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- Who thinks this stuff up? And who sponsored this study? A wool company?The wool group had SIGNIFICANT pain reduction. I gotta go buy myself all wool bedding and get wool underwear from shoulder to thigh! Of course it could have been placebo...
- Hi,I seem to have some weird sensory stuff going on... but WOW...My kids (4 of them) are mostly in different stages of childhood. They are all interested in different things etc and the noise is driving me bat crap crazy!I've got a toddler grabbing...
- Hi Fibromites,I went to a pain clinic seminar yesterday (STEPS- in Perth WA for anyone in Oz). For me, it was kind of like a review of all the things I have learnt over the last 8 or so years while I have had fibro. Keep active (and ways to do...
- I started plaquenil treatment last June.. It seemed to control most of my symptoms after about 6-8 weeks. Even some things that I hadn't attributed to the lupus.It is now October in Australia and really sunny. like 40C sunny. I am trying to stay...
- Hi all,I am trying to lose weight. I ended up putting on 60lbs from a medication I was using last year. I am finding it extremely hard to lose weight with lupus (and fibromyalgia). I feel like no-one really understands why I can't just lose it. ...
- So here in Australia- those of us on a low income pay $5.80 for most medications... then when you have spent $600 in a year (per family) the rest is free. The catch- the medication actually has to approved by the government for that use for you to...
- Does anyone think their meds usage would decrease if they could find a reliable way of falling asleep (kinda within 20 minutes even with moderate pain)??I think mine would be dramatically reduced if I didn't have insomnia and have to lie in bed...
- I wanted to ask what can be expected from pain relief?My pain level is probably at an 8 or 9 (I have had 4 children so I rate childbirth as 10 lol) when it is at its worst. Pain levels are still at a 6-7 after pain medication. What degree would...
- Hello fellow Fibromites-I wanted to ask what can be expected from pain relief?My pain level is probably at an 8 or 9 (I have had 4 children so I rate childbirth as 10 lol) when it is at its worst. Pain levels are still at a 6-7 after pain...
- Hi All,I am in quite a lot of pain. I have fibromyalgia and lupus. I was thinking of asking my doctor for one of these patches to help control the pain. My tramadol is not working.Does anyone have an opinion on either duragesic or Norspan? Which one...
- Hi All,I am in quite a lot of pain. I have fibromyalgia as well as lupus. I was thinking of asking my doctor for one of these patches to help control the pain. My tramadol is not working.Does anyone have an opinion on either duragesis or Norspan?...
- Does everyone have a box (or something) filled with so much medication that sometimes something can kinda get lost or forgotten? I have 3 different kinds of tramadol, baclofen, 2 different thyroid medications, celebrex, plaquenil, endep, nurofen,...
- Hello again-I currently have a really sore mouth. Looked where its sore and there are what looks like a bunch of little blisters about the size of pin heads inside my lips. Is this a lupus thing?I also have been getting getting bad indigestion-...
- I have all of these ,messages that look like they belong on a dating website not on a support site. Is this a common problem? Does anyone know how to discourage this? Thanks in advance Lovely lupus ladies... (and gents)
- Any ideas? Is this normal for lupus?I have skin that feels to me like it is burny hot- as though I have a sunburn. Its over the top half of my body and it kept me awake last night.I am also having fevers between 37.5- 38.5C. The skin doesn't feel...