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Sleep Issues, Pregnancy Chronic Pain

4 posts on this thread and the last post was on April 1st, 2009 12:00 PM
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encantare - February 9th, 2009 9:07 PM
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Hi ladies,
There isn't much info out there about pregnancy and fibromyalgia. Here is a brief background for me, I'm now 28 years old and have had fibro since I was 12 (yes, it's been a long haul). I just got pregnant (after miscarriage) and was off most of the medicines I've been taking to be functional. I have stayed on two because I need to maintain at a low pain level to prevent any pregnancy loss due to stress or other complications. I also have always had trouble sleeping, which is usual in fibro patients. But now that I'm pregnant, I can't sleep at all!!

I'm getting 2-4 hours a night (I used to get 7-10) and I need at least six to function properly. Now I'm not able to work or do anything much even around the house.

My doctors are researching to see if they can do anything for sleep (I've tried all the alternative medical approaches and Unisom, etc). Does anyone have ANY suggestions??? I'd be eternally grateful!

Bumblebee - February 9th, 2009 9:41 PM

Have you tried acupuncture? Sorry you are going thru all this -- Wish you all the best with the pg.


clindholm - February 10th, 2009 10:18 AM

Have you tried Benadryl (diphenhydramine)? Safe during pregnancy and really makes you sleepy.


encantare - February 10th, 2009 10:55 AM

yes, benadryl and unisom are the same thing, just packaged differently. Neither helped me get real sleep but both made my morning (or all day, in my case) sickness worse. I'm already very slight and don't want to risk more weight loss...see why this is so frustrating for me? Thanks for the help though!


tamendola - April 1st, 2009 12:00 PM

I am in my 5th week and having horrible headaches and 5 sleepless nights in a row. I do not know what to do either. Somethings gotta give, I cant work on no sleep. Help!