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.
I'm on so many Rx for my fibro and would like to stop taking them as I have a feeling they may be contributing to my general fatigue. Does anyone have any tips on stopping/titrating them? I know I had a hard time getting off Cymbalta and had "brain zaps" and dizziness in the past. Even my doctor said, "They teach us doctors how to get people on RX drugs, but we have a lot to learn about getting people off them."
I currently take: Cymbalta - 30mg x 1 a day
Gabapentin - 300 mg x3 a day
Amitriptyline 25 mg at bed
I've recently started taking a Magnesium supplement and drinking at least 66 oz of water daily and I feel better now than I have in years. I questions whether the Rx are really helping.
Any suggestions? Anyone did this and want to share their experience?
I currently take: Cymbalta - 30mg x 1 a day
Gabapentin - 300 mg x3 a day
Amitriptyline 25 mg at bed
I've recently started taking a Magnesium supplement and drinking at least 66 oz of water daily and I feel better now than I have in years. I questions whether the Rx are really helping.
Any suggestions? Anyone did this and want to share their experience?
What I did last spring (temporarily) was to taper off a couple of drugs. If you can break pills in half, that helps. Then in quarter pills, etc.
What you need to find out from the professionals is which drugs will give you a withdrawal syndrome if you do too fast a taper. Better to drag out the taper over a longer period of time than have nasty symptoms. Hope this helps.
You might want to try different meds after getting off the drugs.
I've simplified my regimen to an opioid for pain, and sleep med (trazodone). If I get really bad, I add a muscle relaxant or clonazepam (sleep). A beer in the late afternoon helps, so does medical marijuana for intractable muscle cramps.
Good luck finding what works for you. Work with your dr. I know which of my meds will cause withdrawal, which ones I can take at a lesser dose, and which ones I can take "as needed".
Educate yourself as much as you can.
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