Jenny,

There are many good sites for fibro information. I will google it later today and see what I can find for you. I do indeed take neurontin for neuropathic pain over night. I do not take it during the day.

IMHO, you made the best step by finding a place to come to ask questions and learn about your health. That is so imiportant. I imagine that simply by browsing through posts on this site and looking at bios you will get a lot of that beginning information that we all have needed.

Welcome!

Welcome! Im glad you found us dear! Well lets see here...I dont have any specific sites off the top of my head but I can tell you that if you type the word Fibromyalgia into a search you will find tons of info.
I hope we are able to offer you all the support you need here hon!

I'm glad you found us...:)
I take 1600 mgs daily of Neurontin. It is a nerve pain med & I have not experienced any major side effects to speak of. But everyone processes meds differently.
You can go to Drugs.com to further research Neurontin.
There is a National Fibromyalgia Research Assoc...you can google as well.
And the Pain Relief Network keeps people with chronic pain up-to-date on what's going on in Congress, with drug-makers & physicians treating chronic pain.
I hope this gets you started.
Be well...:)

Welcome. . .I was on neurontin for over a year - 600 mgs a day and finally neuro took me off of it because it caused big time weight gain. I am now on lamictal (anti seiz med that blocks nerve ending pain). Everyone is different tho so do your homework and give it some time.

Welcome, I just found this wonderful place and they have helped so much with questions for me. I am on so much medicine right now that my DH has to get my meds together for me. I had bad sides effects for neurotin so it isn't an option for me right now. Gee Merry Christmas, what a time to get told what you have. Actually mine came from Thanksgiving and now Christmas.

Hi and Welcome. My best advice is to do a little reading at a time otherwise it can be overwhelming and may depress you. Fibro is very different for everyone as you can see below. I take 1000mg neurontin per day and have no side effects and never have. I have found it to be very beneficial.
Squeeze that beautiful baby for me and enjoy the holidays!

Welcome to the board! You will find so much information here, and on the web. But if there's something you are wondering about, or can't find the answer to, just ask us here. We'll do our best.

On what to expect, wow, that's a big one! I mean, there are such varied symptoms, that's why it's called a syndrome, when it's really a disease. I hate that it's called a syndrome. Some how makes it seem like it's not taken seriously.

You can have all sorts of pains, aches, irritations. Just be sure and bring up EVERYTHING to your doc. One of the biggest mistakes we make is assuming that every little pain is from fibro when it acutality, sometimes, it's other illnesses or problems. So NEVER just assume that a certain pain is fibro, even if other's have it as well.

I assumed that my chest pain and shortness of breath was fibro pain, because others on the board experience it too. Well, my doc I saw yesterday, doesn't agree, and is sending me to a cardiologist. So, see what I mean? always bring it up with your doc.

Once again, welcome. And you can get thru this with good family, good friends, and a good doc!!!!!!

Oh, and one really good place to start, that has tons of other sites on it is:

www.fibrowelcomepackage.com

Hope that helps.

ANYTIME YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE DEFINATION OF A WORD, IF IT IS IN GREEN LETTERS, YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT AND IT WILL BRING THE DEFINATION UP. HOPE THIS HELPS YOU....LOVE..HELEN

Welcome to the site. I was a neurontin about 4 years ago, but went off it myself. I was like a space cadet (but it was a combo of many meds) but also gained a lot of weight. Good luck to you.