Helen Robinson

I have had Fibro for too many years to count and have a several dr's I go to who understand it quite well...I too had tried Nsaid's which some have worked but due to gettings Ulcer's easily now cannot take---I now use Zanaflex4mg--It is a med that you take slowly like 1mg it is a scored tab---I take 4mg a noc to help me sleep Used to take amitriptiline upwards of 100mg then it quit working---So now I take Restoril 30mg & Zanaflex 4mg otherwise do not sleep---Due to 2 disc's bulging and degenerating etc I also take Lortab-which I used to utilize Ultram which worked for me but now only Lortab---So between Lortab and Zanaflex--I am functioning--What is quite Interesting I now have a sulfite alllergy--Had an Anaphalactic reaction on Nov.4--Now have lost 30#'s Does not seem to help fibro....When one has many other conditions to boot and all the research that I and others have done---It is a very true and very understood disease--Yess there many dr's who do not understand and many people who have dx's that are not true frbro=catchall--but when you do have the true FRIBO== It is real===And we are not drug seekers or compainers!!!!! Anyone who is close to us know that many of us keep right on going LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY. THANKS FOR LETTING ME BLOW OFF SOME STEAM I would welcome personal emails if I can help some one with some ??'s.

I too have FM I have tried NSAIDS and have been acussed of not taking my meds as I should----This disease is such a mimic of other processes that it is very hard to tell if it just the aches and pains due to FM Or more serious to justify seeing the doc and which doc! I now have L4 & L5 degenerations with Ostio with min. bulge.....Depending on how much pain depends on the pain med---Yes I have tried neurotin and the others in that class the side effects did not justify the means---So I keep going and rest when I must from much proding from familly and friends and then off I go I do not not not have depression....Amitriptiline 25mg only helps to relax the body a bit to sleep---But now with the muscle cramps oh wow try this; for relaxing you can't sleep walk or rest when the happen mostly at night ..Oh welll we all go through our own hell's so thoes of you who doubt I sure hope you never acquire this phenomonom......

Can you tell me what happened in Cali--with the ma's. I have been a ma since 1976 and have been involved in health care for several years previous to that... I have been an instructor etc. and belive that what you put into something is what you get out of it.

What do you mean guidance? I am new to this web site and trying to figure out how to read your answers without moving cursor up and down can ya tell me what to do..

Hi, Are you with excelsior?

Hi, I was accepted Last Feb....I finished my under grad pre req first...I took micro and anat from Brigham Young Univ. Independantly and would recom..them highly....and the life span with excel...I have been a reg. med asst. since 1976 and have setup two med offices and have learned alot over years.... I am in my 50's....I have now flunked concepts 1 twice....So I now hve to chg my study techniques.. and get a study buddy... I wish to find someone close to home so face to face may help me l Yes I am afraid on the cpne.... But if others can make it an have invested alot of money already can't stop.. You may email me directly if you wish I will pass on what I know.... [email protected] :)