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August 28, 2009 9:44pm
As you can read, I am not having a very good day pain wise ... makes me very grumpy. However, as soon as I do feel better, I will …
kady09
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kady09
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About Me
Somedays, the pain drives me crazy ... and since that is most days, I believe my mental health has been compromised. I have had fibromyalgia since I was a teenager but for years I managed the pain by drinking lots of alcohol. I have now been sober for 7 years and I have had to find other ways to deal with the pain. This last year, my doctor has been prescribing more potent pain killers who do not always work. Compounding my pain is the insomnia I have had since childhood. Getting me to sleep involves several medications. I live in a very small community but I am new here ans do not know many people. My husband is very supportive but it would help me to talk with people who understand what I am going through.
Somedays, the pain drives me crazy ... and since that is most days, I believe my mental health has been compromised. I have had fibromyalgia since I was a teenager but for years I managed the pain by drinking lots of alcohol. I have now been sober for 7 years and I have had to find other ways to deal with the pain. This last year, my doctor has been prescribing more potent pain killers who do not always work. Compounding my pain is the insomnia I have had since childhood. Getting me to sleep involves
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I take over 20 different medications for insomnia, pain, IBS, arthritis ... through the years, i figure i have probably ried every possible medication available except for Lyrica and Cymbalta. It is too long a list to write down here ... I have written the ones that are most effective now
Treatments
- Writing Working / Worked
- I have kept a personal journal all my life but lately writing has lost its appeal since a knee replacement surgery 10 months ago
- Trazodone Working / Worked
- on and off but presently helping with insomnia
- Seroquel Working / Worked
- I am bipolar .... seroquel is my mood stabilizer
- Buscopan Working / Worked
- Helps with spasms due to IBS
- Flexeril Working / Worked
- sometimes very useful to make me relax before bed
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Working / Worked
