Endometriosis Support Group
Endometriosis is a common medical condition where the tissue lining the uterus is found outside of the uterus, typically affecting other organs in the pelvis. The condition can lead to serious health problems, primarily pain and infertility. A major symptom of endometriosis is pain, mostly in the lower abdomen, lower back, and pelvic area.
Hi Endo Sisters. It has been quite a while since I was on here but something led me here today. :-)
Our little guy is turning 1 in another month - wow, how time flies.
On the endo front, doc put me on Nuvaring again only I'm doing 3 months continuous use, then 1 week off. It's ok, but the endo pain has turned into an all over pain so I started going to my primary care physician and bugging him. I finally told him I needed an anti-depressant (Because he'd mentioned before if I wanted one he was in favor of such treatments).
This time he seemed surprised, and said why? is it post-partum depression? I had to say 'no, I'm just in constant pain all the time. I am so sad about this and about what my life has become. I mean is this it? am I stuck with severe pain for the rest of my life?'
This must have woke him up because he finally put me on something decent: Cymbalta. It's for fibromyalgia and true, this won't take away period pain completely but dang! A lot of my pain is either reduced or gone. I still have shoulder pain and pains here and there...I forget how good things have gotten until I forget to take a pill for a couple days and then all of a sudden the pain pours back in. Ugh.
So if your endo pain has caused pains elsewhere (back, shoulders, wrists, legs, etc.) and is close to constant, I'd be curious to know if you also find this helpful.
Our little guy is turning 1 in another month - wow, how time flies.
On the endo front, doc put me on Nuvaring again only I'm doing 3 months continuous use, then 1 week off. It's ok, but the endo pain has turned into an all over pain so I started going to my primary care physician and bugging him. I finally told him I needed an anti-depressant (Because he'd mentioned before if I wanted one he was in favor of such treatments).
This time he seemed surprised, and said why? is it post-partum depression? I had to say 'no, I'm just in constant pain all the time. I am so sad about this and about what my life has become. I mean is this it? am I stuck with severe pain for the rest of my life?'
This must have woke him up because he finally put me on something decent: Cymbalta. It's for fibromyalgia and true, this won't take away period pain completely but dang! A lot of my pain is either reduced or gone. I still have shoulder pain and pains here and there...I forget how good things have gotten until I forget to take a pill for a couple days and then all of a sudden the pain pours back in. Ugh.
So if your endo pain has caused pains elsewhere (back, shoulders, wrists, legs, etc.) and is close to constant, I'd be curious to know if you also find this helpful.
Just a word of warning to you, this drug is very difficult to come off of.
i spoke with OB, Pain management doc, and psychiatrist about cymbalta, all agree it can be quite helpful with the pain, even if you aren't depressed. It can be incredibly hard to come off, and it is very expensive..
I am currently trying to come off all meds as much as possible. i am down to 50-60 Tylenol 3/ month, just finished 6 months lupron with add back (so should be out of my system in about a month), off lexapro for a couple months now... i am trying to excercise and still do my PT. I am trying to get pain relief from a topical, use a tens unit a lot... of course nothing works like pain meds, but i have this idea that i can train my body to handle the pain and get used to it (so far, it just sucks....).