Thank you for your reply Valleysangel, I remember reading that you had fibro and I thought that it was a relatively new diagnosis too, it made me sad that you are so young and have to deal with it all. Who helps you manage your fibro,, is it your gp or a consultant? I've been left to deal with it on my own. I saw a rheumy on Tue for the first time who gave me my diagnosis, I was then given a booklet and name of a local charity and that's it. My gp is great but admitted that he doesn't know much about it so I feel very much alive with it.
I'm currently on gabapentin, have been for approx 4 years, recently tried lyrica instead but couldn't tolerate it and was on amitriptyline but couldn't tolerate that either,, my consultant was very wary of trying any anti-depressants bc I'm not depressed and I wasn't very happy about using them either bc I seem to get the nastier side effects of meds and didn't want to have to deal with mental issues as well. Nothing else was suggested except go away and educate myself about fibro.
We have a local support group so I joined it and they are being very helpful and I've been doing some reading. I do have a tens machine so I could look into trying that more and I was recommended to a yoga group where everyone has health issues so I'm going to try that on Thu. I just feel that the drs have let me down, I thought that rheumy would help me but that's not happening, the only help I've had is from the specialist physio who referred me to them, she's been giving me acupuncture and that has helped but she can only provide so many sessions but I can't afford to pay for it. I'm finding it really difficult to accept this new diagnosis and the impact on life it's having.
Sorry for the long moan, I'm floundering and don't know what to do with myself.