Vicodin works

So, in my never-ending quest to find the right balance of medications that work for me, I removed another Lyrica from the daily medications. I have been weaning off of it for several weeks now. I am now just taking the 1 Lyrica in the morning. Which is to say that I did not take 1 Lyrica last night before I went to bed.

In place of Lyrica, I am now taking Cymbalta. I am at 90 Mg of that, and I am taking it all at night. So, I figured, if I was going to do away with one of the Lyrica, the night dose would be the best one to do away with. The Cymbalta has been helping with the fibromyalgia pain and anxiety, and I have already weaned off of the Celexa (which I was taking for anxiety).

What I did not figure on was that the Cymbalta was working in concert with the Lyrica. So, removing that one Lyrica made for a very rough night.

Happily, I am also currently taking small bits of Vicodin for the pain related to my eye. And, since my eye was also throbbing in the middle of the night (as was my right arm), I decided to take 1/2 of a Vicodin at 12:30 a.m. And, it worked. Both the eye pain and the arm pain, and well, all pain in my body, went way...for a blissful few hours.

However, Vicodin is a narcotic, so I refuse to take that as an ongoing medication.

Next week I will move 30 Mg of the Cymbalta to the morning, add 30 Mg to it, and stop the Lyrica all together.

SO, I will have 60 Cymbalta at night and 60 Cymbalta in the morning...oh and the Tegretol for that partial petit-mal seizures. My hope in life is that this will work...and the fibromyalgia pain will get under control and the anxiety will stay under control and all will be well with my body.