Bipolarmedstudent, Issues with fibro are pain in all pressure points, get tendonitis easily with tears & wasting. Surgery on both elbows & R shoulder. Every other year or so am in PT for some sort of tendon related issue, latest in 2010 for plantar fascitis (sp?). The fogginess (this was present before bipolar meds, many years). Sometimes my skin is even tender to touch. Can't sit or stand for any length of time, sleep got so uncomfortable was tossing all over from pain, so hardly any sleep.

But... in spring of 1999 I asked to try neurontin. Had heard it was good for periphreal neuropathy (sp?). We titrated up to 300mg tid & after a while on up to 600mg tid which is what I have stayed on. Only downside has been weight gain, but benefits of pain relief have been worth it. Still have the tendonnitis issues, surgery, PT, ect. but this drug breaks or blocks pain signals, you can explain this better than me.
Last year I weaned off & stayed off for 2 months thinking I'd been on it so long do I still really need it. Turns out it was helping my anxiety, panic attacks, no wonder I had to increase my klonopin... Well, every single symptom came back, some worse than before so started back on it. Was also able to decrease klonopin to previous dosage. Recently pdoc said it can help with brain zaps. Never told him I did a trial run without it.

So that's my fibro symptoms/issues. Feel free to ask me any questions or make comments, I value your knowledge.

Take care.