I am a 23 year old mother of 2 boys under 2. I have always had lower back, hip and leg pains. The doctors when I was younger told me it was “growing pains” and that I would grow out of it. I am going to physical therapy as well as mental therapy. i am always tired and that was before I got pregnant. It seems like no matter how much or how little sleep I get im always tired. But it takes me forever to fall asleep. any who the physical therapy takes the edge off a little, but really makes me sore the next day. I went to the doctor and they did x-rays and never got back to me.. I have chronic migraines and it seems like my legs and feet are always cold even when they sweat, I know kinda gross. I was given tramodol when I broke my finger and that really made my mood good and not so much pain. its a drug that affect serotonin. I feel like that was a good medicine for me as it gave me relief I haven’t had in years. I have been on paxil for 4 months no and it isnt helping as much as I like and it cant be taken with tramodol.what should I do and what is with all the pain?
Posts Tagged Fibromyalgia
Drugs For Fibromyalgia?
Jan 29
A little background: I have been really sick since the birth of my son (17 months ago) and have seen so many doctors. I was finally recommended to a Rheumatologist who thought my symptoms were Sjogren’s Syndrome. I was also tested for Rheumatoid Arthritis but all tests were normal.
Today I had a check up with the Rheumatologist again and he said he thinks it might be fibromyalgia because I have a family history of it. He wasn’t too confident of that diagnosis though so I’m not sure what to think.
Getting to the point: He wanted to put me on Cymbalta but I tried that before and I can’t handle it so he put me on Lexapro. I was on Lexapro after my son was born for Post Partum Depression. Isn’t that just for mental type depression? I mean it isn’t generally used for physical pain is it? He also put me on a muscle relaxer/pain reliever, Movic (I believe that’s what it’s called) so I could get some sleep at night. Has anybody taken these or similar drugs before to treat fibromyalgia? Did you get any relief at all? He also recommended I start physical therapy for some joint pain? Has anybody found success with that?
am nursing a child so cannot take medicine. im in so much pain and need some sort of ideas. i am currently doing physical therapy. anybody suffer from it?
My doctor might be sending me for physical therapy soon. Will this help? Can I expect to have more problems with my pain as I get older?
What therapy can be done to provide pain relief from both diseases with out being to hard on one or the other disease?