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It took me three weeks to get used to Lyrica, and now I take it and Cymbalta, the cymbalta replaced the zoloft I was taking. Nurotin made me really sick. Lyrica creates a lot more brain fog and I gain so much weight with it, but it helps me the most.
I do a lot better when I take my supplements, like the vitamin D, fish oil pills, Malic Acid with Magnesium, Vit B 12 ...
I had lost a lot of weight about 4 years ago, went real OCD on this diet...no sugar, no fat, no processed foods, and no sodium. I also had started on the lamictal at the same time. The exercise I did with my diet was walking, started at 5 minutes at a time and worked my way up to some days I could go for 2 hours. I SOOOO miss that. I hit several bumps in the road, and then one sent me back into a horrible flare that I am having a hard time recovering from.
I pray you can find the right doctor. There are a lot that really just have no clue about FMS.View Thread


Okay, so does all the ibuprofen and excedrin help? That is one thing my doc pointed out with me. Way back when I first started seeing her, a long time ago, she pointed out with Fibro, those medications really don't help the pain.
I don't know how close you are to Cleavland, Ohio, but I've been told that the Cleavland Clinic is amazing. They will have a team of doctors, each specialized in their own area, and will do a battery of tests of a day or two. Then they meet, one day a week they don't take any appointments so they can work on diagnosis and treatments. I am seriously thinking of flying out there, even though the cost of the plane ticket alone would be a hardship. But to have a TEAM of specialists working together for your treatment would be SO worth it.
My rheomotoligist ran every test that fit any of my symptoms to rule everything out. I have so many symptoms of Fibro that he made the diagnosis right away, but I did go in telling him I had it, but to see if there was anything else it could be, or that I might have that could be treated.
Perhaps you could call around and ask Doctors offices how many patients they see with fibro. Then make an appointment with one.View Thread

I love FALL and so have done some things this week that has cheered me up with the kids. Trying very hard not to overdo it.
Next week they are back in school. I'm a bit nervous. But with all of your prayers, I'm sure I will make it. Thank you.View Thread

Thank you all so much. I love being able to ask you guys for prayer as I know I won't be judged and that you know what I'm going through.
Kids are home all week, Fall Break, so I have little time to be depressed. Plus friends have scheduled something with me 4 days out of this week, which mainly involves me and them sitting and chatting while the kids all play together. So that is helping.
But most of all, all of those prayers. God is helping me see things to be cheerful about.View Thread

Thank you so much for your prayers. I can't tell you how much it means.View Thread
Yesterday was a much much better day. Thank you for your prayers. I hope today is okay.View Thread


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