As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 1998… I was 14. After I was diagnosed my parents and I read a variety of books, magazines, and articles as we researched FMS. Like most fibrofolks, we came across a wide variety of ideas for alleviating pain, curing fibromyalgia, and the like. [...]
Archive for April, 2008
I had forgotten how exhausting life can be during a flare-up. Lately I feel quite alert in the mornings but I crash around 10. After about 45 minutes relaxing or napping I feel energetic again. My energy lasts until around 3. I relax for a while, get up in time for dinner, so it goes [...]
In 1989 my parents won a trip to Paris, France from my father’s employer at the time, Toyota. Before my parents left they made all the arrangements good parents would make for their four-year-old daughter. They planned who I would stay with, who would take me to school, even who would care for me should [...]
The full-dose did it’s thing. I fell asleep more quickly, slept in later, and had energy this morning. All this despite the fact that I awoke dozens of times in the middle of the night with disturbing thoughts. This Cymbalta has me thinking all sorts of bizarre things and I am growing tired of them. [...]
I confess… I am cheating on Cymbalta. Saturday night I took half a dose of my Amitriptyline before I went to bed and was quickly reminded why I fell in love with it. I slept wonderfully and made it through the day feeling mostly human until the afternoon. I took a half-dose Sunday night and [...]