Hello all, I am new to this but was diagnosed with fibromyalgia 12 years ago by a DR that didn't want to do anything to help me. I recently went to an arthritis DR and he prescribed 75mg Lyrica to me. I took the first one Monday night and slept like a baby. I haven't slept more than 3-4 hours at the most for years and years. I slept from 9:30 that night till 5 am Tuesday morning. Next week I will start with 1 in the morning and one at bedtime, the next week 1 in the am and two at bedtime then the 4th week I will take 2 in the am and two in the pm . I fell much better at night, but the pain comes back during the day. I am hoping when I can take one in the morning that the day pain will stop also. I hear it doesn't work for everyone, I sure hope I am one that it works on…I am 49 years old white female and live in Northeast Louisiana.

Just taking a 5 min break from packing, we're moving again. How do you get a Dr or health care prof to admit you have Fibro? Every Dr I go to just fluffs me off. When I do get them to listen to me, they agree I have it, then skip over it. Telling me to "live with it", there's nothing they can do for me etc… I asked about Lyrica. That ended that, they jumped into something else. They tell me I have Osteo Arthritis and have me on Meloxicam for imflammation. It does work but I can't sleep at night at all. I fall asleep easily enough but wake numerous times during the night in extreme pain, mainly in my right hip, knee. I was told I had tendonitis in my right leg and only time would heal it. How long? Its been going on 3 months now. I will say I've improved some, at least can walk across a room without hanging onto chairs etc… I had been on Loviastatin for High Cholestrol but read the side effects which are all muscle related. Well, isn't tendonitis a muscle problem? So I took myself off the meds, I told the Dr I did this and he never said a word. Never said that could've been the problem in the first place. Years ago I was on Elavil to help me sleep and it did the trick, but I realized I was becoming more and more dependent on it to go to sleep (without it I would stare at the ceiling for hours on end). I also could not explain my weight gain,, which later I learned is a side effect of Elavil. I took myself off of it slowly, lost weight but now can't sleep a full night without constantly waking up. What to do? I need help. What sort of Dr should I be looking for? We are moving to SC end of the month and I will find a new Dr out there. Thanks for any help.