Lumps, inflamed vessels especially in neck

[cosmondo]

I've been feeling weird especially since changing meds. Feels like I've been poisoned or something. I get sensations down my arm & up my neck, the veins feel inflamed but also hard, the area swollen.

I always assumed it was muscle knots, but now I think it might be the vessels.

Got the fear, as I looked up Google.. vasculitis.

Think I'll contact GP, been on this med about a month duloxetine think I'll come off it.

Any advice please? What else to try?

I do need an anti depressant but I can't find one that suits.

[Dizzytwo]

Hi there, if you have only been experience this issue since been on a change of medication. Then you need to discuss it with your GP. They are the only ones who can answer your concerns. I hope you get it sorted out soon.

Momo

[Astonvilla68]

personally found this to be a horrible drug and really unpleasant also to come off it so please take care and advice from the professionals. I am now on LDN for me personally it has been the best drug for fibro with zero unlike all the other MEDS only downside I have to pay £30 a month for it it’s worth every penny good luck

[cosmondo in reply to Astonvilla68]

I've read about LDN did your GP arrange that for you? Think I'll come off the duloxetine, I've only been on it a month.

[Astonvilla68]

I sorted the LDN out myself I did ask my doctor she was more than happy for me to try it but couldn’t prescribe it as it’s not actually licensed for fibro. Although it is a very safe and well tolerated drug and an old drug the neurologist told me it was a good idea to try it my doctor agreed I got it from Dicksons chemist Glasgow if you go online you can arrange a consultation which is £50 please though make sure you have proof i.e. a letter confirming you have fibromyalgia you will have a telephone call from them to talk over your MEDS and your health and that it is safe for you to take LDN then you will pay a fee. I think for the first two months the best thing I’ve ever done I feel so much better on it. I hope this helps.I was also on duloxetine for one month and hated it made me feel like an absolute zombie.

[cosmondo in reply to Astonvilla68]

Awesome thanks mate, I'm near Glasgow anyway. Speaking with my GP next week. Advised to come off the duloxetine gradually. I'm on the lowest dose 30mg. Advised 1 every other day for a week, then off them completely. Can I ask how you came off them & what it was like? Heard people say it's bad coming off, hoping won't be too bad as only on a month.

I'll ask my GP next week about LDN.

Cheers

[Astonvilla68 in reply to cosmondo]

Can’t quite remember what I was like when I came off it but I remember reading a lot of people saying it was bad but it wasn’t nice but it wasn’t that bad. I have a friend medical person your doctor won’t prescribe it literally there’s no money in it. That’s why a lot of people don’t get prescribed this drug which is Totally wrong because ultimately it’s about helping people.

[Eland23]

Just seen your posts. I guess meds take differently for each of us. Duloxetine worked well for me, however I was taken off it as I had been on it for a while. You have to come of it gradually, more like going down the way you started. I am now on pregabalin, don't feel it's effective for me and will check LDN, what does the LDN stand for

[cosmondo in reply to Eland23]

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[Lovecavatese]

Hi , I feel for you, I take Duloxetine and it agrees with me, more energy than before due to it. You can take another for depression, I could never take sertraline and the others, the only one which agreed with me was paroxetine. Hope this helps x