Posted by kara lynne on October 9, 2003, at 1:12:48
In reply to Re: re Fibro » kara lynne, posted by BarbaraCat on October 8, 2003, at 23:28:49
Oh barbara,
I'm sorry to hear about your mother; that's got to be a hard one to be coming up on. Not to mention anyone could have a breakdown in Costco to begin with!I've been to a rheumatologist and a few other doctors. I have varied, vague diagnoses and 'symptom pictures' (some positive tests for lupus, but not all of them) and pretty constant signs of inflammation. I pretty much hurt all of the time in one form or another, and the conditions are inter-related (immunity attacking itself?).
Part of what's got me upset is that my psychiatrist has been treating me for dual diagnosis conditions and now my insurance wants to know why he's treating me with one med that they don't want to pay for. So I may stop it altogether or have to go consult with other doctors and get it all done differently. My doctor could have made it a lot easier on me but he prefers to drop the ball when stressed.
I hate to go on about all the symptoms you know? I feel like an old fuddy duddy. But the truth is I've struggled a lot, I can't take most antidepressants due to ulcerative colitis (ad's exacerbates it--except for tricyclics which give me tachycardia) so I have to have that treated first. And secondary arthritis is common due to colitis (as well as lupus). But as I said, now they've come down on my doctor for treating some of my other conditions and he wouldn't explain to them why we did it.
Ok, I went a little astray there. Someone mentioned a pain clinic to me today that I might check out. It's either that or stop taking anything for anything, be in constant pain and go to N.A.
I'm going to go to OyV. A.
Of course I realize there are other treatments; I even have an old article sitting right in front of me my mother sent me about a new drug coming out for fibro. I'll let you know..
What is a major flare like for you? (if you want to say--if not I completely understand).
Again, I'm sorry about your mom.
(((Barbara Cat)))
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