I am now 22 yrs old and have been with you guys since i was 18 yrs old and had my surgery. This past year has been a NIGHTMARE for me but it should have been wonderful considering i had a baby. My fibromyalgia kicked in , in high gear. I am rittled with so much pain i cry all the time. I am only human. I feel as if i am getting worse by the month. I don't know what to do. My body pounds with pain. I have a team of doctors, a family dr, a pain dr, a rheumatologist, and a chiropractor. Soon to add a psychotherapist and physical therapy.  I do every dance , prayer, jig and everything else my doctors tell me to do. I am faithful to my plans. They keep prescribing tramadol and darvocet. I refuse to pick them up from the pharmacy, they don't help me anymore they don't touch my pain anymore. I apologize to my pain dr that the meds don't work but he just keeps giving them to me. He now questions my mental status...Are u kidding me??? I feel as if i am being tortured. My body hurts so badly. I take Lyrica and Midrin too. I tried the Savella and i couldn't pass gas or stool the whole time i was on it so i stopped. At one point my dr gave me an extended release drug...um HELLO???? My family dr and the rheumatologist don't get why even with maalox to coat my pouch an infants dose of Ibprofen makes my pouch hurt and pinch for 48hrs. I know that my crying often is why they want me to work with the psychotherapist but i tell the therapist i cry because the pain is so severe. Our bodies are different then the regular people but the  dr's don't get that. They don't get the severe fibro pain. I feel bruised all over. I am stiff. I walk with a limp, i get lost in public , my hands feel arthritic and the dr's do throw lots of tylenol and sedatives at me...HELLO..?? I have a baby. I don't know what to do they would rather send me around to a bunch of dr's and keep making me do dances, jigs, and prayers, and i do. I do all they ask me to. Then they come up with somethign else for me to do then that fails. What can i do? Where can i go? Who can i see? I am tired? I am rittled with pain. I am a 22yr old woman who can only bathe every 7-9 days because its so difficult and takes so much out of me. I do go into my dr's appts now and just burst into tears everytime. I know i look crazy or like a junkie but at this point i am in so much pain and i know they are going to come up with so crazy new thing to avoid helping me. What can i do? Who can i see???? HELP...I am in so much pain....PLEASE????
Please answer my prayers ladies...help me...what do i do. I am starting the Fibro support group too but i am just rittled with pain.

I have had and still have major issues with my husband understanding what I'm going through. He often feels that I use it as an excuse just not to do stuff. What he doesn't realize is that the more rude comments he makes me the more I get stressed and then the more I hurt. It's a hurtful cycle emotionally and physically. About a year ago I was ready to leave and I went for a check up with my doctor and had an emotional break down on my nurse practitioner. She actually sat and talked to me for about two hours so she could get a good handle on the situation at home. Then she wrote a letter to my husband explaining some of the broader effects of fibro and inviting him to come into see her. He went in and came home feeling very ashamed of himself. She basically talked to him a lot and then she pressed into some of his pressure points- HARD. She said this is a small idea of what your wife feels when you yell at her for her fibro. She explained that he would cause me less pain if he punched me than if he yelled at me and got me all tensed and stressed. I still struggle with him and his attitude, but he is much improved. My NP is awesome. We have made a new rule about "Mommy needs a break!" and I get to go out once a week to just destress. It really just takes time and prayer.

i take Cymbalta, and I wear a Fentanyl 72 hour patch.  I have percocet but I rarely take it as the Fentanyl really handles the pain.  I see arheumatologist for care who sent me to a pain manager for the medication, and they coordinate my pain management

I take cymbalta and I also wear a pain patch which I change out every 72 hours.  Between the two I am able to live pain-free for the most part and I don't ever feel drugged from the meds.

I also have Minere's Disease which is harder for me to manage than the Fibro.

I was on Lyrica a few years and I felt I gained weight and became dizzy with a dose high enough to help.   I was put on Savella and it was wonderful.  The only downside is I had to eat with the pill or I had nausea.  Bread seemed to help the best with the nausea.  So, I quit taking it before I had my lap band surgery and will get back on it once my diet is not restrict.  I know I won't be able to eat the bread so I will have to experiment.  Right now I am taking 150 mg Ultram and 750 Relefan in the am and 100 mg Ultram around 3.  I can't take the meds at night because I can't sleep so I am sore in the morning but get relief within 1 hour.  Just a suggestion.