fibro/cfs.

It is scary knowing it is going to knock you down again.

In @y..., " Lancaster " wrote:

> I'm one of the new ones. I joined this group a week ago just after

I came back home from seeing the doctor who finally diagnosed

fibromyalgia.

> The thing is, I'm only taking some triciclic antidepressant he gave

me to help me get a repairing sleep and increase my tolerance to

pain, also the usual aloe vera on getting up in the morning, the warm

showers at night before going to bed, nothing special...and,

honestly, I don't know what's happening to me:

>

> is it just that someone finally confirmed the diagnosis without any

doubt, and so now I feel euphoric only because of that?

> is it that I'm more relaxed now I don't have to think of what

doctor I'll be seeing next? no more tests? no more " there's nothing

wrong with you " ?

> is it that the medication is acting earlier than with others?

>

> It's not that I'm completely free from some disconfort and

tiredness, but I just lay for a few minutes after getting home from

work and then after lunch and that's it, there I go again, I can

actually do things, I can do the washing up and then hanging the

clothes outside and then something else, all three things in a row!!

This was completely unthinkable a few days ago, it has been

impossible for me to do more than one of those things a day,

sometimes I just used to spend the day pushing myself around the

house, unable to stand up and do anything. I can't believe it, but

more than three days completely free of excruciating pain, restless

sleep, complete exhaustion, inability to carry out the most

insignificant physical task...I can't manage it.

> After ten years, I honestly can't handle actually feeling allright!

> Am I crazy???

> Please, has anybody here ever felt like this? So afraid of the

fall??

>

> Honestly, I don't know what to do with this energy. How long does

it take to get used to it before being back to the pit again?

>

> I need advice...

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'm one of the new ones. I joined this group a week ago just after I came back

home from seeing the doctor who finally diagnosed fibromyalgia.

The thing is, I'm only taking some triciclic antidepressant he gave me to help

me get a repairing sleep and increase my tolerance to pain, also the usual aloe

vera on getting up in the morning, the warm showers at night before going to

bed, nothing special...and, honestly, I don't know what's happening to me:

is it just that someone finally confirmed the diagnosis without any doubt, and

so now I feel euphoric only because of that?

is it that I'm more relaxed now I don't have to think of what doctor I'll be

seeing next? no more tests? no more " there's nothing wrong with you " ?

is it that the medication is acting earlier than with others?

It's not that I'm completely free from some disconfort and tiredness, but I just

lay for a few minutes after getting home from work and then after lunch and

that's it, there I go again, I can actually do things, I can do the washing up

and then hanging the clothes outside and then something else, all three things

in a row!! This was completely unthinkable a few days ago, it has been

impossible for me to do more than one of those things a day, sometimes I just

used to spend the day pushing myself around the house, unable to stand up and do

anything. I can't believe it, but more than three days completely free of

excruciating pain, restless sleep, complete exhaustion, inability to carry out

the most insignificant physical task...I can't manage it.

After ten years, I honestly can't handle actually feeling allright!

Am I crazy???

Please, has anybody here ever felt like this? So afraid of the fall??

Honestly, I don't know what to do with this energy. How long does it take to get

used to it before being back to the pit again?

I need advice...