buddy1960

[fiona1960]

hello, i am new to this, i am 55 years old, and i have had fybromyalgia for six months, and i am in very bad pain all of the time. my gp has given me acupan and paracetamol to try and help, but they really are not. is there anyone out there who could help me gont know what to do, i would be so grateful. thankyou

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Hi, I'm fairly new here too. I was also diagnosed about 6 months ago. Reading everyone else's posts makes me realise that there are so many people out there who are suffering much more than I am. My pain is mainly at night and first thing in the morning and I find that tiredness is my biggest problem and certainly it exacerbates all the other symptons of FMS. My GP was determined to put me on antidepressants to begin with. I tried 3 different types and all of them made me so hazy I just couldn't function, so I refused to take them again and demanded ordinary painkillers. I am now taking a combination of co-codomol and paracetamol which I can swop around to cope with the amount of pain I have and, so far, it's working well and keeping things bearable. I am still learning to pace myself and to accept that I can no longer do the things that I once found so easy. Keep pestering your GP till you find analgesia that suits you. Good luck