fibromyalgia symptoms and weight gain

If I could exercise I could deal with the weight gain better. I recently reduced the Lyrica but I started feeling bad again and increased it back up. I am just going to battle the weight gain harder and get surgery on my foot so I can walk. It's good to keep the dose as low as possible and still get help from it.

668, which is in normal range, but my weight has increased a lot and still having headache all the day and fatigue and constipation to some serious extent. More importantly, the side effects of thyroxin started appearing i.e. swelling on my face, feet, ankles. Please advise me should I stop thyroxin or what to do?

I have been taking Cymbalta and Xanax at the same time for more than a year. In fact, I lost almost 30 lbs. Don't think negative. I think it depends. Some gain and sone lose weight...not sure why... Thanks!

Flu like symptoms, muscle ache, joint pain, edema, weight gain, occasional fever, heavy chest like labored breathing. All tests show normal the doc gave lasex for the edema but other symptoms come and go. Any suggestions welcome.

i called my dr back and said put me back on the gabapentin as i can tolerate it. i am concerned though about the weight gain.

To lose weight we have to stay away from bread - so I suggest eating bread at every meal. You still need to eat vegetables and protein. Thinking potatoes and yams with butter. Also sugar makes you fat - so eat a dessert after supper. And some vanilla ice cream about an hour before bed should help you sleep and gain weight too. It's not necessary to eat fast food to gain weight - better to eat the right foods and gain slowly.

Lyrica seems to work for me, however the side effects include drowsiness and weight gain. I also take baclophen, which is a muscle relaxent and Celexa for my depression. It is also used for fibromyalgia. If you are having trouble sleeping and don't want to take something addicting, Then take melatonin. It is a herbal med. Good Luck and Take Care.

Because I was very unsatisfied with the Dr. I saw 2 weeks ago who did 2 hypo tests (TSH and T4), said I was withing "normal range" and get me some Metformin to help with weight loss (haven't lost anything yet btw), I went to see another Dr. a friend referred me to on Tuesday. He was so much more detailed with me! I brought a list of symptoms with me just to ensure I wouldn't forget anything!

How many fibromyalgia suffers also have a thyroid disorder, gastroparesis, and also had h-pylori as a child?

Anna-I am on the same combination and I have same dx. I just gain 20 lbs! I hate it. I have been trying to exercise and diet and nothing has helped, I heard methadone makes u gain?

What insurance company sent you info on Fibromyalgia. I have never gotten info that validated weight gain as part of FM symptoms. I have gained weight and even with going on a severely regimented weight loss program, in 10 months I only lost 16 pounds. Other women on the program were losing 45 -75 lbs in the time that I was losing the small amt. I was. I could not understand this and my frustration was unbelieveable.

When the CFS hit, my energy levels bottommed out...and then some...and I started to gain weight again. There has been no noticeable change in my symptoms as a result of the weight gain, though in my case, there's only mild jitteriness and occasional myalgia to deal with, not pain per se like there is in FMS.

Some people do not gain, and some people need to gain weight, but this is something you should discuss with your doctor on the 18th. Come back and let us know how things go. Good luck.

After taking Armour thyroid for over 20 years for a thyroid nodule, I was changed to Synthroid because my TSH was too low. Now I have extreme fatigue, intolerance to cold, pain in my ear, a full feeling in my throat on the side of the thyroid nodule, a feeling of not getting a full breath, weight gain of over 30 pounds in the 2 years I've been on the synthroid. I used to do one hour of exercise at the gym 3 times a week and now can hardly do 30 minutes.

After returning home I immediately gained over 90lbs in less than 6 months. The weight gain was not 5 lbs here and there, it was 5 lbs OVERNIGHT, and sometimes 10 lbs overnight. I went from 148lbs to a staggering 240!!! Doctors haven't been able to figure out where the weight gain has come from. Some would said to cut to calories and not eat sweets etc.

Not having a thyroid its so easy to put on weight and have 26 other meds I take for RSDS, migranes, stomach, thyroid replacement that the side effects from them cause swelling, weight gain and other horrible effects. The VA usually will not give out this drug but my doc got special permission because of all my pain and pain history. You mentioned lymph gands I noticed last week there was some swollen in my right arm pit area like hard nodles and they are tender.

ll start taking magnesium with the D. Being deficient causes all of these symptoms? Even the weight gain and my period being almost 6 months late? Seems like something more is going on even if I am truly deficient.

My BP was low and I did not gain weight for years. My largest issue was the same as yours - poor healing and sick all the time. You may be cyclical/episodic if your testing comes out strange. I would find a doctor that knows what they are doing as you do in fact have it - high cortisol is Cushing's.

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