Savella
I
Freaking
LOVE
This
Drug.
OH MY GOD I am a normal real person again, for the first time in nine years! I have ENERGY! I get up and do things, and don't have to stop and take a break! For years and years I've thought I was just a lazy piece of crap because I couldn't stick with something for more than ten minuets without going and sitting on the couch, going to my computer, something. But no. i just was fatigued and in pain. And now... i'm NOT! I have been going nonstop all weekend, its great. I sewed, I played with the tablesaw Jameel got me for christmas, I screwed planks of wood together, I wrapped presents, I cooked, I visited people, I took my dog for long walks, I did small clean-up as I saw messes and things that needed to be cleaned... and I felt AMAZING the whole time.
I could die happy right now. My life is what I've wanted it to be for so long.
No nausea. Very minimal headaches. Lots of energy. Slight bit of above-average irritability one day, but I managed to deal with it okay and it hasn't come back. Still have a little bit of fibro pain, but not nearly as debilitating as it used to be - I can function around it, and I get the feeling that a few more sessions of PT will get rid of them. No more fatigue than the average bear - I can go all day, and then just be tired at bedtime.
And the best, most unexpected part? My appetite is significantly decreased. Okay, no, that's not quite right... more like, when I'm sated I can't eat any more, instead of being able to cram more food down my gullet until I felt stuffed to the gills. And I don't feel hungry until I'm really, REALLY hungry.
More activity + far less food = I've lost 3lbs already and its only been 5 days.
and I'm not even up to the full dose yet, I have another 2 days before I go up to the next and final step! The more of this drug I get in me the better I feel, it seems. But I'm finally ready to conclude that its not just placebo or a change in the weather: This drug is really working for me.
In conclusion: WOOHOO!!!!
Freaking
LOVE
This
Drug.
OH MY GOD I am a normal real person again, for the first time in nine years! I have ENERGY! I get up and do things, and don't have to stop and take a break! For years and years I've thought I was just a lazy piece of crap because I couldn't stick with something for more than ten minuets without going and sitting on the couch, going to my computer, something. But no. i just was fatigued and in pain. And now... i'm NOT! I have been going nonstop all weekend, its great. I sewed, I played with the tablesaw Jameel got me for christmas, I screwed planks of wood together, I wrapped presents, I cooked, I visited people, I took my dog for long walks, I did small clean-up as I saw messes and things that needed to be cleaned... and I felt AMAZING the whole time.
I could die happy right now. My life is what I've wanted it to be for so long.
No nausea. Very minimal headaches. Lots of energy. Slight bit of above-average irritability one day, but I managed to deal with it okay and it hasn't come back. Still have a little bit of fibro pain, but not nearly as debilitating as it used to be - I can function around it, and I get the feeling that a few more sessions of PT will get rid of them. No more fatigue than the average bear - I can go all day, and then just be tired at bedtime.
And the best, most unexpected part? My appetite is significantly decreased. Okay, no, that's not quite right... more like, when I'm sated I can't eat any more, instead of being able to cram more food down my gullet until I felt stuffed to the gills. And I don't feel hungry until I'm really, REALLY hungry.
More activity + far less food = I've lost 3lbs already and its only been 5 days.
and I'm not even up to the full dose yet, I have another 2 days before I go up to the next and final step! The more of this drug I get in me the better I feel, it seems. But I'm finally ready to conclude that its not just placebo or a change in the weather: This drug is really working for me.
In conclusion: WOOHOO!!!!