I'm new at this

Does this mediation ever stop all the pain? I just started the 3rd week of meds and just hanging on when the pain hits. Does anything help when the pain hits heat or PT

Hi. Speaking for myself my pain never stops. When the pain really flares up which happens to me everynight. Not sure why? Anyway I do find the heating pad does help. It is not an immediate help but after awhile the pain does subside enough that I can finally go to sleep.
Jackie S.

Jackie, Thanks for the imformation. I so new it’s not funny

Hi Byebyegirls and welcome! I'm sorry that fibro has brought you to us but we're here to listen and hopefully help.

In all honesty, no my meds do not stop all of the pain. I don't think there is yet a pain med or other med that relieves us of all of the fibro pain. But my meds can make the pain bearable, although not always.

I like using over the counter patches called SalonPas for pain, in addition to the Lyrica I take. Sometimes an ice pack is a Godsend.

I went to PT many times and it did not help me except when they used an ultrasound device on my elbow. The heat from the ultrasound got in deep and fixed my elbow pain all last year, and so far so good this year. But I don't think they use ultrasound for pain anymore as they said it didn't help people...

Sometimes you just have to sit and "grit" through the pain, I'm sorry to say. I'm having one of those spells myself...

I hope your new meds do help to control your pain! If not, ask your doc to try something else. My doc tried a bunch of things before I was finally approved for Lyrica and that's helped me the most. Lyrica is formulated to tone down nerve pain, which is why it helps in fibro.

Gentle hugs,

Petunia

Still learning my limits and how much I can do in the mornig then in the afternoon. Right now it not much at all