I have other pain challenges, too. I take either Tylenol or Tylenol Dual in the morning. I apply a lidocaine patch to my outer left thigh where nerve pain radiates down from my lumbar spine. I put an air-activated heat patch on my lower back. I got n epidural two weeks ago and it is starting to help with the pain. I have some level of pain in my whole body. Weather changes and weather extremes bring on fibro flares. I use a cane when I go out. I was diagnosed with fibro in 1991 before it was well-known in the primary care medical profession by my primary care doctor. He referred me to a rheumatoloigist that I still see. We have tried every medication for fibro but I've had negative reaction to all of them. The fibro also magnifies my other pain. I take tizanidine at bed time and sometimes during the day, although it makes me sleepy and I don't drive if I take it. A couple of times a month I resort to half a hydrocodone if the pain is especially bad. I feel much better if I am moderately active. I go to chair yoga and Geri-Fit at the library a couple of times a week. I'm so envious of my friends who are my age who walk 3 to 5 miles a day and go on shopping excursions and lunches.