I have had Fibro since 1998 and have been on it all neurontin did not work I could not get past 3 pills a day with out headaches. Lyrica is bad news yes you gain i took it for 3 or 4 years was ok all of a sudden I really got sick nerves made arms move with out my moving them dropping things and I gained 40lbs in one month. It has side affects they don't list. BEWARE!! a new one is out called savella, I would not reccomend it I got so many side affects from it I got off it right a way. I am trying to get off Cymbalta I am beginning to think all the pills make me worse. I take baclafin for muscles works great better than flexoril. They always start you off with that, why I have no clue cheap med I guess. I take Clonazapin for mood problems and it helps with depression and sleep. Mirapex works great if you get restless legs with it as well. Trazadone is an old med too. Sleep is one of those things one goes up and down with. Sometimes I do and sometimes i don't so I sleep when I am tired. My body hurts most times but I have learned to live with it exercise in the pool is wonderful if water is warm. I actually am thinking of getting off most meds take vitamins and getting a marijuanna card for pain. I am not a smoker of it but I have heard it helps better than all this pills stuff. Vicodin works some but I don't want addiction and it can make you itch after a while. Ultram does not work and well not alot does. I do know laying in bed makes you worse. try to get through pain by walking a little. standing is bad and falling seems to come with the territory so be careful. Muscle spasams are the worse. wear socks all the time for feet and don;' go for too cold or too hot. and on good days watch the road warrior syndrom. You pay three days or more for it. But we all do it" feel good go nuts" and then dive bomb into bed. Hope this helps and ask me what ever I have had it for a long time, and those dumb commercials make me mad, I have not worked since 1998 and never will again.

Is that what they're called... good to know.

I have been having muscle spasms since before I went on medication, they're not constant or anything, but usually when I'm laying in bed. I can get them all over.

Just in the last little while, I've been getting what I refer to as electric shocks. Usually when I've been spooked, but sometimes just out of the blue. I liken it to the "shock" test they did when checking for carpal tunnel. Feels like I've touched a low voltage wire.

I'm seeing my doctor... in July (he's booked for three weeks and then on vacation for four).

I don't think I'd have any words of wisdom but I did want wish you well on your new journey that includes the LapBand.  I had open RNY in February 2006.  I've lost 140 lbs. and have about 30 still hanging around.  I believe that the fibro would have been worse if I still had all that extra weight.  It's bad enough with the weight I do have. 

Sorry to hear you're fibro is flaring up again too.  I hope you can get it under control and that losing the weight will help keep it more manageable!
Margie

Thanks for the encouragment!  I am going to tell the surgeon that I pick about the Fibro.  I think that just because we have it does not mean we should have to walk around with saggy skin. ;-)

I have been having muscle jerks with increasing frequency over the past couple months. I went to see a neurologist.  He told me these were most likely caused by a drug interaction.  I take Wellbutrin, Zoloft, & Nortriptyline.  The muscle jerks frequency & intensity seem to correlate with the increase of Nortriptyline my PCP had me taking.  So the neurologist told me to stop taking the Nortriptyline.  But, the muscle jerks have not gone away yet.  I am down from 60mg per night to only 10mg over the past couple of weeks.

These muscle jerks feel electrical & make my limb or limbs move.  It can start in my leg, then travel up to my arm & even one side of my face with contract.  It is very annoying & kind of scary at times.  I have these at least 10 times per day.  But, I have 100's of muscle twitches or zaps that I can feel even though they do not make me physically move an entire limb.  My nerves feel very irritated & on edge.  This is often accompanied by a pins & needles feeling in my legs & feet.  It is very uncomfortable, but not really painful.

The neurologist said they can treat them with Klonopin.  But, I take that for sleep at night & it is not something I could function while taking during the day. Plus he made it seem like it was caused by anxiety.  I do not have anxiety.  I have had it in the past & I would know it if I had it.

My questions to you all is; are Myoclonic jerks part of your Fibromyalgia?  Any input would be appreciated.