Man,… it has been a while since I’ve blogged.
I wanted to update everyone on something I have been doing.
Since the start of the new year, I knew that our oh-so-lovely deductible would reset again, and my fibro meds are very expensive! Its about $150 a month for one kind. Which, compared to some, isnt that much. So, Mark and I started talking about me trying to cut back my meds, ween off them and see if I can handle the pain without the medication. I have been going swimming to get some gentle exercise, which is suppose to help my condition, and so I thought; if I can do this, I wont be ‘depending’ on meds to survive my pain.
Anyway, it has taken me just under 2 months of weening off my meds, and I am now on day 5 of absolutely NO Cymbalta.

When I first started cutting my doses down, I started aching more and I though: “Oh yea! This is why I’m on Cymbalta”. But I kept it up, & kept weening myself off.
The smaller the dose, the more I noticed pain. But…I am determined to hang in there, long enough to see if I can just deal with it.
On the first day when I had no meds, I woke up in the worse emotional state! And what makes it worse is Mark was at home that day, taking a day off, and he kept asking if it would help me for him to go into work. I think he was wanting me to say yes so he didn’t have to listen to me yell, complain & freek-out! But after that I was back to myself…for the most part. Although I have found my self a lot more prone to cry at movies, & laugh so hard I cry! Its Very odd for me, but I know its part of the withdrawals!

But I am very excited to report that I’m surviving…. Mark is surviving… and so we will continue being Cymbalta free.

Situations like this really make me worry for the state of our county! The insurance, and how the government is trying to fix things, but I just dont see a solution happening any time soon, which is super frustrating.
Well…. that’s all I have to say about that…for now.