I've been catching up on my reading on the net. There are some good sites out there and then there are some real winners. You know the ones I mean. The ones that promise "a complete cure in 2 weeks" or "you're fibromyalgia symptoms will miraculously disappear" if you buy whatever it is they're selling.
It would be nice if those things worked but I don't think I'm going to waste my money. It's getting really hard to know what is really true anymore. Most research is funded by drug companies and the minute they think they might have something they send out press releases and there is all kinds of hype. Then by the time the drug is available everyone rushes out to buy it and half of the time, it doesn't work any better then the last useless, expensive drug. And the FDA is no help. They are useless these days. They let the drug companies put out medications without long term testing to find out what the side effects will be and that is really dangerous.
Personally, I've been maintaining for the last few years on a combination of Wellbutrin, Celexa, and Restoril with pain pills thrown in when needed. That keeps me functioning, but unfortunately I have periods, that sometimes last months, when the pain becomes much worse. During those times I live on pain pills. The worst of my pain centers in my chest. My doctors do EKGs and stress tests periodically because frankly I couldn't tell if I was having a heart attack as opposed to fibromyalgia pain.
Well I need to get back to work. I'm going to find somemore good sites to bookmark later. Everybody have the best day you can.
It would be nice if those things worked but I don't think I'm going to waste my money. It's getting really hard to know what is really true anymore. Most research is funded by drug companies and the minute they think they might have something they send out press releases and there is all kinds of hype. Then by the time the drug is available everyone rushes out to buy it and half of the time, it doesn't work any better then the last useless, expensive drug. And the FDA is no help. They are useless these days. They let the drug companies put out medications without long term testing to find out what the side effects will be and that is really dangerous.
Personally, I've been maintaining for the last few years on a combination of Wellbutrin, Celexa, and Restoril with pain pills thrown in when needed. That keeps me functioning, but unfortunately I have periods, that sometimes last months, when the pain becomes much worse. During those times I live on pain pills. The worst of my pain centers in my chest. My doctors do EKGs and stress tests periodically because frankly I couldn't tell if I was having a heart attack as opposed to fibromyalgia pain.
Well I need to get back to work. I'm going to find somemore good sites to bookmark later. Everybody have the best day you can.
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