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best treatments for fibromyalgia
can someone with some knowledge and experience please tell me what seems to be the best treatments out there when it comes to dealing with fibromyalgia?
i am still trying to gather information on which is better lyrica or neurontin, and i am also told they are the same med? any truth to this?
any advice on how to deal with flare ups would be just great also, at this point i am up for anything new that may help...
depression, flare ups, everyday pain, fatigue and feeling like 120 year old in the morning are my biggest problems as of now, any insight is appreciated...thank you!
i am still trying to gather information on which is better lyrica or neurontin, and i am also told they are the same med? any truth to this?
any advice on how to deal with flare ups would be just great also, at this point i am up for anything new that may help...
depression, flare ups, everyday pain, fatigue and feeling like 120 year old in the morning are my biggest problems as of now, any insight is appreciated...thank you!
thank you so much for your input, much appreciated!! i am still in the "learning process" (early stages i should say) my only REAL concern is, i would really like to find a medicine for pain that you dont have to take all the time, a med that you take only when your in pain...but sadly i havent heard of any yet, well, nothing that isnt addictive anyway, and i can not take anything addictive. and i have been told that with lyrcia or neurontin that it is an every day med...but i am going to give it a try, i havent heard anything too negative about it (except weight gain with either one)...so i will tell my doc at my next appointment that i am willing to give the neurontin a try...thanks again for your help with this.
i do take a multi vitamin daily but are there any specifically tailored to help fibro sufferers?
also i suffer from severe depression on occasion...i am almost always depressed, but the severity seems to come and go, also social anxiety disorder, which has led to panic attacks in public (how embarrassing...) which has in turn developed into agoraphobia. i am also a recovering addict so i am still trying to sort through all of this and trying to figure out what is caused from my fibro and what is caused from my previous addiction...not an easy task.
my current daily meds as of now are 60 mgs of cymbalta, .5 mgs of klonipin twice a day and 12 mgs of suboxone for my addiction...which i was also told would help my pain...it does a little...but does nothing for the flares...will the neurontin help the flares also?
also...anything else that you could share on depression, anxiety, panic etc...would be great also. fatigue and sleep disturbances seem to be a way of life for me now too...any ideas?
thank you all so much...it is really appreciated...right now i need all the advice i can get...and the best place to get it is from people with the experience, this i know...
i do take a multi vitamin daily but are there any specifically tailored to help fibro sufferers?
also i suffer from severe depression on occasion...i am almost always depressed, but the severity seems to come and go, also social anxiety disorder, which has led to panic attacks in public (how embarrassing...) which has in turn developed into agoraphobia. i am also a recovering addict so i am still trying to sort through all of this and trying to figure out what is caused from my fibro and what is caused from my previous addiction...not an easy task.
my current daily meds as of now are 60 mgs of cymbalta, .5 mgs of klonipin twice a day and 12 mgs of suboxone for my addiction...which i was also told would help my pain...it does a little...but does nothing for the flares...will the neurontin help the flares also?
also...anything else that you could share on depression, anxiety, panic etc...would be great also. fatigue and sleep disturbances seem to be a way of life for me now too...any ideas?
thank you all so much...it is really appreciated...right now i need all the advice i can get...and the best place to get it is from people with the experience, this i know...
I agree with the Neurontin as a better choice- it's cheaper too. Lyricia made me gain weight, but everyone's different, so it may help you.
As for treating flare ups- rest. That's the only thing that you can do. There is no pill that will take away the flare. You really have to track your symptoms and when you do have a flare, write down what you did, what you ate, or asy stresses, etc. That way you can do much to try to control the flare triggers. I noticed that vaccuming cause me to flare up- so I delegated that task to my husband- (lucky me)! Also toxic cleaning products would cause me so much fatigue that I would have to lay down in the middle of cleaning. Nutrasweet products are a big flare for me, so I use splenda sweeteners. You basically need to pay attention to your body and take notes, you'll be surprised what flares you up.
Veronica
As for treating flare ups- rest. That's the only thing that you can do. There is no pill that will take away the flare. You really have to track your symptoms and when you do have a flare, write down what you did, what you ate, or asy stresses, etc. That way you can do much to try to control the flare triggers. I noticed that vaccuming cause me to flare up- so I delegated that task to my husband- (lucky me)! Also toxic cleaning products would cause me so much fatigue that I would have to lay down in the middle of cleaning. Nutrasweet products are a big flare for me, so I use splenda sweeteners. You basically need to pay attention to your body and take notes, you'll be surprised what flares you up.
Veronica
What helps CFS and fibro patients, for that matter, are supplements. Unfortunately, very few physicians know anything about supplementation and nutrition. So CFS patients are often told by their primary care physician that we need to find another physician, preferably one who practices in alternative medicine. At least with fibro patients there are prescriptions now available, but I also believe that supplements and alternative medicine are very important for people who have fibromyaglia. I know the leading CFS/fibro experts seem to agree.
Yes both Lyrica and Nuerontin are the same med. They are both anti-seizure, however they are used for many other things.
I have been on Lyrica and Nuerontin both. I personally like Nuerontin better, however this is a personal choice. They basically have the same side effects, but I don't notice them as enough with the Nuerontin, however trust me that is me.
Barb
I have been on Lyrica and Nuerontin both. I personally like Nuerontin better, however this is a personal choice. They basically have the same side effects, but I don't notice them as enough with the Nuerontin, however trust me that is me.
Barb
I compiled a list of the latest treatment plans from many CFS/Fibro experts and posted them on my website. Here's the link.... I hope you will find the information to be helpful:
http://groups.msn.com/Neuro-ImmuneSupport/treatments.msnw
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