pain meds can actually begin to turn on you just as you auto immune diesease (fibromyalgia) has
the meds will only kill the pain for a short time, and then the pills begin to take over your body causing "rebound pain" or pain from the pain pills
i was also in your situation for several years, i actually have liver diesease and as a result i experienced the same symptoms as fibermyalgia, i became so sick on the pain meds i started to think of them as poinson, because really pain medicaiton is not a "treatment" for anything, they are not life saving, its just drugs to me
i woke up one day and said no more narcotics, by the time i said no, my body had become atrophied, i lost mobility in my late 20's...not from my medical condition but from the pain meds, they had started to turn on me
it took a while to detox, if you are ready to do this, i can help, it also took a recovery program, i went with na, i actually feel better now living with my health issues than i did on pain pills
now everything has not been a walk in the park, at about 3 years clean i had to go on chemo, felt like death, but i made it through all that without narcotics,
hopefully soon you will get to the point where a little apin is worth a fresh start and a life free from pain pills
i wish you the best of luck, when you are ready to taper, let me know
I have been reading up on the fibromyalgia and it is a term used when the doctors can not figure out what is wrong with you.
have you ever considered consulting a homepathic doctor? you may just have some severe defficiencies going on.
i once had a condition that started in my neck. pain and stiffness like athritis . then spread to my back legs , down my arms until i could no longer turn my head or bend my legs or barely walk. lots of pain too.
so all the doctors could find was my iron level was so low it was almost not there.
i started juicing and eating iron foods, supplements and was back to normal in a matter of days.
you are right for wanting to make a decesion here. the pain meds only mask what is going on. you really need to get to the bottom of it and at least stop it from getting worse. pain tells us that something is not right going on. and we need to pay attention to it.