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Hi Nancy,
Have a safe and wonderful 4th of July.
Janese
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Good to hear from you, Nancy. My daughter has not seen a rheumatologist, even though I have urged her to do so. I think she is so despondent about it all that she is giving up, thinking that there is nothing that can be done. She's been on Utracet and Elavil (dr prescribed for sleeping). I find Cymbalta great for my own mild fibro symptoms, and it helps with the pain of neuropathy in my feet, but she can't take it. One of the main problems is that she has taken seizure meds for years, and you can't mix dilantin and phenobarb with too much. I am encouraging her to start some kind of weight loss program as a beginning in fighting the fibro. Mainly so that she will take some action of some sort. To make her even more depressed, her birthday is this month and she will be 44. I think she is now going through some peri-menopausal symptoms, too. There is no sadness that competes with not being able to help your child.

By the way, if you ever try to get off Cymbalta, be extremely careful. I tried cutting down once and can't begin to tell you the physical and emotional trauma involved. Soon I will once again try by cutting back to 30mg a day instead of 60. I read somewhere that it is impossible to get off of. Why I want to get off when it does some good things for me is another whole story!

Thanks for 'listening'!

Maggie