I have taken Klonopin before, and I HATE it!

I feel too drugged up with it.

Lyrica and Cymbalta do the trick for me.  Tramadol (Ultracet) is my second-line pain med.

I also have SLE, and Plaquenil is doing a more than adequate job of controlling those flares since my weight loss.

Not at all, but lots of people have it so there are RNY folks who have it but it is not a side effect of anything. It is a disease all on its own where the muscle and nerve transmissions "short circuit" and present as muscle and nerve pain. It can also be accompanied by severe fatigue.

Hi JenKitty,

I've had my RNY surgery in Texas on December 12, 2009. I felt great and then when I came back home to Hawaii about a month later I started feeling pain. It started spreading and I thought I was coming down with the flu. But I didn't have the rest of the symptoms. Did a Mac truck run over me in the middle of the night???

What I want to know is Did I develop Fibromyalgia from having the surgery? I'm taking Lyrica and percocet for the pain which really isn't helping. How soon after your surgery did you start experiencing your pain?

Pukalani
aka
Lani Girl

My Dr says he believes FMS to be genetic.  No problem here believing that, as many of my family have FMS.  Mother, aunt, some of my children all with FMS.  We are just starting to really educate ourselves.  My ex thought it was in my head, and some of my kids did as well since dad thought so.  Now some of them have bee dx with it.  Lunch would be nice sometime.  Are you pre op or post op?
I am awaiting surgical date.  I have been approved by my insurance, now the journey begins.  It is my hope that it will help the pain to lose some of this weight.  I know it will not makie the pain go away, but maybe some of it will ease when I am not carrying around a whole extra person. My present husband is sympathetic to FMS, his mother has it and tells what she has gone through.  Her meds have helped her.  Lyrica, and savella are not options for me.. I am currently taking something called nycenta for pain.  No more that two per day allowed as I think it has anti inflammatory propertiess and must be reported to any Dr considering surgery.  It does help with the pain, certainly much more than the Ultram the pcm would expect to take my pain away.  That was kind of like putting a bandaid on a major gaping injury.  I guess in a way they all sort of are.  I don't want to get hooked on stuff that will make anything worse, but seriously, the pain med in the morning is the only way I can get anything at all done, then the one in the afternoon when I feel like I have suddenly gotten the worst achy flu ever.
Thank the Lord for a pain med that will allow me to live at least some of life! Also Dr has also given me a Flector patch for pain which helps the upper back, but has not helped my lower back. Anyway, hope your evening is a good one.  Good Night.

Thanks Kathryn!  I definitely get that book!  I do need to educate my family.  I think they believe I'm in pain, but they don't know if fibro is "real" or if it's something else.  They know I've had a lot of tests to rule out other things and they do like knowing that.

I'm in AR too.  I get down to the Conway area every once in a while.  Maybe we could meet up for lunch sometime.
Margie