I am on Lyrica 150 mgs and Cymbalta 120 mgs a day. No weight gain. As long as you keep active and don’t give in to your increased appetite, you will be fine. I walk a lot with my dog and ride a stationary bike while I watch TV.
Gabepentin did not work for me though it is less expensive than Lyrica.
Hi everyone I am a newbie. I take a muscle relaxer but not for fibromyalgia. I have DDD and seizures so when I know I am having a seizure I take a muscle relaxer makes the stiffness not so bad. . I take mostly cbd oils and make my own roller balls for pain. I get more help outta those than pills. But its each to there on. I have a neighbor who can’t use oils because of the fact they taste bad, some smell bad. I get to the point where I have trouble taking pills.
Hi everyone. I have a related question: Has anyone taken Gabapentin and Savella together? Savella helps improve my fatigue but does nothing for my pain, tremors, or spasms. I just started Gabapentin this week week and don’t know if my increased fog and dizziness is related to the new meds or weather-related flare.
Gabapentin gave me tiredness and brain fog, especially in the beginning.
This is me personally, but I have had Fibro for 30 years. No cure, only gets worse with age, and no medication has ever helped me. Muscle relaxers can be addicting, and may cause constipation. Harder meds have very bad side effects and don’t work. Hope you have luck with them, but don’t get your hopes up.
Aphrodites, i agree with you. I’ve had it FORTY years… the only thing that ever helped was cortisone, but that gave me osteoporosis. I have tried all the meds doc has prescribed, been to orthos and pain docs. As much pain as i am i, the meds are worse. I have so many thing I want to do and am simply unable to do them.
I use the muscle relaxer Tizanadine( generic for Zanaflex) nightly… although it was prescribed for severe muscle spasms I have from an injury to my thoracic spine. I’m not sure there’s any labeled indication w it for FMS, but I can see it helping maybe for better sleep?
As far as the gabapentin, I did give it the college try but even the lowest dose once nightly was causing my blood pressure to drop to low, even after 10-12 weeks on it. Gave it up. Didn’t notice any improvement while on it either.
Sad that we haven’t come further in figuring out fibromyalgia. I’m in a flare right now and it’s maddening. The pains are so random, they throw me for a loop for a while, trying to figure out what I did to THAT part of my body? Then, I remember… oh, yeah. Fibro. Great🙄
Wishing you good health,
K
Right there with ya! 30 years now… the best prescription available is working on your spirituality, your resilience, your gratitude and what you eat. There’s just no magic bullet , and the older I get I’m more convinced that’s because FMS is a result of a viral exposure, or possibly thyroid conditions, or some kind of metabolic malfunction; not just a stand-alone disease that’s written into your DNA to get.