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I have been on Cymbalta for over a year now and the pain is well managed. My major problem right now is the fatigue!! My sleep at night is sketchy, with waking several times, sometimes for an hour, but during the day all I want to do is sleep. I drag myself through the basics of the daily routine that I have to get done and then as soon as I can lie down I'll ...

Hi my name is Rita, I'm twenty two years old. I've been living with chronic wide-spread pain and fatigue for 6 years now. My doctors suspect it's Fibromyalgia. I wrote the following in my journal two years ago. I was in a horrible state. I didn't leave my bed for months. When I write, it somehow helps with my pain, hope it helps at least one person out there.

I sit here only to wonder ...

this is one of my worst symptoms i can barely move my fingers now. can anyone suggest anything that could help? i got a blood test at the doctor to test my esr and inflammation levels but it came back totally clear. i find this crazy as i have noticable swelling. think im going crazy.

My Aunt had lupus, my other Aunt Fibro, my mother has MS (as well as a host of other issues). Recently diagosed with CF and Fibro. Just wondering if any of you out there have similar genetic makeups?

Sometimes I wonder how the heck my ancestory made it through Survival of The Fittest (Scot Background).

My fibromyalgia pain was spreading over my body and increasing to the point where no pain medicine was touching it and I was getting no sleep at night. In desperation, I turned to the internet AGAIN to see if I could discover a reason why my pain was increasing. I read one sentence that turned a light bulb on in my head: "Some studies have said that an allergy to rice MIGHT be a cause ...

My pain dr just started me out on a new drug for pain - Savella. He gave me a free 2wk titration pack working up from 12.5mg 2/day up to 50mg 2/day. I hear this is a very expense medicine so I'm glad I hoot a free sample. It depressed me so bad I wanted to jump off a bridge, I could not sleep longer than 2 hrs at a time and my night sweats ...

i can't find any on the net if anyone could suggest some it would be great.

All the posts I see are dated like 2007 and a few 2008. Is this site still active.

There is alot more active posting in the chronic fatigue and gupta program sections. The fibro section is a little dead. New people stop by and post in it, but thee isnt a whole lot of regular posters in it.

I am about 8 months newly diagnosed and am still trying to find what really works for me. Currently my Dr has prescribed Neurontin for me and not lyrica due to I am trying to lose weight and she says that weight gain is one of Lyricas side effects. I take 200mg a day. I also am on Zoloft becasue cymbalta REALLY screwed with my head. The neurontin has really help with the pain and ...

Has anyone discovered a link between the use of insect repellent containing DEET and their own fibromyalgia? I have been off work since last september with a wild array of symptoms including arthritis, (hands and legs) insomnia. chronic exhaustion, food intolerances (all grains and alcoholic drinks), chemical intolerance (my new carpets), skin rashes, problems with body temperature, diahorrea and constipation, mouth ulcers and sore lips, muscle twitching (especially in the autumn) and some psychological anomalies ...