Sorry I haven’t posted for a while. I had a reaction to a medication and felt extremely fatigued for about a month. I was able to work and parent and help with household chores, but couldn’t accomplish much else.
Many of us with fibromyalgia are very sensitive to medications, and I am no exception. When one of my well meaning doctors thought a medication might help me recover from fibromyalgia faster, I was all for it. But taking 4 pills a day, each covered with blue dye, had me worried. I often had bad reactions to dyes in the past. I checked but this medication did not come in any other form. I was comforted by the fact that this medication is safe for premature infants, and is routinely used. Guess I am more sensitive than premature infants. I worked up to the recommended dose slowly, but after 2 days on the full dose I was dizzy and sedated. I gamely continued the medication for a week until I saw my symptoms were continuing to worsen.
My acupuncturist said the medication “almost did me in.” After stopping the medication, eating healthfully and many sessions of acupuncture, I am back to my old self.
I need to do a better job of listening to the little voice inside that warns me about things that might not be right for my body. Now I rejoice in my slow but steady recover from fibromyalgia symptoms, and have stopped looking for additional medications that might look good on paper, but weaken my sensitive system. Slow and steady DOES win the race, and keeps you from getting the “blues.”