<human>: Hi, I am looking for advise. I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. My PCP has been prescribing Percocet for me for 1 year. I take 2 - 3 per day...the dose is 5-325 mg. He no longer wants to give me the pain pills and wants me to see a pain doctor which I did. They told me their policy was not to treat fibromyalgia patients with narcotics. They prescribed Lyrica which I am willing to try. I don t want to stay on narcotics forever but this is the only think that has helped. Long story short, my co-pay for Lyrica is $1,156 every 3 months which I cannot afford. I don t know what to do. I am in pain every day and can t continue to work when I m in pain. I can t afford to go on disability either. Please advise what you think I should do.
<bot>: Hi, as to let you know too much of painkiller is not good for human body and the organs as well. Why don't you try exercise which will be simple and helpful. I hope you have understood about this fibromyalgia. As it is a condition with the fibers of the muscle, you have a majority of the pain in the muscle fibers. Try doing regular exercises like free exercises, stretching, strengthening, endurance training, etc. This are some exercise option I personally try out for my patients who have fibromyalgia. Apparently till now it has helped them. I do try to implement for some meditation and breathing exercises. The only focus I try on my exercise prescription is to delay the fatigue. As fatigue can lead to pain I focus on improving their endurance and other weaker muscles. I hope you will get helped too like many others I have seen till date. I wish you a good health and a speedy recovery too. Thank you