Fibromyalgia

I am taking lyrica for the last 6 months and it has seemed to be a miracle drug for me. I also take cymbalta which is great. the only problem has been my insurance company seems to think they are some sort of god and able to dictate your diseases and control meds. Lyrica helps me sleep and be pain free most of the day. I only take it at night so I am able to drive during the day and be "normal".

I've had Fibromyalgia for a long time. The #1 thing, is to have a positive attitude. Get info. about this disease. Get moving. Start out slowly. Do what you are able to do, nothing more and nothing less. I know its hard to keep moving. But if u dont, ur stuck with no life. I've been down this road too. Get some physical therapy. I have found, for me, that pool therapy is the best. I dont have as much gravity to deal with in a swimming pool. The water seems to hold u up. Get involved in som...

I wonder how many people who are like me. I believe my condition was caused by the incomplete combustion of gas in my home. A company fitted a gas fire in my lounge--they did not check the flue & it had been capped off. We breathed the fumes for 2 whole years--until an old upstairs chimney blocked, cutting off the only exit the fumes had. It apparently had not been used or swept for years & had been blocked off at the bedroom end. I collapsed & eventually recovered from the Co poisoning that put me ...

I'm finally on a few meds that seem to be helping me with FMS. I have been on 120mg of Cymbalta for a couple years now. 1,800mg of Neurontin and about 6 months ago 300mg of Wellbutrin SR was added. I can also take Darvocet N 100mg up to 4 times a day depending on my pain.

I have had fibromyalgia for the past 18 years. After many years on one medication it wasn't working for me. My fatigue level to this day is high, I could sleep 24/7 and still be tired, but with Wellbutrin and now Cymbalta I seem to have a better handle on this and I have felt like a new person. The Cymbalta helps not only my depression, but the pain. It takes me about 2 hours in the morning to work the stiffness out before I can get out of bed.I know that in the future things will most likely get worse, ...

I have been ill for about 5 years with Doctors putting me on every anti depressant and anxiety pill known to man. I went to see on fantastic internist he listened to me and changed all my meds to 400mg of Wellbutrin and 20mg of Cymbalta. Within about 2-3 weeks I started feeling better. It has now been over 12 weeks and we just increased my cymbalta to 40mg. I have not felt this good in years. -- Believe it or not we are military and this was a military doctor who believes this disease exists. Many docto...