Ping Karen re fibromyalgia

I'm using cymbalta and Lyrica for treatment of my fibro. If cymbalta is going to work, you should notice improvement within 3 weeks. Start with a one month trial. Lyrica should be in a 300mg-600mg range for treatment of fibro. GP's often use too low a dose for fibro. This is the information I was given by the pain clinic. I still have flareups, but I am able to work 4 days a week on this regimen.

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Bobbie V.

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I have found that nothing beats a plain old fashioned hot water bottle. I think I would have killed someone without mine after my surgery last year. I sent DH home to get it after they took the hot towels away and it made all the difference. AND you can sleep with one (or two - I have one for my feet and one for my hands on cold nights).

Elizabeth

Even better is a fluffy, warm, furkid, like Puff.

Lucille

Cash likes to sleep on the bed, but he has little tolerance for my pre- sleep shifting and tossing. He gets up to cuddle, then he goes away until I'm asleep, at which point he gets back up, so that he's there in the morning.

Rarely, Harry asserts himself and gets up on the bed before Cash can. When he does that, he's there to stay, but he's not much of a cuddler.

Elizabeth

Yes - Harry is a cuddly puppy. Too bad my life is so crazed that I can't get down to see you and the puppies. Oh your DH too.

Elizabeth wrote

Once they were what your grannie used, now they are very much back in style--in the stores in nice fleece covers, or knitted ones. Environmentally friendly, and safe because they cool off during the night. Dawne

I used to think that but then I bought a mattress cover that heats. Five minutes before I go to bed I switch it on. Nice toasty bed.

When I have a migraine my thermostat goes berserk and I get very cold, particularly hands and feet. It is worth it's weight in gold then because it gradually heats me all over.

My friend in England always puts a hot water bottle in my bed and she has some new fangled covers for them which make the hot water bottle feel like it is not cold, all night. When you wake in the morning, no cold bottle in one corner of the bed lol

She has two big furkids lol

But don't you have to turn it off once you get in? I wouldn't like that and I'd be afraid to leave it on. I used to have a down mattress cover and that was wonderful, but it makes DH too hot.

Elizabeth

I have a lovely flannel cover to embroider, sent to me by the Lady Gardener. I should pull it out and work on it over my winter break. I've already told DH that I'm taking a week to do nothing but stitch. LOL! I'm just afraid that once it's done, I won't want to actually use it.

Elizabeth