Fibromyalgia and my feet, please help

longforthesun

I hope someone can offer me some help.

I have fibro and have had it for some years but at the moment i am in a lot of pain in my ankle and tops of my feet and it is driving me mad and is starting to limit what I can do each day. I should say the pain is in the exact place on each foot.

I feel that at present I manage my fibro ok so I currently only take prescriped co-codomol although in the past have been on heavier painkillers. the co-codomol does nothing for this pain.

Now it may not be the fibro causing this pain but I wondered if anyone else has experienced this and if so what helped.

Thanks in advance for any info.

PlasticMoose

Hiya,
We're not really allowed to give specific medication advice on here but hopefully people can still help.
From my personal experience for example, co-codamol and the like do not work on neuralgia, but it helps other pain I suffer. As a result I have to take a mixture of things to target specific types of pain. It would seem that you may have to take an additional painkiller. I would advise you to go an see your GP and see if they can give you anything as an alternative, or ask to be referred to a pain specialist. I found it very helpful even though the problems aren't 'fixed'.

Good luck.

longforthesun

Thanks

I have not really been to by GP about my Fibro for 4 years other than to get my co-codomol and even then I do not take it often.

I tend to use heat to ease the pain and just get on with it though I think the time has come to give up and see the Dr about other pain releif. I just feel that I do not want to be on strong medication but i know I can't go on like this for much longer.

Will make an appointment and go from there.

Thanks again.

LimeLight

ask to see a ruematologist, who will most likely put you on pregabalin

wolfehouse

ask to see a podiatrist