Transitioning and fibromyalgia

[alyms79]

I transitioned in 2006 FtM.

Now in 2009 I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia.

I was wondering is there a connection with my transition?

[LordKAT]

doubt it.

[cynthialee]

Not likely. But who knows.
I deal with a rather debilitating fibromyalgia. I was diagnosed years before my transition so I doubt it is brought on by trasnition.
Fibro can be hell. hell enough to have me pretty much disabled for the last 3 years.

I would sugest you talk to your doc about Lyrica. I was unable to function until I went on the stuff.

[Miniar]

Lyrica did nothing to help me mind you, so don't expect miracles.

I have Fibro, had it for years. I can trace back my symptoms to teen years even.
I do believe, since Fibro is affected by stress, that being transgender can aggravate the symptoms or be a contributing factor.

I know that transitioning will be stressful for me, but I do believe that it will cause a reduction in the overall causes of stress (Getting rid of the parts that cause dysphoria for example) and as such should have a positive effect on my fibro, if it has any effect at all.

[darklady]

I have no fibromyalgia.

[Sarah Louise]

Lyrica has done little or nothing to help my diabetic neuropathy.  It works different for each person.

Sarah L.

[cynthialee]

Miniar,
I have to take a coctail of morphiene and lyrica to mellow out the pain now. On just Lyrica I still had a ton of breakthrough pain. The morphiene helps one to forget they hurt. lol

I definatly can tell it is agravated by stress as I flair every time I get stressed. Then the flair trigers depression .... vicious stuff.

There are a couple of other drugs they have just recently started ussing for fibro but the names of them escape me. (just had a convo with my doctor last week about it)


Post Merge: June 01, 2010, 10:35:52 AM

Lyrica has done little or nothing to help my diabetic neuropathy.  It works different for each person.

Sarah L.

This is so true.
The comon dose they insist on is 3x higher than what mostly works for me. I seem to be hyper sensitive to it. I can't function at high dosages, I get way to foggy and feeling grogy. Lyrica is very much a ymmv drug.

[darklady]

Diabetic neuropathy and Fibromyalgia are so different diseases that why they are discussed in the same thread. 

[Sarah Louise]

They are not all that different Darklady.  Lryica is recommended for both conditions.

Sarah L.

[darklady]

OK. I am not a doctor I do not know about all  the treatments.