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I'm going to repeat what some others have said.... it's like the worst case of the flu you ever had... it's like having a bus run over you - repeatedly... it's pain all over bad enough to make you think death would be better than continuing to endure.
Before anyone gets mad at me about that last statement, I'm not saying I'm considering killing myself. But there are times the pain is so bad, times when the pain has gone on for days and days and days that I think I'd rather be dead that have to continue.
There is a laundry list of symptoms that go with fibro and I think I've had them all.... body pains, fibro fog (I can't put two thoughts together), short term memory problems, IBS, headaches, trouble sleeping because of the pain, never ending fatigue, inability to string words together so they make sense. I have what I call "stupid days" because I feel dense those days.
Someone mentioned trying Lyrica. I tried it a few months ago. I could not tolerate the side effects. I was stoned out of my head the whole time I took it. My pdoc said it effects some people that way. PLEASE - I'm not telling anyone that's what will happen to them. I'm just saying I can't take it.
Freewill, sorry to hear your docs are not very helpful. I'm blessed with an angel of a pdoc. He listens to me and treats me like I'm a mature, adult, human being.
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