Posted by dancingstar on January 23, 2005, at 23:59:17 [reposted on January 25, 2005, at 8:40:53 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Anyone else with fibromialgia?, posted by sabre on January 22, 2005, at 20:52:15
I am positive that over the three years that I took Effexor, it caused me to feel the pain of fibromyalgia and to have chronic fatigue. It became worse and more debilitating as time went on, and I watch this now happening to one of my closest friends.
It didn't start out that way. At first it gave me energy and made me feel better. After a while, I became very sick, in pain, and tired. I also caught really strange infections.
I quit, and now I just have the original back and hip pain that I started with and my energy level returned to normal. My neck is very sore and I definitely have some nerve damage from having taken Effexor. I always forget to add the tingling thing that I get whenever I feel stressed that doesn't want to go away.
Magnesium is supposed to be very good for fibromyalgia; so is a restful night's sleep. I know that isn't a very satisfactory answer...at all. I am just posting my experience for your reference. As has been said here so perfectly before me, "your actual mileage may vary."
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