**amykevin**

jennmarie93

I read your most recent fibro blog post and am sorry you're dealing with this. I suffer from chronic pain too and identified with many of your feelings..I just don't share them which is probably not good. I posted over there too so I won't go into it here. I know it's hard to not be irritable with people and to go about your normal daily routine. I was curious if you have tried the new drug Lyrica? I was thinking about asking my doctor about it at my next appointment in Feb.

amykevin

Have you been diagnosed with Fibro? Yes....I am on Lyrica & it does help take the edge off. Now at least my husband can just touch me without me jumping out of my skin. This might be TMI, but even having sex was very painful....so it has been a huge stress on our relationship. I am also taking Ultracet & Strattera. I am having to find a new GP since she does not believe in the condition & does not want me on all the meds. My ortho sent me to my GP because he said that I really needed to be on Cymbalta for pain & depression & also some meds for the IBS.....but he can't write the scripts for those. Ugh! I am going to a Fibro specialist here in Franklin on the 6th. Gosh...I have been SO irritable with people when they complain about stuff. I can't help it though....I feel like they have nothing to complain about b/c their pain will go away. The Lyrica is a very good thing....you should start on it. I will warn you...you will feel like you are on acid for about the first week. I heard that people like to steal these pills & snort them...it gives them a GHB high. Yeh...I can see why.

jennmarie93

I was diagnosed with it in Florida just before I moved, but did not have time to start a treatment plan. My rheumatologist and GP here aren't crazy about diagnosing fibro, so I'm sort of stuck. I believe my rheumatologist will prescribe the Lyrica for me though. I currently take Ultram and Tylenol three times a day. I take Celebrex every other day and some glucosamine supplements. It's hard to not get depressed when you can't enjoy life like you used to. It's hard to not become a whiny baby, and even harder when you choose not to complain and then nobody understands you're sick. And nobody appreciates the extra effort you have to put in. Sometimes I think if my boss only knew how I felt when I'm working for him he'd be paying me a lot more. When I first started feeling bad it was really limiting my activites, and then when I realized this wasn't just a temporary thing I decided to go through life like I used to even though I didn't feel good. I still do that, but sometimes I'm just screaming inside for some relief and I'm so tired of it! I hope, in your case, that taking the Lyrica for awhile will help. If you're like me, you aren't sitting and obsessing about these things on most days. Usually I'm fine emotionally, but you reach a certain point you just have to let yourself be miserable for a little while. 

amykevin

Nope....I have been pretty miserable! I don't see a lot of people doing what I do....I am alone most of the times...so I have a lot of time to think about it. A lot of my friends have said...oh...but I thought you had been feeling better because you didn't say anything about it (that was most of last year I didn't really say too much). And I said no...I was in pain every single day...every time I did something, but I just suck it up & do it. I have to in order to have a life. So just know that everytime I am out. I tell people know they should feel special if I am doing something with them, because I am literally giving them a piece of me....because I can only do so many things. Have you read the spoon theory? I posted 2 new blogs yesterday... If you want to travel 2 hours there is a Fibro specialist here..... that is a long drive! You just need to find some new doctors!