MY VALENTINES DAY WEEKEND WAS GREAT, BUT AS WE ALL NO EVERYTHING GREAT MUST COME TO AN END,,WEATHER IS FREZZING!!,IM BACK TAKING ELAVIL, SO NOW IM SCARED TO EAT ANYTHING, BECAUSE ELAVIL CAUSES WHEIGHT GAIN AND PUFFYNESS!!,(BUT, IT DOES HELP SOMETIMES) SO NOW IM WONDERING IF ITS REALLY WORTH BEING ON!!??
_SIGNED_ wONDERING?~
Only you and your Dr can really decide this, pynk. I know the Lyrica sometime makes me swell terribly, so I have to decide if swelling is worse than the pain of Sciatica. I do have to go off it once in a while to get rid of the fluid retention, when I do, all I do is run to the bathroom, so I can release it that way. My Internist said once you start taking fluid pills, you will always have to take them.
I hope you can find some relief very soon!
thankx, for the reply!!
Pynkmynk, I'm not on Elavil but I am on Lyrica and Nortriptyline and have gained weight as a result. And I was heavy to start with. I don't know about you, but I can't do without something to help the pain. For me, conquering pain trumps keeping at a certain weight. Because i have no quality of life when I'm in ceaseless, unbearable pain. And without my meds I do get that bad. I just don't see extra weight as a huge deal in comparison with feeling somewhat better.
So that's my two cents on the matter but others may feel differently.