has anything helped you with fibro (non-NSAID)?

Blueberrybook · 11-26-2018, 05:28 PM

I am sick of fibromyalgia, really I am.

I think maybe the last class of meds I was on worked better for pain than gabapentin, but they were NSAIDs, and I ended up with a perforated ulcer due to a bacterial infection combined with NSAID overuse. I'm sure I realized those meds were NSAIDs in the beginning, but after you've been taking them some years, you just forget. So I'd take the fibro med, Excedrin for a stress headache, whatever. Nearly died from that ulcer perforating and now will be paying off the hospital bills for 9 years (not kidding). Now no more NSAIDs for life after that ulcer situation, and the rheumatologist has me on gabapentin. I can't say it's been going very well. I have not noticed a difference except the first time she upped the dose. But maybe it was just a better day too, who knows?

I hurt so much, I feel like crying. This pain makes it so much worse when I get depressed (have bipolar).

I just don't know what to do. I do exercise too much (running), but honestly, I can lose myself in my mind in an instant, not feel any emotions or pain. I've tried stretching & yoga, can't lose myself in my mind as easily, can't stick with it. Hard time sticking to walking too, which I am told is the best exercise for it.

Has anything worked for you? Some type of med? Something homeopathic (and affordable)? I have a feeling if I could afford it, acupuncture might help some, but I'm pretty much broke. Vitamins/herbs, anything at all different to your routine or diet? I'm getting desperate, and I normally have a high threshold for pain, but it's been getting worse & worse lately. Is it just a flare? Something that happens with age?

Travelinglady · 11-27-2018, 06:28 PM

I take Cymbalta and at least it gets me up and going.

Blueberrybook · 11-27-2018, 08:57 PM

Cymbalta helped when I was on it too (for postpartum depression) though stopping it really made the fibromyalgia flare. I am thinking of asking my pdoc to consider swapping out my Wellbutrin with Cymbalta because lately the fibromyalgia is terrible, and gabapentin is not helping at all.

Travelinglady · 11-28-2018, 08:06 PM

I take both Wellbutrin and Cymbalta.

11-26-2018, 05:28 PM	#1
Blueberrybook Magnate Blueberrybook has no updates. Member Since: Oct 2017 Location: La Porte, TX Posts: 2,622 (SuperPoster!) My Mood: 72 hugs given	has anything helped you with fibro (non-NSAID)? I am sick of fibromyalgia, really I am. I think maybe the last class of meds I was on worked better for pain than gabapentin, but they were NSAIDs, and I ended up with a perforated ulcer due to a bacterial infection combined with NSAID overuse. I'm sure I realized those meds were NSAIDs in the beginning, but after you've been taking them some years, you just forget. So I'd take the fibro med, Excedrin for a stress headache, whatever. Nearly died from that ulcer perforating and now will be paying off the hospital bills for 9 years (not kidding). Now no more NSAIDs for life after that ulcer situation, and the rheumatologist has me on gabapentin. I can't say it's been going very well. I have not noticed a difference except the first time she upped the dose. But maybe it was just a better day too, who knows? I hurt so much, I feel like crying. This pain makes it so much worse when I get depressed (have bipolar). I just don't know what to do. I do exercise too much (running), but honestly, I can lose myself in my mind in an instant, not feel any emotions or pain. I've tried stretching & yoga, can't lose myself in my mind as easily, can't stick with it. Hard time sticking to walking too, which I am told is the best exercise for it. Has anything worked for you? Some type of med? Something homeopathic (and affordable)? I have a feeling if I could afford it, acupuncture might help some, but I'm pretty much broke. Vitamins/herbs, anything at all different to your routine or diet? I'm getting desperate, and I normally have a high threshold for pain, but it's been getting worse & worse lately. Is it just a flare? Something that happens with age? __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, anorexia/EDNOS, Panic Disorder, ADHD Bupropion XL 150 mg, Seroquel 500 mg, Lamictal 400 mg, Clonazepam 1 mg 4/day, Clonidine 0.3 mg, Propanolol 10 mg 3/day, Buspar 30 mg 2/day, Adderall 40 mg, Trazodone 25 mg, Protonix 20 mg (ulcer) , Gabapentin 600 mg (fibro), Tizandine 4 mg 4/day (fibro) I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. --Robert Frost

11-27-2018, 06:28 PM	#2
Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Travelinglady is getting her permanent crown today. :) Member Since: Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 29,539 (SuperPoster!) My Mood: 16.2k hugs given	Re: has anything helped you with fibro (non-NSAID)? I take Cymbalta and at least it gets me up and going. __________________

11-27-2018, 08:57 PM	#3
Blueberrybook Magnate Blueberrybook has no updates. Member Since: Oct 2017 Location: La Porte, TX Posts: 2,622 (SuperPoster!) My Mood: 72 hugs given	Re: has anything helped you with fibro (non-NSAID)? Cymbalta helped when I was on it too (for postpartum depression) though stopping it really made the fibromyalgia flare. I am thinking of asking my pdoc to consider swapping out my Wellbutrin with Cymbalta because lately the fibromyalgia is terrible, and gabapentin is not helping at all. __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, anorexia/EDNOS, Panic Disorder, ADHD Bupropion XL 150 mg, Seroquel 500 mg, Lamictal 400 mg, Clonazepam 1 mg 4/day, Clonidine 0.3 mg, Propanolol 10 mg 3/day, Buspar 30 mg 2/day, Adderall 40 mg, Trazodone 25 mg, Protonix 20 mg (ulcer) , Gabapentin 600 mg (fibro), Tizandine 4 mg 4/day (fibro) I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. --Robert Frost

11-28-2018, 08:06 PM	#4
Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Travelinglady is getting her permanent crown today. :) Member Since: Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 29,539 (SuperPoster!) My Mood: 16.2k hugs given	Re: has anything helped you with fibro (non-NSAID)? I take both Wellbutrin and Cymbalta. __________________

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