I am newly diagnosed. Ironically, I have been on Cymbalta and Lamictal for several years for depression/anxiety. I learned that both of those meds are what is prescribed for fibro/pain. I wonder how I would feel without them??? But they are cutting it as far as pain.

I have cervical spine issues and am having my first procedure on Friday. Also seeing a Rhumo next week and a Pallative care Doc for Migraines which I have had for years and never had any meds.

I will follow up with you when I learn my options. In the meanwhile, hang in there!

Oh and one thing that does work for me is yoga. Restorative is great. Check it out. I don't know where you live, but if it is in LA let me know and I can steer you to someone great.

I live in rural PA but I may be able to find a yoga class but I cannot sit on the floor as my hips lock up :( I may ask about lamictal. I gotta do something as I refuse to be a couch potato!

The only thing I have ever had help my neuropathy pain is Elavil. I've been on it now for many years. I have no side effects from the med, and I don't tolerate meds well. I am able to use a very low dose. If you do try Elavil, keep in mind it has to build up in your system. It could take 7 to 10 days to notice benefits.

Neurontin is the only thing I've tried that helps. It doesn't completely alleviate the horrible neuropathy like pain but it helps me tremendously. I'm sorry you can take this med.

Fibrosucks,
I want to comment on you second coment about hip locking up. This happpened to me many times until I started streatching and yoga. if I sit in a car or chair for more than 15mins I would go to get up and not be able to put weight on my leg.
When this happened before I would just wait till it went away. But now i have learned that if I streatch the area it helps it to go away faster and helps to keep it from happening.

I was started on imipramine today. Will see how it goes.

Meant to reply sooner, as a former rural Pa gal to another.... my mom swears by alpha lipoic acid dor her neuropathy issues. And yoga is lovely, there are many standing poses, and you can do a lot of the floor poses on an exercise table. They have one at the gym here, like a big knee high platform with a huge mat over it, so you do not have to actually be on floor.

Good luck, toes and fingers crossed!

I have had fibro for 3 years. It took them 2 years to diagnose it after all the tests they made me go through. Some of them were so painful, I just cried through the whole thing.
I triedLyrica and cymbalta.I take neurontin which didn't do much but then he combined Ultram with it. Though it doesn't take all the pain away and some days are better than others, it has vastly improved. I , like you, could couldn't even lift a pan ,let alone cook anything.
Anyway maybe you could try it. Good luck to you......

I have already been on Ultram. It made my muscles tighter! I have a very finicky body when it comes to meds :(