Dear Sami, Thank you. I manage. I go up and down and have faith in God. Thank you for your prayers and I will pray for you right now. Bless you and thank you for your concern and kindness. Trust me I...
Thank u MoogMan, for ur kindness, I offer my prayers to u and appreciate your concern and Sami's. Sami, my pain is only in my legs and between working out for years and spinal stenosis, I dont think...
Dearest Sami, I think u r wonderful and so dear to try to help me! I can not tell u how sorry I am in the way you got treated. I am going to have to print your letter and read it better. I think I...
Sami, so sorry, just seeing this now. It is criminal. I see my husband and KNOW, this is NOT a light matter and from writing people on facebook, I see people have them at different levels. It appears...
TY Sami, we know all there is to know. I thank u for sending the site. I have a very good one from Disapedia. There are over 60 symptoms to this disease and my husband has pretty much all and bad....
Rich, my husband has the post exertion very bad and I am forgetting the name and spelling, where he can not stand for very long and must lay down. He is past the "time" for disability but in my...
They are not the same. They would like you to believe it so they have an excuse not to fund it. It isn't about being tired. If you look it up there are over 60 terrible symptoms. The pain daily can...
Look up myalgic Encephalomyelitis. They try to bury it as calling it CFS. There is a great article on it in Disapedia. M.E. has been turned down in funding. 4 million have it and the symptoms are...
This demon of a disease has been thrown in with CFS. My husband has it and the 60 symptoms of it. Anyone here have it? He is bedridden now from post exertion. It is an effort to do anything! The govt...
This is pathetic!! My husband is suffering terribly. So many people are suffering, yet the medical community turns their heads! And the greedy clinics ask for money we don't have and take advantage....
Dear Pixie, I just wanted to welcome you and tell you that you couldn't come to a better place. The people and the moderators are the best. Your back problems sound very similiar to mine. I know...
One would be very surprised how clear headed and alert you can be on ms contin. I have tried many pain killers and how found this and ultram to be the least in coming down. I remember when I first...
Thank you all for your advise. Yes, I remember you, jewelry lady. This is an excellent forum, that is why I come back. He was getting just about no sleep until his dose was upped. He was on the...
Thanks for your reply. He is on the lowest dose of morphine made, it doesn't come lower than what he is on. It was the doctor's idea to put him on 30mg 2x a day. It may sound high but it isn't. The...
I wrote yesterday and will try again. From looking at my husband, I can see why one wouldn't be at the computer but I'll try. He was diagnosed with CFS, which he felt he had. I would like to know,...
Hello all, My husband was told by a neurologist that he has CFS. My husband suspected it all along. Now what? What can he take to make himself comfortable. He is SO sick everyday. We heard pain...
Hi all, Ok, I know we are all different but I'm taking a chance in asking this anyway. Why do you gain weight from anti depressants? Are any known to not put too much on? I was a body builder and...
Am I understanding you right? You want to get off of all the pills you are on cold turkey? If so--I will be honest, that sounds like a terrible idea. Please don't take offense. I read your list. You...
Modelmaker, I believe you can do it. If your mind is made up and you go slow, you will be fine. It's people going cold turkey that get very sick. I would never do it that way. It h elped me marking...
Congratulations Tony and to all who legitimately get it. I think we all would agree we would rather be well--but not having money coming in, compounds to the pain. And I can relate to all the get...
Thanks Jamiee, I am trying. They say give it at least 6 weeks, it seems so long. Thanks again, have a good day....
Jaimiee, thanks for reading the post and answering. I will be bringing it up....
Gentlemen k that is just what I am doing, thank you. Zapped, I always look up side effects and interactions. I come on here to hear from personal experiences yet am very aware that we are...
I had the insomnia part and am on something that would make me drowsy but I don't remember feeling it this much. Thanks Kitt. I thought I read it somewhere that at first you lacked energy. I'll bring...
Hi everyone, Quick question. It doesn't make sense but I will ask anyway. I just started Wellbutrin--it's only been about 11 days. Does it make you sleepy? I am more tired than usual. I know, I don't...
Becky, I don't know you but read the thread and give you a big congratulations. I know what you mean about needing some good news or light coming your way. This sounds great. I always thought like...
Hi all, Thanks for the post. Like life isn't hard enough being in chronic pain. I haven't read the page but will. I did want to say this. My doctor is an advocate for long lasting drugs. He said it...
Modelmaker, I just want to say how sorry I am and how disappointed you must feel. I would hug you too, if I was there. I have pain in both legs, but never had surgergy. I think you have to be very...
Hmm, since u r asking, I think u know best and already know the answer. We don't know the full story. Is it about being put in the back, while you should take precedence? I would expect my bf or...
Hi Yankee Girl!--I take it that you're a Yankee, me too, or a Yankee fan? Either way is good. Well, thank you for telling me of your good experiences with it. I resisted taking it for so long but the...
Skeye, No need to apologize. When you are in pain and your eyes are bothering you, I can totally understand. I thank you for be comapassionate enough to put your own problems aside for me, that's a...
Thanks everyone. I am not scared as I was before I tried it. I haven't had any real problems with it. I would like it to work. I wasn't afraid of Serotonin Syndrome--that's why I wrote if you thought...
Thanks for taking the time to write and read my post but I am not on ultram. I was but it's been a few months. I always read the interactions. Or am I misunderstanding you? Thanks again....
I sure hope it helps me. Sorry about your son. They should have known better. I read it is not to be gven to people who are bi-polar also. I try to read these things before I take anything. but like...
That was funny, I had to think of what I wrote today regarding my dream. Yes, Bob Dylan was an idol if you will of mine. I saw him in concert a couple of years ago and was supremely disappointed. He...
HI Kitt, I hope you know that I think you, all the moderators and people are the best here. I think I say that everytime I come b/c in the world today, I have found such harshness and when you meet...
Thanks PAlady. I am one to give up very easily and I know what you mean about the number of bottles. Like I would feel victorious when I would cut something out. I would judge myself on how much I...
Hi Billy, I just wrote you a long reply and for some reason it didn't recognize my name and password. I just wanted to say that just in case you didn't know it, yes, ultram and tramadol are the same...
I will say this about dreams and definitely believe it. It all matters how you feel in your dream that counts. I have had repetitious dreams of being lost, wrong bus, wrong train. I always feel awful...
Dear PAlady, Thanks again for you concern. I really do mean it, that you and the others are such a compassionate group and you are always in my prayers. I know that many of you are suffering but go...
Thank you Serafena--that is a beautiful name! I know. I went to Web MD. But the board that had all this talk about the ultram was coming from someone's journal. That scared me silly. And what scared...
Thanks for your replies. I know I have to do something. Trying new medications, is always hard, but I never tried an anti depressant and read the reviews. Some great, some not. But I know I have...
Thanks everyone for your replies. I do appreciate you reading my post and taking the time to write. I'll answer one by one. White Beard. It started that he wanted me to try cymbalta for the pain and...
Thank you both for taking the time to read my post and replying. Akram, was it easy to get off and no side effects?? wow. I keep hearing insomnia and other things, actually mixed. I stopped smoking a...
Thank you both for your input. I was doing as well as can be untill recently. It could be b/c I was on ultram and that had a liitle ssri in it. I'm just guessing. Yes, CP alone is terrible, but to...
Dear Pete, Though I'm not on here much, I am now and want to give you a HUGE congratulations. I may not know of all your past troubles but read how happy you are now and can't help but not feel happy...
Hi Everyone, I have chronic pain and my doctor wanted me to try cymbalta. It turns out that I'm not covered. So, he wrote a prescript ion for Wellbutrin. I am not normally a depressed person but...
Hi Everyone, I have chronic pain and my doctor wanted me to try cymbalta. It turns out that I'm not covered. So, it wrote a prescript ion for Wellbutrin. I am not normally a depressed person but...
Dear Butterfly, Hi. I am Barbara and I am sorry to hear of your problems, as I am sorry to hear of the many problems on here....but this is the best board I have seen with the most compassionate...
Funny, you are talking about Cymbalta. I've had a few doctors tell me to try it and I was afraid and on ultram. I got off the ultram and am still afraid but was willing to give it a shot. I have read...