female only New Here & Fibromylgia

dmkar · September 12, 2012

I am a mom/stepmom to 5 children. I work full time out oh the home. Five years ago I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. My current weight is 258 and I am starting the process for WLS. I was wondering if there is anyone else out there with fibromyalgia that has had the surgery & how has that helped (or not) with your fibro symptoms.

kiwiladydee · September 13, 2012

So far, it was very bad in the beginning. Started to get tolerable , Then i couldn't take meds so now it's bad. I have lots of Migraines, tight shoulders, anxiety and numbness in hands snc toes.

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dmkar · September 13, 2012

Which meds were you on? Right now I am on cymbolta, lyrica, tramadol & flexoril and by evening I can barely walk or move because the pain is so bad. My hope is that with some of the extra weight gone, it wont be as bad & when I get home from work I can actually do things with my kids instead of heading straight for bed.

kiwiladydee · September 15, 2012

Which meds were you on? Right now I am on cymbolta' date=' lyrica, tramadol & flexoril and by evening I can barely walk or move because the pain is so bad. My hope is that with some of the extra weight gone, it wont be as bad & when I get home from work I can actually do things with my kids instead of heading straight for bed.[/quote']
Cymbolta - just made me sing not help to pain, lyrics was helpful but not effective, tramafol for pain, but made me dizzy. I'm on Effexor now with a little volteren steroid gel and morphine or something strong for pain. I pretty much live off of icy hot Patches. Until I get the Protein issues right, doctor sAid fibro will not improve.

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