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Fibromyalgia -- Need help on how to handle severe pain
Fibromyalgia | Last Active: Oct 29, 2023 | Replies (156)Comment receiving replies
I'm afraid to take duloxetine (Cymbalta) because I've read it has terrible withdrawal issues if you ever want to discontinue it. I've heard Lyrica has the same issues. I imagine my PC doctor, and other doctors in my area, won't prescribe Tramadol until I try other meds first. I might have to break down my fear of meds to get pain relief. Next week, I'm going to a pain clinic and another clinic that deals with fibro and will ask about low dose naltrexone and medical marijuana. I heard LDN might take a while to be effective.
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I have taken Tramadol and it was worthless. Absolutely did nothing for my pain but give me a stomach cramps. Does anyone 'out there' get relief from their pain with Tramadol?
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I too am struggling with pain control bc of Fibromyalgia, 22 Yrs.
I do well on Lyrica. The secret is to start with 25 mgs am and pm and stay on that dose as long as it helps. Then increase to 50 mgs and so forth. I am now at 100 mgs three times a day after being on Lyrica 11yrs. I am on 1:1 medical cannabis also at bedtime. For some reason pain goes up around 10 pm bc of the sun not shining then. I had neck surgery 15 Yrs ago so I have double pain sources. I have been unable to control pain well so it increased to a new worse condition called Central Pain Syndrome. I tried Ketamine IV’s for ten days a Yrs ago and now I may have terrible nerve damage from it causing extremely weak bowel motility. Laxatives do not wk. This is frightening. I have to take a supplement by Integrative Therapeutics called Motility Activator. It’s slow to wk and has weak effect. I ate two prunes this am and they did not help except for producing gas. I drink a lot of water but not half my wt in ounces. My dr doesn’t like stool softeners but he does recommend Miralax. I just started drinking it twice a day and yesterday I added 2/3 t mag citrate powder to it. I’ll let you all know if it wks.