lilly1975
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Hello, I have been checking out what everyone has to say about pain meds with fibro. This is my first time posting. Well I agree with you fibromandi. I am 32 and been denied any sort of pain meds. I just went to see a pain management Dr. and she upped my dosage of Lyrica to 150 mg 2 times a day, which I will tell you hasn't done jack for me, and made me feel pain in other places that I haven't felt before, like in my heels (sharp, stabbing pain) and an awful sharp, stabbing pain in my left thigh. I am also way, way more tired than I have been, which I didn't think was possible. On the plus side I have finally gotten a good nights sleep. Sorry trailed off there, the Dr. also gave me stretches to do. I don't get that, seeing that I do stuff as much as I can. I try to bend and stretch on my own. I was rushed in and out of there so quick I didn't know what happened. My appt. was at 8am so I was still extremely stiff I was half asleep. I did have an extra 2 secs. with her to ask about pain meds and she was very short with me and said well what do you want me to do? She said what pain meds have you tried and I said, didn't you read what I wrote down, and she said no. So I started to tell her and she cut me off at Tramadol, and said do you want Tramadol and I said no it doesn't work, so she said well, we will just stick with the Lyrica. That was after I told her that it wasn't helping me and just upped my dose. I am not very firm with these Dr.s, and I know I should be. I have tried Darvocets, Tramadol, Naproxen, Ibuprofen, steroids, amitriptyline, Flexeril, and now Lyrica all with no relief. So far the only thing that helped slightly was hydrocodone, it didn't help completely but enough where I could do more that usual. I know it's a big bad drug but I am not looking for so major drugs I don't want to take anything stronger unless I have to but maybe the combo of Lyrica and hydrocodones might help me. I need to get back to work at least part time. I have been out of work for 7 months with no disabliity coming in anymore. I applied for SSD, but thats a joke for people with fibro to try and get. So as I have just written a book for you to all read, does anyone know how I can talk to the pain management Dr. without sounding like a junkie. Oh and I forgot to add that when I was talking about the pain I told her it was from the fibro and she said I dont want to know your diagnosis. Sorry this is soooo long.
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