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bowser
on 7/29/10 12:53 pm - joplin, NC
Topic: RE: energy
how much b12 do you take now
Trauma Queen
on 7/29/10 8:54 am - Jacksonville, FL
Topic: RE: energy
Have your B-12 levels checked.  Mine was very low even though I take it 1x per month IM.
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brachioplasty 7/11/07
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cynthia1_2001
on 7/28/10 2:56 pm
Topic: RE: How bad before retirement or disability?
im on lyrica, vicoden, oxcycotin, cymbalta and a few others...my retirement was just approved.  last month it took about 6 month, but social security is still fighting.  i happy i was approved and sad at the same time...what do i do with all this time...sitting around doing nothing just makes the pain worst.  if you really enjoy what you do, hang in there.  your on baby medication now...you can asked your doctor to up the doses if you feel you can handle it.   good luck
Heather_R
on 7/28/10 10:16 am - Hattiesburg, MS
Topic: RE: Fibro "fog"
Hey

My name is Heather and I am 19 years old. I have three children and they are ranging from 4 years old down to 15 months old. I have had problems now every since I was preg. with my last baby so it got so bad I finally went to the doc. He told me I had FMS and put me on Neurontin and I take 900mg a day and this med. is just like Lyrica. I also take Prozac 20mg a day every since I started this new med with the Prozac I am having bad problems with my memory. I mean I can not even remember where I put my keys a lot of the time. I really not have any help for you either because I am having the same problem you are not along. Another one of my docs said it might be my med. just to tell you take. So no I really do not have any I am so sorry if anyone lets you know any please tell me too.

Thanks
Heather
TinkL *.
on 7/27/10 2:01 am - Columbia, SC
Topic: RE: Fibro "fog"


I keep a small notebook with me and write down everything.  I am still attempting to hold onto my job.   I would say I am completely like you.  Missing a chunk of time - or bringing up an application and staring at it wondering why on earth I wanted that one.  Then I look at my notes and can tell why I went there.

It's hard as hell for me in a conversation to even speak a whole sentence.   I will start it, struggle for a word that is the reason I'm having this conversation and then find it and go on my way.
It's almost like stuttering.   It must be frustrating for my fellow workers.

I'm hoping to convince them to let me work at home soon.   They won't know if I am writing emails, or IM's to them that I pause and find the word.

I'm so supremely unhappy about this I've even contemplated suicide lately.  Down to the very last detail. 

My DH is now begging me to go to a psych.   I am getting off Lyrica as I feel like it is the culprit.   I'm in for another heartbreak if no Lyrica doesn't help the situation much.

Tink

 

TinkL *.
on 7/27/10 1:54 am - Columbia, SC
Topic: RE: energy
I was just at the doc yesterday for fatigue and to get rid of Lyrica.

She prescibed Trazadone instead of Lyrica and just at night.   I slept well last night, I am weaning off Lyrica for the next two weeks.   

She left my Cymbalta and upped my Vicodin.

I'm sitting here at work without an ounce of energy to actually do my job. 

One is always tired with fibro.  Like life just used you up already.

Tink
bowser
on 7/26/10 3:10 pm - joplin, NC
Hislady
on 7/26/10 2:31 pm - Vancouver, WA
Topic: RE: energy
If you have chronic fatigue which very often comes with the fibro you'll most likely be low on energy no matter what you do. Of course getting your vits and as much rest as possible is great for us but it still may not help. I take a truck load of vits and sleep 8-10 hrs a night but am just as exhausted when I wake up as when I went to bed. I truely hope this isn't the case with you but just be prepared.
bowser
on 7/26/10 1:50 pm - joplin, NC
missnanajean
on 7/26/10 1:10 pm - Friendswood, TX
Topic: RE: energy
I take 2 multiple vitamins a day and B Complex and had RNY 8 mo.s ago. I'm feeling better everyday with more and more energy. I take Melatonin and Tylenol Pm to help me sleep so have been sleeping better and I think that is the key. getting enough rest after getting the pain under control. I also was having severe pain in my left chest and found out my Vit D was low and starteds taking dry Vit D 6000 units a day and now take much less pain medicine. 
  Miss  Jean   
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