Looking for Fibromyalgia Pain Relief: What Meds Work?

I started Amitriptyline before I started cymbalta which helped but when the pain got worse the doc doubled the Amitriptyline and added cymbalta. The two together make the pain bareable to an extent.

gabapentin! I take 300mg 3x a day. also 10mg cyclobenzaprine 2x a day and occasionally Percocet 5/325

Hey there! I took Gabapentin for almost a year and it was pretty damaging to me on a psychological level, and frankly I know it’s a common prescription but I wouldn’t reccommend it 😅 I’ve now been on Topamax for several months and I’ve seen some improvement! Nothing insane, but I have a baseline at the very least now ❤️

4.5 mg Low Dose Naltrexone and Claritin. I used to take tramadol and gabapentin but no longer need it.

I went through a whole range of pills that did not help even slightly. Lyrica, duloxetine. Gabapentin was awful. I decided to go natural if I was going to be in pain on all the pills anyways. I put ginger in my morning smoothies. A lot of people aren’t big fans of the taste. If I miss my smoothie I feel like I have a flare up. Magnesium. I use a topical “muscle relief magnesium spray” and add lavender. Swear by that one. It’s the theraworx off-brand. CBD creams, but a lot come with peppermint or menthol and it feels like toothpaste. Alot of things I felt like weren’t working because I was still in pain. Nothing will stop it entirely. I only noticed the difference when I stopped taking/doing them and the pain came back worse. Ginger has been a godsend.

Gabapentin, muscle relaxants, opiates, tricyclic antidepressants, NDRIs, NSAIDs, lidocaine, full spectrum cannabis, amino acid supplements, antioxidant supplements, turmeric, topical arnica, Voltaren.

I'm on 50 mg of Lyrica at bedtime, and it has been helping with pain throughout the night and a little into the next morning. I will be upping my dose this winter because my pain is always worse, but I can say in my experience Lyrica is great. It can exacerbate fatigue a lot though

My neurologist has me on LYRICA, cymbalta and plaquenil..I’m finally out of pain for the most part after a horrible year.. I missed my LYRICA and plaquenil the other morning and nerve pain came back… at least I know it’s working… I had covid last month which ramped up the pain so try to stay healthy in that regard:)

I use medical marijuana I know its not for everyone but it really helps me.

I take gabapentin 1200mg throughout the day. And muscle relaxers. Both help a lot

Gabapentin helped the most for me. I tried everything… now I’m not on any of the standard meds for fibro or small fiber neuropathy.

I have Fibro and take 200mg of Lyrica(pregabalin) 3xs a day, and that's been a great help. I also just added 50mg Nortriptyline for IBS and it's helped my hand pain a lot. I tried cymbalta, and it helped with back pain but made me sleep 4 more hours a day, and gabapentin had rough side effects, which is why I switched to Lyrica. My mom has fibro too and didn't get any relief from cymbalta, apparently it only works for about 30% of people. I'm not sure what she is taking now.