Hi ladies,
Dare I say I'm feeling ok at the moment??!
The dreadful depression that descended towards the end of last week finally lifted
sometime yesterday evening. I'd stopped taking Amitryptiline after Friday's dose and I am no longer getting that desperate feeling, hoping it will last for a while
Still having joint pains and various other things like severe foot cramps, but my mental state is so much better.
Ladybt28, all told I've taken antidepressants for 15 years, so easy to stay on them, especially through meno years, but I just felt a need to be free of them. If, in future I need them, I'll go back on them. Changing my diet has helped enormously and also being particular to what I say yes to. I now think about how it will affect me when asked to 'do a favour' for anyone!
I'm going to give myself a good few weeks before increasing the patches to 50, I want to see how my body is. In answer to Taz2 - my body was painful everywhere, I felt like I had sunburn under my skin, every joint hurt, shooting pains in my fingers, sensitivity to light and noise. I couldn't bear anyone to touch me and the tiredness was every present. On the questionnaire from the gp, my combined score was 15. If it is fibro, then maybe it was a flare up? I've battled brain fog for many years, so was used to that, but the pain left me in tears and added to the insomnia.
Pearl Plum, due to acid reflux I had to change my diet drastically and now have quite a restricted diet. Cutting sugar out is the best move I've ever made! Also processed food. I believe both these foods types lead to the inflammation which goes with fibro. I bought my self a book called The Acid Watcher, it's become my bible, there are references to fibro and the benefits of cutting back on certain foods.
I'll keep you posted of my progress. I'm so glad I found this site, the ladies here have been a real lifeline over the last few days xx