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Sorry to hear about your doctor appointment. I hate the fact that any sign of depression makes some doctors not take you seriously. The only thing I can think of is that depression really messes with your sleep, and that can cause other ailments. HOWEVER, you have way too much going on for sleep to be the only culprint. 
Give the meds a try and see what happens. Maybe the doc just wants to rule things out. Feel better!
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Grrr. This happens alot. If he mentioned REM sleep then he doesn't even know what he's talking about....it's Stage 4 sleep that Fibromites often don't get enough of NOT REM. And that isn't the cause of everything! And nor is depression....that is such an outdated notion.
And you have to have something other than Fibro as the inflammation is NOT a Fibro thing and nor are miscarriages.
I'll come back to you with ideas....
In the meantime, take Tylenol everyday...it'll take the edge off. I don't know what strength normal Tylenol is but you want to be taking the maximum dose, so that's 1000mg every four hours and a max of 4000mg in 24 hours ( so you could take 5 doses of 800mg with 4 hour spaces in between and sleep-time). Mel's posted the site for the supplement I take so have a look at that.
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Thanks Christine. I did sleep like a rock for several hours last night so maybe it will help. 
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Hey BL, you're right, from what I read on google its just a muscle relaxant and I did read that its a class C pregnancy drug but I'm not trying right now so I'm not overly worried about that at the moment. He reasoning was that because my muscle spasm and tighten while I sleep that I'm not getting REM sleep. It did make me feel a bit drunk like you said however I did sleep like a rock for several hours so maybe it will help. I'll give it a week or so and see. He did order a bunch of blood work and took x-rays so maybe its just temporary until he figures out what is going on, at least thats what I'm hoping!
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Thanks Ruchie. I do admitt that I am depressed but like I said, who wouldn't be after what I've gone through. However, I also KNOW that I AM sick as well, the stupid dr's just aren't smart enough to figure out whats making me sick yet!
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Thanks Snowy and I agree, I deserve a good dr. I was really confused yesterday when he acted the way he did because my first appt with him went so well and he seemed really nice. I'm hoping he was just having a bad day yesterday. If things aren't better and he doesn't do something better when I see him again next month, I'm definitely looking for a new dr!
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Yeah, I didn't think swelling was part of fibro at all!  He did say may rheumatoid arhtritis and di run some more tests so I guess I'll give him until the tests come back and see what he says. I'm definitely going to look at the supplement you guys take. I have been taking some tylenol but not the maxium dose so I'll up that for a few days and see if it doesn't help some. That is, if I can get the stupid child proof top off the darned tylenol bottle, struggling with it right now...ok, got it off and popped two!
I did seem to sleep better last night and may feel a LITTLE better although the swelling is still there. I just wish I could find a dr too look at the BIG picture and not just pieces and parts of me!!!!
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Thanks Beth! I'm glad I don't have Lupus either but it would almost be better at this point for them to be able to tell me whats wrong. I definitely don't want to have anything serious wrong but it might be easier to deal with you have this diease and thats why you feel like you do and thats why you can't have a baby but for all these supposed specialists to say, aw well we don't know, just sucks!
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Hi Michelle,
I'm so sorry to hear things didn't go well for you with this guy. I was reading through the chain of responses and I agree with Linz - get a new guy - I don't think this one really has a clue. He's grasping at the fibro thing because it's an undefined diagnosis and he therefore thinks he can throw all your problems into that basket. Linz also reminded us - rightly so - that Fibro is NOT a problem of REM sleep. People with fibro often have trouble getting beyond the REM stage which is where our bodies find the most restorative sleep. I know that and I don't have fibro, nor have I ever really studied the condition beyond what I read here from you fibromites - so a doctor should defenetly know that!!! As for the depression thing - make sure that whatever doctor you are dealing with realizes that if you are suffering now from depression, it is because you are in pain and because you lost your precious babies - depression is not a root cause of your physical problems. It may be making some of the symptoms of some of your problems worse than they would be if you were not in constant pain and were not mourning a great loss. You are seeing a shrink to get through those problems and it's his/her job to deal with that. It's your doctor's job to find the physical root cause of the symptoms that you are suffering and the cause is not depression. It's NOT all in you're head sweetheart! I hope you can feel more comfortable soon though and let us know how things turn with this.
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I was on a muscle relaxer called, Flexaril, I supposed to take it before bed along with my sleeping pill and it was supposed to help with pain from fibro and sleep. But I was so groggy in the mornings from it I had to stop taking it.
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