Geez, Archer...

I saw my doctor on Halloween and he suggested I try Lyrica.  All Fibro medications have been suggested to me, haven't wanted to try one.  There's Cymbalta, which is a big one for Firbro, tried it and didn't like, and then there's Lyrica.  These are the two big ones used.  He gave me three bottles of samples.  They're still sitting in my purse.  Like I previously said, I'm a freak about taking medications.  I seriously research and educate myself before I put anything in my mouth.  I take into consideration what my doctor said, how I feel, the things I read, and how others have reviewed them.  A doctor's suggestions is just that; a suggestion.  When it comes to life threatening things, it's quite different.  Fibro ain't gonna kill me, so I do feel my treatment plan is my decision.  He strongly urged me to take Lyrica.  He said common side effects were fatigue and swelling.  "Um, you've seen my kids when they come in with me, very energetic.  I have four, very small children.  My fatigue is bad enough.  I need all the energy I can get."  He laughed, 'cause he most certainly does remember my kids.  I'm pretty sure HE needs medication after they leave.  :)  And please, swelling?  I get pregnancy induced Hypothyroidism the second I get knocked up, until about 8 months after baby is born.  That, on top of a Fibromyalgia pregnancy?  Oy, vey.  I eat like a monster.  I was 110 pounds when I got married at 5'6.  I get up to 220 pounds when I'm pregnant. (Don't ask me how I did it four times.  I don't know.  Fibro fog?)  I lost most of it after every pregnancy.  I've lost most of it after this last pregnancy.  I still have 20 pounds to go, though.  You think it's easy to lose weight?  Period?  But with Fibro?  Are you double kidding me?  I have to work my butt off and literally kill myself to lose it.  With 20 more to go, you think in a million years I'd take anything to counter act that?  Fat chance.  No pun intended.  So, with Halloween, I didn't give the Lyrica a second thought.  Thought I'd do my research this morning.  Fatigue, weight gain, Hypoglycemia, (already have an extreme case of that) memory loss, difficulty concentrating, dizziness, swelling, and flu like symptoms are all of the symptoms associated with Lyrica.  Um... I already have EVERY single one of those symptoms.  So I don't get what it's supposed to do when it will give me exactly what I'm already experiencing... More memory loss?  Ya kidding me?  I'm working on one brain cell as it is.  You take that away from me, I'll be classified as mentally retarded.  Gotta give that little guy the best shot he's got.  Don't think Lyrica's gonna help him out.  As I read the symptoms aloud to my husband, my six year old loudly exclaimed, "no, nu-uh, you do NOT need that!  No Lyrica, Mamma."  Ok, I guess the verdict's out.  No Lyrica for me.  At least not at this time.  It's worked wonders for some, I just don't think it's for me right now.  I was so hoping it wouldn't have extreme side effects.  My doctor was hoping that the Lyrica, with the Tramadol, would help me so much more than just the Tramadol alone.  I was, too.  The dose he gave me this time is not very strong.  He's worried I'll get addicted (duh, it's an opiate AND my condition is for life...um....anywho...) to them so he cut the dose back.  Owww.  It hurt's to type on the keyboard.  It feels like my skin is ripped off and I'm typing with bloody nubs.  My arms hurt from resting on the table.  My bum hurts from sitting in this chair.  It hurts, I tell ya.

We're seriously some of the biggest Star Trek nerds you'll ever meet.  We watch Star Trek on Amazon every night.  Right now we're doing Enterprise.  Captain Archer grabbed T'pol so violently last night, it made me hurt.  It's sad you can't even watch stuff without thinking how much it would hurt you, how you could never do that, or how long it would take you to recover from even trying to attempt that.  All I could think was, "geez, Archer....ooooouuuch!"