Medication resistant fibromyalgia

I take my pain med every 6 hours with no break though. Maybe they could shorten up the time between doses.
Sorry to hear about your pain.
Wish you the best.

none of the FM drugs worked out for me so I take 100 mg doxycycline, an anti biotic one of the first medications given. It takes the edge off the pain.

gleockner1961, I am so sorry you are dealing with this. I empathize. I've had Fibromyalgia for almost 31 years. Ithas worsened with age and is accompanied with other autoimmune issues & bilateral arthritis.

I cannot tolerate any of the meds for Fibromyalgia, except, Flexeril occasionally. I use Voltaren Gel, Espom Salt
soaks and Tylenol. I do find an occasional massage helps tremendously. When I am on antibiotic for a
sinus infection, I do not hurt as much with the Fibro. Also, if I have to take a prednisone taper, my pain is
almost gone all over. BUT, I know the side effects of steroids. Why? Both of these meds reduce inflammation.

I am intolerate to PT. Swimming and walking are the best exercises for Fibromyalgia.

Personally, I steer away from the brand new meds and try and stick with the old tried and true ones as I find
they have the least side effects. It seems I am sensitive to everything for Fibromyalgia.

Rest as much as you can....use heat packs....eat high protein meals....move as much as you can...laugh as much
as you can.

Praying for you. Blessings & Prayers.....

Oh thank you so very much for your advice and kind words!

I wish I had an answer for you. Can I ask...I've never been without pain. How much Cymbalta were you taking when you didn't have breakthrough pain? I take it but maybe I'm not taking enough.

FYI
I am 79 and have taken Flexeril for over 30 years to control fibromyalgia. It worked fine with no side effects. 10 mg AM and PM. Just taken off it this year due to other issues.
I did take Lyrica for a year but stopped due to blistering on hands and feet.
I hope this helps someone.

I am in the same boat as far as medications. Honestly the only thing that ever helped was steroids but we can't live on them for long and they even needed upped doses after a while and more often so not a permanent solution. I got so tired of nothing working that with my doctors help I got off of everything to get a restart and find out what or if anything was actually working. It took time and it sucked for a minute. I found out that only 2 medications were actually helping. My migraine and pain medication that I only use when needed.

I wouldn't consider Cymbalta as a pain med.

I’m. On a different pain med.
Sorry if I missed lead you. I have been on the pain med fore over 25 years. All I care about it I’m not allergic to it.

The number of doctors who think it is …it is an antidepressant. To me this means the md’s consider fibromyalgia “in your head”. I tried cymbalta— made me extremely depressed….