My doctor says Fibro is also a sleep disorder. He had me on the Butran Patch for a while but it upset my stomach. It was nice because it shoots pain meds in you in increments and it helps. I'm on vicoden for my pain and a muscle relaxer so I can sleep. Also an anti anxiety med. I have a rheumatologist who wrote a book on Fibromyalgia. I'm very lucky. I believe we have to keep searching for the right combination of medication to help us out.

I do have pain every day, though it isn't always in the same spots. I have arthritis in my hands and knees. it is there every day, only changing by degrees. The rest of the pain (back, upper arms, trigger points, neck, etc.) comes up variably. I'm not sure what makes a particular place hurt more on Wednesday than it did on Tuesday, but it happens. My knees are such that it feels like I'm forever about to break my right leg, though the docs say this is a normal feeling for what I have and I shouldn't worry about it. Sadly, I worry anyway.
HTH

My pain is with me always. I sorta think of it is a co-habitant in my body. It sometimes wants more room than I have to give.

Docs and pain meds are mutually exclusive these days. Sadly, as I know. What we do is what we can. (And I agree, the meds for osteo are scary as he**).

Have you tried an Integrative Meidcal Center? Duke in NC has one that I'd love to get into if my HMO would cover it. Sometimes they take a differnet look at things.

Yours in shared frustration---and pain---
Leo

Yes, I do have pain every day in the same spots. Some hurt more than others on different days. I've had unrelenting severe rib pain for 1 1/2 years. My upper back and left upper arm ache all the time. There are days I seriously wonder if this is truly just a slow death. I have had zero success with meds and my system reacts violently to them. That just adds to the high pain levels.

No one gets it. No one. Unless you are one of us.

Bobbii I totally get you. I understand the feeling that this is just a slow miserable death and there is nothing we can do anymore. I have trouble with meds too. I've developed allergies to some and just have some weird reactions to others. I had to stop my MS shots and I refuse to take the Osteoporosis meds. Last night I had pain under my armpit and in the side of my breast. You know how scary that can be! One more thing to add to the anxiety pile. I was raised in Cleveland. Wondered where you are living. Thanks

I have pain constantly, some days are just worse. Like all fibro pai. It moves around. You know when you swearbsomethi g has to be wrong with you pr hip, leg, chest etc etc and you have all the test and nothing shows up.

I have pain everyday, despite being on Norco and a fentanyl patch. The meds only take the pain levels down. They do not alleviate all the pain. My pain moves all around. One day it's here, the next there. It never goes away. It is such a merciless condition.

If we constantly tell our drs that the pain is getting worse and we won't take what they prescribe for it, they believe that it isn't as bad as we say it is.

In have pain every day. And it's true, no one understands but other fibro sufferers. It's a constant thing. My lower back kills me 24/7. Some days are worse than others in my hands and arms. Sometimes my hands feel great, some times I can't open the doors. Legs and ankles vary. It tends to ebb.and flow like slow motion waves. Sleep helps a lot, when you can get it that is.

I'm getting relief with more heat and acupuncture. I was awake in the nite 3 times a week with this new pain under my arm and around my upper arm. Hope this helps. Isabelle1954