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Fibromyalgia pain: Let's connect
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@grandmar @parus @lioness @marcyk
Hello friends and fellow fibro fighters,
I wanted to share with you the importance of speaking up at your doctors visit.If you are like me, you go see your pain management doctor month after month and with few exceptions he prescribes the same medicine or treatment. When I go to an appointment, I fix my hair put on a bit of lipstick and try to look nice. This month, I felt awful and couldn't do my hair, I had dark undereye circles, etc. My doctor walked in the room and instantly took a look at me and knew something was wrong. Now mind you, there have been times when I felt like dirt but still looked "presentable". Anyhow during my exam I finally told the doc how much I had areas on my back that were hurting me terribly for months. Well, I said the magic words I guess and he gave me Trigger Point Injections right then and there. I couldn't believe I had relief before I even checked out from my visit!
So my advice is this: even if you are uncomfortable, Speak Up! We all must remember to be our own advocate and that speaking up does not mean you are a complainer or a whiner. What's the old saying? The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Jen
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@andielynn For leg ,feet cramps an old remedy that works is drink pickle juicie it's the vi negar in it ,so you can have Sandwich with mustard .Supplements that help are magnesium and calcium together.My Dr.gave me Mariplex prescription I use sometimes but before I had perscrip I used others they all work.
Thanks for the additional recommendations. I drank pickle juice for one and it did help. I take baclofen every night and tizanadine if I get up at night with a brutal one.
@andylevine glad to here it I keep it in refreg if forget to take my pill I go to the fridge.This one sounds weird but it worked on my burnt arm on coffee ,immediately the country person put yellow mustard on it ,took the sting out ,I reapplied it when it started to hurt ,believe me it did the trick no sign of a burn next day.
I totally agree with you! But the doctors have only 10 minutes for each patients today. Take away social chatter, very few can give you a honest opinion, what is bothering you. So here comes the prescrition pad and see you in 3 months. And if you look well, than you are really screwed, because nobody will pay any attention to you. So you end up going from one recommended doctor to the next, and your pain gets worse and more serious. But then, out of a sudden, they diagnose you with emotional problems and guess what, a dependency of medication, that they had no problem prescribing for you for years.
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I struggle with spasms in my lower legs and feet. Taking 20 mg. of baclofen, prescribed by my neurologist helps with this. Maybe that will help others too!