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Fibromyalgia

Posted: Mar 22, 2010

Working with this is Killing me....slowly....some days, it is so bad, i can't even concentrate, my muscles ache so bad. I almost prefer BONE pain than this muscle/nerve pain. I wish I could take Lyrica because it helped so much, but with hypertension/diabetes, the weight gain on Lyrica was just not worth exacerbating my other health issues.

How many of you suffer from this?

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fibro - myalgia

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Before taking Lyrica I was not able to run my hand lightly over my skin without pain. When someone would brush up against me and I would grimace they thought I was kidding. My only real muscle trigger point pain is at about C1-C4 and through to the front on the right side of my chest wall. I know my appetite was out of control on Lyrica. I gained 60 pounds in less than a year. I had to really, really work to get it under control. I walk as exercise, drink a lot of water when I am hungry. It was very hard because I ate like I had worked out in the fields all day (I live on a farm). Thank goodness I got all that off. My HTN is really well-controlled on my meds and the wt loss. For me, absolutely nothing else that has helped me. I know water aerobics in a really warm pool feels great temporarily and is really wonderful exercise too. Good luck. My daughter also has fibro. She has the whole body muscle pain like you have, not so much nerve pain like mine. Wish you the absolute best. If you find something, let me know.

it's slowly killing - me too

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It all started when I was 36. That was 4 years ago. I have had to drop down to 20 hours a week because of it. I have found that multiple short breaks and stretching help me, although I'm always at a constant level of pain and discomfort from it. I drag myself around most days, but I always try to put on my game face because people just don't understand because you look "normal."

It's especially bad when my kids bump me or come up and hug me suddenly. That just breaks my heart too.

I also has CFS, and on some days it takes all the energy I have to just take a shower. I am still grateful to be working from home where I can lie down as needed. No way I could work outside the home at this point. I also saved and saved for a hydrotherapy spa, wrote it off on taxes, and it helps temporarily, especially in the mornings. A friend of mine also swears by hanging from a bar for a few minutes and by using 100% authentic shearling slippers and a blanket. I have not tried this yet due to the cost, but she says it has helped her trememendously. She is also on Cymbalta which she says is a lifesaver.

Stress reduction also tends to help me, but it has to be a prolonged time with stress reduction to make any difference. Unfortunately, working as an MT has not made this possible in a long time. I just take it one day at a time and pray a lot too.

I feel for anyone with this horrible debilitating disease that is so very much misunderstood.

fibromyalgia...sm - jwth

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