honey i don\'t know what pain clinics you have been too, but they can\'t be too informative. i go to a pain clinic you have the symptoms i have and i was diagnosed by three doctors for fibro. you do have it. it is not in your head and don\'t let these idiots let u think otherwise. how dare they. i in the beginning didnt even have trigger points but now i do because it is getting worse.what tate are u in anyway. just keep searching you probably would feel even better if u were taking the meds i am i take methadone and vicodin for breakthrough. after two years your body has to be pretty used to the lortabs. methadone is extended release so it last longer.like i said there are ones out there that are willing to help.
chin up and in the meantime my prayers are with you.
love trish

Thank u for your support. I live in Germany due to the Military. I had a really nice DR. for two years he left about a month ago, so about three weeks ago i have run out of my medicine so i went to the doctor and seen someone new. WHAT A JERK HE WAS. I told him my situation and he told me there is NO WAY IM GIVING U ANY MORE LORATAB. I ASKED HIM LOOK THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING UP WHAT AM I SUPPOSE TO DO JUST SIT HERE IN PAIN? CAN U BELIEVE HE LOOKED STRAGHIT AT ME AND SAID YES. I WAS SO MAD I JUST STORMED OUT. That was on a Friday. The clinic was closed until that Wednesday. No pain meds for five days I was miserable........ So i finally seen someone else he did not want to give me anything either NO LORATAB. i told hime look i have been on this meds for two years and it is the only that that works for me so he finally broke down and said i will give u 20 but NO MORE he even typed it in his computer so that all the other doctors would no not to give me anymore, so that is where i am now. IM TIRED OF PEOPLE TELLING ME TO JUST GET UP AND EXERCISE AND U WILL FEEL BETTER. I DONT THINK THEY HAVE A CLUE HOW MY BODY FEELS. TRUST ME I GET ENOUGH EXERCISE MY HOUSE IS THREE STORIES 16 STAIRS TO EACH PLATFORM IM MARRIED 2 KIDS PLUS A DOG I STAY BUSY....... I hope u have a good day with no pain

Ok, this really makes me angry. How dare these docs do this to you. I am an army brat, so I know for a fact the army docs suck. Bottom line. Many docs do not believe in Fibro, but you can do a search all over this internet. They now have proven this is not a psych disorder. University of Michigan is one place that just completed a study, along with many others.

http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2006/fibromyalgia.htm

For 8 years I have suffered. Initially they ran all kinds of tests, mri\'s etc. Ruled out everything they could and being they could not figure it out, they said it was psychological. YEah, ok...so I suffered 8 years. This last year the doc finally told me I had fibro.

Don\'t settle for this BS. Find a doc that is willing to listen to you and treat you. I don\'t know how it is in Germany, but there is a multitude of studies out there. If you have to print them out and take them to your doctor. I don\'t know what loritabs are. If the docs don\'t want to give you a narcotic, there are plenty of other treatments out there, pain meds that are not narcotics.

Hope this helps, and hang in there. Don\'t give up.

hugz
San

http://www.fibromyalgiatreatment.com/index.htm

http://www.healingtides.net/therapy_for_fibromyalgia.htm

^^here a few informational web sites also.

Going to military doctors can be the pits. I spent 18 years having to go to them. You hardly ever get to see the same one (at least that is the way it was) much less get to see one you liked. I spent two years trying to get them to hear me about my endometrious. Every time I went to get help the question was, \"Do you work?\" I knew they were implying that because I did not work outside the home I had nothing to do but think up something to go to the doctor for.
Now that I can choose my own doctor at least I can change if I don\'t like them. I wish I could give you some good advice about your situation, being in Germany makes it even harder. Just know that there are many who know how you feel being told it is all in your head. Those people have never been in the place you are now.

Boy do I know how you feel. I started having problems in Oct. 1990. Everyone told me it was in my head and convinced my husband it was also. It wasn\'t until 2000 that I finally got diagnosed.

I still have many problems. The dr\'s don\'t seem to want to give anything for pain. So far everything they have given me is like taking an aspirin.

One Dr started my on Cymbalta.... boy be carefull
at first it seemed to help but after about one year it was horrible.... I was very paranoid, depressed, and I cried all the time. I could barely deal with people without crying.

needless to say I have turned into a hermit.. driving hurts, so I don\'t go anywhere and after the last year people just backed away so I have no \"friends\" left. It is just me and my Husband.

He is disabled and walks with a cane. He stoped going around people too because they just don\'t or don\'t want to understand you and that you can\'t do what you once did.

We have lived here 15 years and as of today we have 1 couple (NEIGHBORS) we call friends.

I guess I have been boo hooing... I have felt on the verge of tears today and very depressed.
Sorry. :)

To be diagnosed with fibromyalgia you only need to have six of the trigger points. Four of them are in the legs. So the pain clinic was wrong. It sucks that your doctor is thickheaded and not understanding about your illness. However, I did a little research and loratabs are very addicting and he may have taken you off them to avoid a real severe problem. Instead of begging for loratabs you might try reasoning with him to try some other medications that have been helpful with fibro. Maybe he\'ll be a bit more understanding if he doesn\'t think you may be addicted to the loratabs and making up pain as an excuse (which is my theory about one reason he is being so thickheaded). I have not had experience with military doctors and have heard mixed things from people I know, but you might also suggest physical therapy (pool is best because it minimizes impact) to help with the pain. I have found dietary changes key in dealing with this. There are some suggestions...good luck.

Those dirty SOB's! Excuse my language. I had to deal with this ridiculous doc a few weeks ago. My rx said to take 2 pills of tramadol 2 to 3 times per day. Well I had to take it 3 times a day. I ran out of 120 pills in 20 days and they refused to refill the rx. Well I had to go in the next day because I was having withdrawl symptoms and was in brutal pain. I did not bring the bottle with me. She walks into the room with an attitude. I ask her why they would do this to a patient and she says that I was taking way too much tramadol. I explain to her what the rx bottle said and she held her hand out with this smart ass look on her face. I told her I didnt bring it with me how the hell was I supposed to know they thought I was an addict? We argued back and forth for 10 minutes about this stupid rx. She told me what the chart said which did not match the rx bottle. Anyway she kept asking me questions which were designed to see what I would do. She took it upon herself to write me a new rx however she wrote it for 1 to 2 pills every 12 hours. I smiled and left. She sent me to a pm doc and he thought the whole situation was ridculous and gave me a new rx that matched what I was taking to begin with. Anyways my whole point is that not all docs are so screwy and unfortunately, some of the men and women here have had to see many docs before someone finally understood. Dont give up hon.

The new criteria for a fibro diagnosis is to have 11 out of 16 trigger points and children have to only exibit pain in 6 out of 16 so you have the symptoms and if you have 3 diagnosis' that say yes and the only no's come from pain clinics stop going to the pain clinics and go back to the rhuemy if you can and get good and medicated and when they start giving you your meds try and save up. if they say take 3 a day and you can survive on 2 still get refills when you are supposed to and save up your extras for moments like this. It has gotten me through especially when my insurance ended and I had no coverage. Good luck
Tam