Guest guest Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Rogene, I take magnesium malate, easily obtainable from Vitamin Shoppe. Worked miracles for me. The Cymbalta has not done anything bad to me, other than make me drowsy for a couple of weeks, but I am ok now. All of my muscle tightness in my back changed so much that my doctor said it isn't even the same back. It happened in just one week after 8 years of nothing else working. I am a believer of the SSNRI, Cymbalta. Aylene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 P.S. 90 percent of the back pain is gone. "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." - Caras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Thanks Aylene, After having a bad response to Neurontin (It depleted my Magnesium levels until I developed Erythromelagia - burning feet) . . . and knowing that Neurontin works by blocking one of the pain channels . . . would you ask you doctor to check with Dr. Mannsman http://www.magnesiumresearchlab.com/aliments.asp? Information from Dr. Mannsman saved me last year! He's very approachable and wants to help. Effexor is another anti-depressant that blocks another pain channel - but also affect Magnesium levels. I've found that I can divide the smallest dose, 75 mg, into four parts and get the same relief with just one-fourth capsule a day. Even our best diets are seriously deficient in Magnesium because our soils are so depleted. I'm not saying to stop taking any medication that may deplete Magnesium, but to be aware if it does and to supplement with Magnesium if it does. What concerns me is that Neurontin or Effexor can block pain, but as in the case of Erythromelagia, the damage continues to progress as long as Magnesium is deficient. Hugs, Rogene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Rogene Are you saying that you take effexor then? Do you still take something to sleep? Just wondering because you seem to always be doing so well. I don't take pain meds at all or sleep meds because nothing agrees with me---I am the extreme of sensitive to just about everything! On the up side, I get along just fine!! I walk 2 miles a day and am now biking some too. I rarely feel bothersome pain anymore--got rid of 99% of my headaches on gluten free diet. I do feel fatigue quite often. That is what I am working on now. It is so hard to get oxygenated at the cellular level! However I am doing so much better that it is just great! This is despite dealing with perimenopause which causes all sorts of aches,pains, mood swings, and insomnia. So I feel pretty blessed right now. Since I have had fms for over twenty years, I would say I am doing great. I really think the less meds we can go with the better. I have had a craniosacral therapist and massage therapist and chiropractor all tell me the same thing. Their patients that are doing the worst are the ones that take the most meds. There is a book called Myotherapy by Bonnie Prudden that literally saved me all these years. It is a very detailed book about muscles and how to break the trigger points yourself. I use them on many family members who are now believers that it works. I would suggest anyone with fms or chronic pain problems ---caused by or aggraved by muscles get this book! It is awesome! Hugs, kathy > Thanks Aylene, > > After having a bad response to Neurontin (It depleted > my Magnesium levels until I developed Erythromelagia - > burning feet) . . . and knowing that Neurontin works > by blocking one of the pain channels . . . would you > ask you doctor to check with Dr. Mannsman > http://www.magnesiumresearchlab.com/aliments.asp? > Information from Dr. Mannsman saved me last year! He's > very approachable and wants to help. > > Effexor is another anti-depressant that blocks another > pain channel - but also affect Magnesium levels. I've > found that I can divide the smallest dose, 75 mg, into > four parts and get the same relief with just > one-fourth capsule a day. > > Even our best diets are seriously deficient in > Magnesium because our soils are so depleted. I'm not > saying to stop taking any medication that may deplete > Magnesium, but to be aware if it does and to > supplement with Magnesium if it does. > > What concerns me is that Neurontin or Effexor can > block pain, but as in the case of Erythromelagia, the > damage continues to progress as long as Magnesium is > deficient. > > Hugs, > > Rogene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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