*waves hand* Oh yeah. Let's see... early liver failure... oh, right, the time the side effect was conscious anesthesia, and it hit while I was on stairs and that's how I mesed up my hip and spine, I was unconscious in body but my mind was awake yelling, "grab the railing!" and I was unable... and andand....

with pretty much any medication they try. the best so far was the one that made me hyper sensitive to sunlight and ended up giving me a second degree/bordering on third degree sunburn.

I am in a no win situation. I am allergic to narcotics, but barbiturates seem to just mess me up and make me foggy, antidepressants make me gain weight (which then leads back to strain on my bad joints). there is no winning.

Ha ha I know that one! So many meds have failed me, caused more misery than any benefit.

When I took Cymbalta, that had to be the worse drug I ever tried! It was much worse then the symptoms, Lyrica was a close second...

Jon, Lyrica was worse for me but Cymbalta was a close second. I can't even take aspirin!!!

Those two are zombie drugs!

Oh my gravy! You just made my day!

Gentle hugs, Linda

Oh yeah, when I was on Cymbalta the side effects made me feel worse!

Cymbalta and Savella just made me really sleepy and sick to my stomach. Gabapentin was the worst for me. I truly was a zombie on it and then my stomach was unbearable. I'm getting used to the Lyrica once I backed off on the dosage and came back up slowly. I'm a little tired, but my hands don't hurt and that's a big thing for me because they hurt all the time. So yes, the side effects are just crazy sometimes.

Susan

LOL Jon. Sad , but true.

They are pushing a drugs off label, Cymbalta a anti depressant, and Gabpentin, Lyrica, a anti convulsant. Lyrica is just barely better then the placebo. I told my doctor that, "why don't you just give me the placebo, there would be less side effects? I mentioned the study, she said "that is why it didn't work, you read the study!" She was so witty...

All 3 have a low effectiveness rate for fibro and high side effect profiles. But, they do help some people , so I dont blame people for trying them and I am happy for the people that do get relief from them. Myself, I had a bad reaction to Neurotin, and I am sensitive to meds, either allergic or weird reactions (which seems to get worse as time goes on), so I decided a long time ago not to try Lyrica or Cymbalta. When each one first came out family members would say hey try that, my answer was I am going to sit back and see how others with fibro do with it.

I just went through trying every antihistamine out there over a period of time for allergies and they all make me insane (no decongestant in them). Super brain hyper mode , like drinking mass quantities of coffee I suppose. Major agitation. I just cant live with that.

LOL I have stopped reading the side effects of meds. I am convinced that any med a doctor prescribes has side effects that are 100 times worse than what I have. I do take meds for heart and RA and those read like a death sentence. I am very sensitive to meds and have had to stop most of what has been prescribed due to everything from hives, swelling tongue, to feeling like I was having a heart attack.