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Fibromyalgia for nearly 20 years - i want my old life back!

emma_poland
emma_poland Community member Posts: 2 Listener
I have suffered with Fibromyalgia for nearly 20 years which has progressed to me now no longer being able to work, I have extreme pain and fatigue and feel my life no longer belongs to me. I have to have my meds put in a blister pack by the pharmacist so I don’t get mixed up. Basically I want my old life back!

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  • steve51
    steve51 Community member Posts: 7,153 Disability Gamechanger
    Hi @emma_poland

    Good Evening & Welcome to our online community/family.

    I have also got chronic pain down my right side 24/7.

    I have had this since 2005 unfortunately. 

    Are you taking any meds to help or on any treatment’s??

    I’m on loads & I have had to take early retirement from a job that I really “LOVED”

    Please please let me know if I can help/support you in anyway?????
  • emma_poland
    emma_poland Community member Posts: 2 Listener
    Hi Steve, thanks for the message. My medication is endless.                           
    Naproxen
    Omeprazemole
    Co-codamol
    Gabapentin
    Duluxotine
    Amlodipine
    Diazepan. 
     I also have to have a B12 injection every 3 months and take extra vitamins and minerals!

     I also had to give up a job I loved and had done 3 years on coursework after doing the job for 15 years to become a teacher
  • steve51
    steve51 Community member Posts: 7,153 Disability Gamechanger
    Hi @emma_poland

    No Probs it’s my Pleasure.

    Here’s my meds:

    Pregabaline 600mg (Daily)

    Oxcarbazapine 300mg (Daily)

    Amantadine 100mg (Daily)

    Amytriptlyine 150mg (Nighty)

    Transtec Patches 25mg every 4 day’s.

    Yes I had a job for over 10+yrs whiched I loved so so much.

    This was something else that I was told that I would never do again following my Stroke in 1998 at the age of 32.

    How are you doing today if you don’t mind???   
  • CockneyRebel
    CockneyRebel Community member Posts: 5,209 Disability Gamechanger
    Oi Steve

    Leave some meds for the rest of us :)

    CR
    Be all you can be, make  every day count. Namaste
  • debbiedo49
    debbiedo49 Community member Posts: 2,904 Disability Gamechanger
  • steve51
    steve51 Community member Posts: 7,153 Disability Gamechanger
    Hi @CockneyRebel

    Yes I think that you can here me “rattling” along now a days!!!!!! 

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