I have a question if anyone can help me. I have been dealing with the pain for years, my new family doc sent me to a rhuematologist and after a series of tests I was diagnosed with fibro along with a few other things. I was sent to a pain doc because I also have spinal stenosis. The pain doc started me on a few new meds and tripled my dose o a current med. He has me taking Mobic once a day, lyrica twice a day, and increased my ultram from 1 tab twice a day to 2 tabs every 6 hours. Since starting these meds I do feel a little less pain, however my brain feels foggy, I can not concentrate on anything my body feels almost tingly and weak, at moments it is hard to hold myself up. I honestly feel like I can not focus on more than one thing at a time and I feel like if I am doing something and anyone tried talking to me I feel over whelmed. My question is does this feeling go away or is this something I have to live with in order to not have the pain? I do have several other health issues as well, if that makes a difference.
Hi Nmoore75,
I know with my fibromyalgia my brain does get foggy and I have problems concentrating at times. There are times I will be talking and I will completely forget what I was talking about. Or I will just forget words. We call it fibro fog. I can’t say weather it will go away or it will get better. I don’t really know. I hope you find some answers.
Brandy
Whether or not side effects go away after your body has a chance to adjust to a particular medicine depends on the drug and how you react to it- sorry I can't be more helpful. I used to take 2 of the meds you are currently on- meloxicam & tramadol (generic names for the Mobic & Ultram). I had zero side effects from meloxicam, but I also didn't benefit from it in anyway so that med was eliminated from my treatment. Tramadol is a pain medicine, and so it is completely normal to experience drowsiness. I only ever took tramadol as needed rather than on a daily basis, but in my experience the tramadol side effects were there anytime I took a dose (and those side effects were drowsiness, increased hunger, and itching) but the side effects I experienced were minor compared to the pain so I just dealt with it. I have never tried lyrica though- so I can't say what happens with that medication. The decision of if you are going to deal with side effects, or try something different, I would think depends on what other options you have for pain relief- as well as the intensity of the side effects.
Thank you, both. Today was a little better, focusing on more than one thing still feels overwhelming but I am not hiding from everyone. I did notice today that the sound of my husbands voice irritated me to no end and of course he wanted to me a chatterbox today. I have tried to politely hint at him that he is talking too much, and I have come right out and said it but all that does it irritate him because he is bipolar. I just dont know how to deal with these feelings on top of the pain and my other health issues. I almost liken it to losing my mind or at least I feel as though I am.
I will have to agree with you there are days my husband is a chatterbox and I wanna scream. But I have to accept that is my problem not his. All tho it takes everything in me not to completely snap. I have to remember all the things he does for me. How he takes care of me and never complains. How am I gonna tell him to shut his mouth and quit talking all because he is irritating me? I feel like I am being selfish. I just try to separate myself and take a break from him. I usually go and smoke a cigarette and take some time. And yes I know smoking is very bad for me. But one thing at a time.
I am allergic to Lyrica but have been taking a couple of other meds that I don’t believe are helping me at all. I see a pain doctor who orders pain medications… I cannot tell where anything is helping one bit. Have you tried steroids at all? I am very sleepy all the time but unable to get any sleep at night. One of my biggest problems right now is itching. It is nearly driving me wild. Have you had that happen at all. I am not answering your question because I don’t have any answers. I surely hope we can find answers for these questions.