Working and Fibromyalgia - do I qualify for benefit?

tobykim

I have gabapentin for Fibro does help a bit but not a lot

Mupette

tobykim wrote: »

I have gabapentin for Fibro does help a bit but not a lot

now that is interesting.
i should be on 900mg now but I've decided to stay on 300mg a day, as i don't want them to stop working for me too soon.

Did your gp give you those. I thought they were for MS, and epilepsy, but seeing as it helps neuropathic pain, then good i am glad it is being given to those with fibro, (i wish i had it last year)

clairet1961

HI:)

Sorry to butt in.
I have fibro and take pregabalin (lyrica) 450mg daily. It helps but I still have bad days as well as good -
I also receive DLA - HRM & LRC.
I work full time and don't receive any working tax credit.

ash4becks

tobykim wrote: »

I have gabapentin for Fibro does help a bit but not a lot

this is the next thing i have been offered how good is it x

ash4becks

clairet1961 wrote: »

HI:)

Sorry to butt in.
I have fibro and take pregabalin (lyrica) 450mg daily. It helps but I still have bad days as well as good -
I also receive DLA - HRM & LRC.
I work full time and don't receive any working tax credit.

you should apply sure you would at least get the disabity element other on here might be able to claify that

Indie_Kid

ash4becks wrote: »

you should apply sure you would at least get the disabity element other on here might be able to claify that

It depends how much the poster earns.

Mupette

ash4becks wrote: »

this is the next thing i have been offered how good is it x

i don't have extreme, tears running down my face pain, the burning feeling with the pain went,

Until today when i realised i have missed a few days, so you have just prompted me to take one.

right, thats taken for today *phew i know i should feel better later, my legs won't hurt as much.

I took, co-codamal, tramodal, diclaphenic (sp) i just felt too spaced out, and was still in pain but just felt like i didnt care, amatriptaline just gave me nightmares

tobykim

Re Gabapentin, I was taking 2x3oomg before I went to bed at night but found that they absolutely zonked me and as the bathroom is at the top of the stairs I frightened myself when I nearly fell down them and only saved myself by hanging on to the bannisters. so now I take 400mg before bed and 100mg twice three times a day. I also have co-codamol and find that the dispersable ones work better but GP won't prescribe them as they contain salt.

I also have an overactive thyroid whether that's connected or not I don't know, the gabapentin was prescribed by my GP.

I get no DLA, was turned down at tribunal when I was browbeaten into submission by a panel who usually sit on the tribunal for IS etc and didn't have the heart for it again

TOBRUK

I take Pregabalin (Lyrica), I have M.E. and take the maximum dose possible of 600mg a day.

I have read somewhere that it is better than Gabapentin - stronger and more effective, but not many doctors prescribe it as it is more expensive apparently. I don't know if this is true.

summerof0763

TOBRUK wrote: »

I take Pregabalin (Lyrica), I have M.E. and take the maximum dose possible of 600mg a day.

I have read somewhere that it is better than Gabapentin - stronger and more effective, but not many doctors prescribe it as it is more expensive apparently. I don't know if this is true.

gabapentin never agreed with me,i take pregablin alongside mst daily,but still not got doses sorted yet,still feeling pain and suffering severe exhaustion,for which i dont have a name for yet