you are so welcome hun ... with no insurance it can be a real pain (no pun intended...LOL) ... I don't know if I mentioned in my first post about Savella or Lyrica or any of the other "fibro" meds... Savella has helped me but we are all indiviuals and each case as complex as we are different. For me the seretonin reuptake inhibitors work on both what doctors percieve as depression (I, like you am sad alot but more from being in constant pain and not being able to participate in life than true depression.. that part of the medication should appeal to the doctors sensibilities ..LOL!) and it helps stop the brain from not handling its seretonin levels correctly ... much of that gets too technical for me but I didn't have the heavy fatigue... walking thru wet cement while my brain is in a fog feeling :)
Perhaps because your doc is old and old school ... he would consider trying you out on one of the newer fibro meds ? Since you have a doctor that will see you with no insurance ... keep the sure thing as opposed to going without a doc at all ... that is just scary! I don't know if you are in a rural area or not but you can just keep casting your net wider until you find someone that knows a bit more about CFS/fibro ... in my experience either that means the doc will be younger or one who attends conferences and medical workshops to keep up on new things ...
I hope I helped :) At least knowing you arent alone gives me a good feeling ... I hope it does you too :)
all my best ... your fibro-sister... TJ
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you are so welcome hun ... with no insurance it can be a real pain (no pun intended...LOL) ... I don't know if I mentioned in my first post about Savella or Lyrica or any of the other "fibro" meds... Savella has helped me but we are all indiviuals and each case as complex as we are different. For me the seretonin reuptake inhibitors work on both what doctors percieve as depression (I, like you am sad alot but more from being in constant pain and not being able to participate in life than true depression.. that part of the medication should appeal to the doctors sensibilities ..LOL!) and it helps stop the brain from not handling its seretonin levels correctly ... much of that gets too technical for me but I didn't have the heavy fatigue... walking thru wet cement while my brain is in a fog feeling :)
January 28, 2010 - 1:20amPerhaps because your doc is old and old school ... he would consider trying you out on one of the newer fibro meds ? Since you have a doctor that will see you with no insurance ... keep the sure thing as opposed to going without a doc at all ... that is just scary! I don't know if you are in a rural area or not but you can just keep casting your net wider until you find someone that knows a bit more about CFS/fibro ... in my experience either that means the doc will be younger or one who attends conferences and medical workshops to keep up on new things ...
I hope I helped :) At least knowing you arent alone gives me a good feeling ... I hope it does you too :)
all my best ... your fibro-sister... TJ
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