So I had a rheumatologist appointment this week, after prodding all the fibro tender spots to make sure they were still tender OWWWWWWW he satdown and told me about a new med Pregabalin (or Lyrica is the common name). I am trying it out and started yesterday. After reading up on it I have discovered that it makes you dizzy for at least the first week if not all the time and the side effects start immeadiately but in 30% of patients it reduces fibro effects 50% or more.
So going to keep a note of how it affects me so that I can judge whether the benfits outweigh the side effects;
Day one Very Dizzy felt like the room was swaying at times! Also had a dry mouth and in general felt as if I had been on a 3 day bender! My feet got very very cold up to my ankles but nothing else felt cold and I had a complete loss of apetite
Day two: So far dizzy but not as bad as yesterday at this point and dry mouth and loss of apetite.
I will blog properly this week lots of new things to tell you all
Edited to add they are definately making me very dizzy! My feet are freezing lol and I have ahd a kind of numbness in my arms and tingling in my fingers rofl sounds like I will fall apart any second pmsl
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2008-06-22 @ 18:59