I agree with you that you did not pull out the belt. That was what we got as kids, but its taboo now. I started to hurt when my girls were 10, 7, 4. With my husband working and going to school both...
I already have rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune condition. I have developed 3 allergys in the last five years. I was dx with fibromialgia last year, also now considered an autoimmune condition. To...
Hi, I have been on triple therapy for several years, and it worked very well for me. I started with plaqunil for about 18 months, then added methotrexate and sulfasalizine. After a couple of months i...
In hiding and locking up medicine, I have gone the route of not using the bathroom to store my meds. I hide them, out of site, in my locked bedroom. If I'm going to have a houseful and can't keep an...
I don't take Tylenol at all, and nothing with it in it. If I have to reach for an OTC it is motrin. Once I started gabapentin I haven't had any OTC in a while. I've had 2 Drs now on the oral dose of...
Ive ben taking methotrexate for a little over three years, and I've always had to have bloodwork done once every two months. Once, when the liver enzymes went high we had to lower the dose from 30mg...
I was recently dx with fibro to go with RA too. Found out it piggybacks with autoimmune conditions regularly. I also take gabapentin for the extra pain....
Well, let's see- its 4:26 am and its Monday night not Tuesday morning. Pain has been exceptionally good until I turn out the lights, then its the only thing I have to focus on. It hurts just enough...
Hi Lisa, Right now I am just do dang tired all the time. I have finally "slipped" out of a bipolar mixed state that was allowing me to "feel no pain"- but also had my brain running at such a clip thy...
Cymbalta does a good job with my general malise and muscle ache of what we think is fibromialgia to to with my RA. I was already taking some for Bipolar depression, and it was increased for pain...
Have you noticed that there is absolutely no literature on this? I looked and looked (although I was really looking at the emotional impact) and even my drs couldn't find anything. So I started...
I took vicodin for about 2 1/2 years after demoral (sp?) stopped working. The problem was that it originally was supposed to be my B/T med after MO 800mg. After a while I was in a LOT of pain anytime...
This day has mixed meanings for me. First off- for those who have just fallen in the military I don't have a direct relation, but I do know some who do, and it is such heart wrenching prideful...
Ryobi, what a great idea! To follow particular people through the different chapters to see how it deals in the total life. I was working on collecting snippets for each section that best fit the...
I am going about this book more along the lines of peer-to-peer rather than as an expert. An explication of the concept of pain in the medical sense would be beyond what I want to explore. There are...