[Dopey]

Chronic fibromyalgia pain began getting worse 15 years ago after a minor bout with shingles.  After shingles rash resolved I was left with numbness and tingling in feet, hands, and buttocks.  The pain is 24/7 and doesn’t respond to pain medications.  Lyrica slightly takes the edge off of the pain.  I’ve tried gabapentin before Lyrica; Savella with Lyrica; currently medical marijuana.  So far no appreciable relief from pain and still can’t get any quality sleep due to waking up multiple times during the night.  Also, along with the fibromyalgia I have sleep apnea and use a Cpap machine.

[Martin Reed]

Welcome to the forum, Dopey — and I am sorry to hear about your ongoing struggle with pain and sleep.

You mentioned that you wake multiple times during the night. Does it take you a long time to fall back to sleep when you wake during the night? Do you find it relatively easy to fall asleep at the start of the night, when you first get into bed? How are you getting on with the CPAP machine?

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