Fibromyalgia Support Group
You're not alone in your pain. Fibromyalgia is a condition that can be difficult to diagnose and manage. If you're trying to cope with pain throughout your body, sleep problems, general fatigue, or other common fibromyalgia symptoms, you're in the right place. The community is here for you to talk about therapies and share your challenges.
After a year of fighting this disease with everything I have, I'm a little better with thyroid meds, hormones, antibiotics, antivirals, imitrex before my migraine sets in. etc....BUT I wonder if the vivid (in my case, anxiety/horror)dreams that occur as a side effect of Effexor (I'm bipolar) might be a critical cause of "unrestful sleep" that most say contribute to fibromyalgia.
WHO takes Effexor?
DO you have wild dreams that wake you up in a panic?
AM I the only one?
WHO takes Effexor?
DO you have wild dreams that wake you up in a panic?
AM I the only one?
I am taking tramazodone at night to help with sleep. I think I was on the wrong track to stop the dreams. The sleep we need is NON-REM and for two nights I've must have gotten good sleep because I've awakened early two mornings in a row - awakened because I wanted to get up. I haven't felt that way in ages. Tramazodone in addition to the effexor seems to be a very good idea. I have two doctors that agree on it and so far it's been good.
I'm staying on the Effexor and my psychiatrist actually convinced me to increase it. She says I can have fewer depressed episodes and sucking it up is not necessary. We shall see.
what keeps me trying to make the medical approach work is the knowledge that my next option would be ECT. no thank you!