Couple of ? - Fibromyalgia Message Board

craftlady · 08-21-2004, 05:47 AM

Has anyone tryed massage therapy?
Has anyone heard of being treated with wellbutrin?

My DD rubbed my back down, ooooooooooo did it feel good, seemed to take the pain level down to about 3.

I was wondering about wellbutrin b/c I know that is a antidepressant and can help a person quit smoking, which is something I want to do.
Thanks
Janice

kayakmom · 08-21-2004, 07:33 AM

I did use Cranialsacral and massage therapy. It was great, but then insurance felt I had enough....My dd is good at neck rubs and this helps some...

I do not know about Welbutrin helping quit smoking. I do know it is on recommended for Fibro....

Icefire · 08-21-2004, 07:33 AM

Hey Janice,

That's the only way that I survive most nights. I get a massage for about a 1/2 hour with massage oil, then he uses the tennis ball to take out any big knots, and then I take a hot shower and I put miracle rub on my back (This is along the same lines as icy hot, kinda smells like bengay but doesn't burn). The nights that he passes out from exhaustion and I don't have the heart to wake him is the nights that I don't sleep and I run around like a nut.

I tried the wellbutrin but since I don't like the side effects of those meds, I really try not to do them. I seem to get every side effect that is listed on meds, it's crazy. Even something as simple as benedryl that should make you tired, turns me into an all night cleaning machine.

Good Luck
Chris

tkgoodspirit · 08-21-2004, 07:40 AM

I want to know how you all get prescribed these massages. I tried that with my rhuemy and she said my insurance would only pay if I went to a PT, well I did that and they started giving massages then they went into full blown PT. I just wanted a stinkin' rub down! LOL Anyhoo, this may sound stupid, but what's a DD? And I have had Deep Tissue Massage, that I paid for, and it was about the best thing I'd ever felt next to "you know what". Maybe better, but I'd never tell my husband that!

And I do take the Wellbutrin XL, switched to that from Effexor cuz of the sexual side effects. Effexor basically takes your libido and stomps it into the ground. Wellbutrin, did help me quit smoking. I was a light smoker, about a half pack a day. Now, I still want one, and I'd smoke one if someone gave it to me, but I don't really want to go to the trouble of going out and buying a pack. Too bad you can't just buy one. The Wellbutrin helps with depression and Fibro. It increases dopemine and serotonin. It does have some side effects the first couple weeks you are on it though, it you take it at the 300mg level.

Good luck.
tk

tkgoodspirit · 08-21-2004, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by kayakmom

I did use Cranialsacral and massage therapy. It was great, but then insurance felt I had enough....My dd is good at neck rubs and this helps some...

I do not know about Welbutrin helping quit smoking. I do know it is on recommended for Fibro....

kayakmom, What is Cranialsacral massage therapy?

tk