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HELLO CINDY,, i personaly can attest (if i spelled that correct) that cindy has a big ole heart,,,,,,,,, and a great shoulder,, hi Cindy,, i did the opposite,,i took the cymbalta,, now i am back to square one,,, hellpppppppppppppppp...  Have a good nite,, i have to do that thing thats called "sleep" not quite sure what that means, but gonna try it,,( i actually tossed in humor on that one lol lol),,,hope everyone has a low pain day,,,,Linda

Hello Cindi and Others, I asked this question before, but noone answered me. I will try again. Have any of you tried or are now on Lyrica? My Dr. put me on it even tho I don't have fibromyalgia. I have had a very badly failed back surgery. He thought Lyrica might help. NOT! If you ever have occasion to read through their side effects or even just listen to what they say about their own aide. Well of all the side effects I probably have all of thm and thern some. Now I can not get off them.  Dr. had it all figured ooooout for me how to go off slowly. When I got down to the last couple days with very little left in my system I almost comitted suicide. I am not kidding you. I had deep depression, over whelming feeling to end it all, crying hyestericaly. I wish I could explain this better. Long story short; I would have to go back on them immediately. After trying this twice, I gave up. Can anybody HELP me?????????? 

hi, am so sorry abo all that you are going thru, w/ this ( i think ) awful drug...i also was prescribed lyrica...the LEAST of my side eefects were MAJOR wieght gain...which in itself is depressing ( i just got down to  my normal wieght after slowlyy coming off cymbalta..another AWFUL drug..i think)...i also had suicidal thoughts, a very, very terrible side effect...you must go speak w/ a counselour..or if you think talking to me, will help..i am here to help you...but KEEP in touch!!!!...when you are feeling suicidal, PLEASE write ...or as i said PLEASE try and get in touch w/ a counselor...i don't know what other kind of medication, they can put you  on besiides lyrica...but THERE has to be something else, you cannot have these kinds of side effeects!!..write to me, when and if you want...please take good care!!!...cindi

Thank you for your reply. I am also om MorphineER and Norco. Have not seen any side effects with either of those. I have a physciatrist(m.s) who handles some of my meds. right now as on effexorER for depression  and need something else because it's not working any more. Have an app't. next weeks about that. So much going on with the news that I likely have MS and am scared to death about that too. When it rains, it pours.

you are a sweetheart...you know the more i am on here ( sometimes:)..the more i forget about my pai, because i go to OTHER peoples pain and wonder what i would do if i were in thier situation...thanx :)...cindi...

hi linda...just wanted totell you what a sweetheart you are.....thanks, for the kind words..i just hope i am not teling anybody..wrong things...as i have said many times...i have a big ol' shoulder, whats going on in your life right now???...write if you want:)..cindi

hi ! linda..just wanted to tell you i am thinking of you...having a very bad pain day ( drove 600 miles in 2 days...my worst is driving :(   and once i can get away from my heating pad and get a couple pain  (yeah like they work:(..maeds in me...i will write to you...just wanted tolet u know i was thinking about you .....cindi

I too was on the Fentanyl patch. When it didn't really do the job pain wise, we increased it until I was on the highest dose I could take. Then one day I sat down and read all the side effects, then went on the computer and researched everything I could find about it. It scared the Hell out of me so bad we backed me down on off of it as fast as possible. Don't mean to scare you,  but I think anyone using that patch should sit down and research it and decide if it's right for you. Doctors don't have the time to read about each pill they prescribe. If it's on the list for a certain ailment, the prescribe it. Check things out for yourself! Believe me I do.

hi joanna..i , also was on fentanyl patch...none of the drs. i went to wanted to take me off, because the one dr. prescriibed it..finally went to another dr. and said straight out..i want off this patch and if you cannot hellp me, i am wasting my time and yours...she was pretty impressed w/ all the nfo i had on the patch ( you are correct, most drs. do not know much about meds, your pharmisist knows MORE!!!)...so we are going to wean me off..but she wants to prescribe methadone ( now, i have to do more research) for the pain???...kinda confused about that, i thought methadone was for addicts coming off heroin??? ..my ignorance??...certainly do NOT want to go from one bad drug to another!!...but nothing is working for mmy pain...they had me on morphine for 2 months, and i told them i would NOT take it for longer than 2 months, yet another very dependant and i read very hard to stop taking after a long time...so where do we go???...vicodin is like taking advil, for me...i don't know, sometimes i really just think....CAN i LIVE w/out pain meds...but if i still had pain when i was taking morphine??...what the hell is left???...sorry but i just am getting really frutrated w/ all the different pain meds and them not working, then you have to be weaned....its like a viscous (?) cycle...having a very bad pain day, so forgive my frustrations....cindi..

p.s. as scooter said...do not ever take cymbalta..it is a horrible drug and it is a very hard drug to be weaned off...for her ..and myself, anywyay.....

Thank God I have never been on Cymbalta. But, my sister has been for a long time as an anti-depressant. I am on Morphine ER and have been for a while, I also am on Norco ( stronger Vicodin) which is a life saver for me even tho I have break through pain. My doctor explained for me thatt Methodone way before it was usd for recovering addicts was used for pain. Most people don't understand that. I didn't. But I'm willing to try it. It seems to work wonders for the people who are on it. Thanks for writing. Keep in touch. I really don't have anyone to talk to about all this.

good morning joanna, so you heard about methadone used as a pain med??? when the n.p. suggested it, because i want to stop taking the fentanyl patch ( hear too many stories on t.v. about them, my daughters are even calling me, asking me if i saw the commercial, where fentanyl patches have caused death..and yes, i know it was a certain manufacture...but i just don't want to mess w/ this medication, anymore)...any other info about methadone??..i know, you can also become addicted to this also...my brother ( poor guy, he's a painter, fell off a scaffil and crushed his L4 L5 S1, had a surgery and now is having another srgery..in 1 year!)..but anyway he said they prescribed him norco...never heard of it before he mentioned it, but he also said it is stronger than vicodin...because like i said taking a vicodin is like taking an advil...it just is doing nothing for my brakthru....any kind of info you have or know about methadone...i would surely like to hear!..truthfully i think she is giving me methadone, because she is weaning me off fentanyl..and maybe the methadone will help somewhat w/ the withdrawals....damn, i remember if something hurt me and advil didn't work, they would prescribe tylenol 3....wish my pain was that LESS!!!!...hugs...cindi...joanna, write anytime you want. ...kay?..:):):)

Hi Cindi~ Basically all I asked my pain management Dr. was what you had asked, and that was, I'm not an addict, why would I want Methodone and he told me about the years ago it being used as a pain med first. Everything I've heard about it are positive things like wow it really took the pain away. I think Rush Limbaugh was on it for awhile(?) I am really scared because I saw a Neurologist yesterday for results on an MRI I had recently on my brain to rule out MS, He pretty much ruled that out, but showed me a lot of areas in my brain have abnormallities and don't know what that's about. Now I have to have another MRI with contrast, a CT scan and possibily spinal stick, ( can't remember what it's called). OMG what if I have brain cancer!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so scared!!!!!!

oh hon, don't start thinking the worst now..you know what they say stress causes your pain to get worse....dont mean to be so nonchalant about it...just want you to c a l m  down....i would probably going where you are going in your head..but lets just wait until you have the tests...one thing at a time, kay??..please let me know how the tests turn out..and if you need to talk, cry, laugh, yell..i'm here...pleasant dreams...sleep, lady, ..kay??...cindi...