Medication - What do you take for Fibro?
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I started Fibro-Response 2 weeks ago and I am OFF my anti-inflammatories! This natural supplement is doing as good a job if not better than the prescription!!!! I am so glad I saw your recommendation here! Thanks so much!
Diane
Malic Acid
I read about Malic Acid for fibro and started a couple years ago. It was amazing how much better I felt. But the problem with just Malic Acid it seems like you need the correct coctail along with it to get the best benefit.
Fibro-Response
Now I am on Fibro-Response (OTC - Amazon.com) and seems to be the best thing I have tried. It contains Malic Acid and other ingredients with just the right "multi-vitamin" to help with the symptoms. They are monster and nasty pills and I take four every morning. But believe you me, I know if I forget by the end of the day. I still get sharp pains occasionally but it really helps with the long grinding aching feeling I would feel all day.
Sometimes I feel like I should get stock or a paycheck for Source Naturals. But nothing has helped me like Fibro-Response has without any noticeable side effects or prescription. Check out the reviews on amazon.com: http://amzn.com/B000GFSVJQ1 -
I've taken:
Cymbalta: Didn't work, caused extreme nausea
Savella: Same as Cymbalta
Topomax: Really weird crawling skin sensations, and other overall weirdness - no help with pain
Gabapentin: Helped at first, but when I got up to 3 doses a day I was sleeping ALL the time...and after awhile it seemed to quit helping the pain.
Hydrocodone 10mg (I take this occasionally): Works well, but makes me nauseous and gives me a hangover. The ONLY thing that works for the spinal pain.
Cyclobenzaprine (Flexiril - take occasionally): Works well for muscle spasms and helps with sleep.
Trazodone: No help with pain.
Lyrica (currently taking): Has helped the most with pain. Does not get rid of all of it, however. I sleep a lot, like with the Gabapentin, but the sleepiness is a bit less with Lyrica.
Cymbalta made me feel like my brain was short circuiting and I couldn't eat or sleep for days after taking a single dose. It was AWFUL.
Savella has caused me terrible insomnia and nausea for about two months, but after that it faded and has been a really helpful medication. If you get desperate and want to try it again, maybe consider fighting through the side effects. SNRIs seem to always cause more issues for me than other meds. They ALWAYS give me nausea and insomnia.
Gabapentin made me feel like Sleeping Beauty, and it never seemed to get better. No thank you!
Lyrica has been my saving grace, but the big side effect is weight gain for me.
It's a wonderful med but I've gained 15 pounds without overeating or changing my exercise habits. Oh well, that's why I'm here. 0 -
I take Lyrica (weight gain caused by this med, but it's too helpful to quit) which has helped reduce the severity and frequency of flares. It also helps with allodynia (that overly-sensitive skin). It helps sleep but causes daytime drowsiness for a while. That seems to go away though. I did a half dose in the morning and a full dose at night for a long time so I could get used to the med.
Savella: the hardest med I've ever had to deal with. The initial side effects are unreal. Nausea, brain zaps, insomnia like you wouldn't believe, anxiety...but it helps with pain and mood.
Valium: I take it at night and my doctor will double my amount for flared-up months. It helps me deal with the pain.
Pristiq: A very easily-tolerated antidepressant. That's why they chose it for me. Little to no side effects
Methocarbamol: muscle-relaxer. Also helps with sleep. Sometimes.0 -
I take Elavil - it's an antidepressant. My doc gave it to me to help me sleep.
I'm still in the process of officially be diagnosed. I went to my husband's GP for a physical/blood work for the the first time in ten years. I told her about my migraines and inability to sleep through the night. I typically wake up 2-6 times. I didn't have any of the points that are typically painful for people with fibromyalgia, but she is pretty convinced it's what I have. I started taking the meds in May and I feel like entirely new person. I actually have ENERGY for the first time in years. I have a physically demanding job working with kids with autism/behavior issues so I always assumed my lethargy and achiness were due to that. I didn't realize that it could be connected to my lack of restorative sleep (as my doc put it) until I started feeling better. I keep saying to my husband that I didn't realize how horrible I felt until I started feeling better. This week was a bad week though - only my second one since May - but it's still not as bad as it used to be. And I know it's because it was a week with erratic sleep patterns due to evening plans and early mornings.
I'm still learning about this so everyone's posts have been really interesting and informative. It seems like it is so different for everyone.
Edited because my laptop's mouse is oddly placed and I ended up posting halfway through a sentence...0
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