Thanks for the advice, Kat. Sounds like you may have an allergy of sulfites....I get violent headaches just from eggs, and red wine with sulfites added. I don't think I've ever had any sulfa drugs though.
I know a "general" kind of therapy is way too simple for this kind of disease, I guess I was just hoping for some kind of guidelines to go by. I can wish, can't I?

I am having a really bad week (actually 10 days now) of back pain, and my doc wanted me to stay flat on my back, no pillows, for 2 days. Pretty hard to do and run a house at the same time....lol. He gave me flexeril and ansaid and told me to double dose the trazadone (I was only taking 30mg) to help me sleep better. I'm living on about 3 hours a night right now. 30 mg did nothing at all. I hate taking all these drugs. I am taking Cymbalta too, which really is good stuff. The first 2 months I took it, I didn't have ANY period cramps at all! First time in 35 years, a period without cramps! I have fibromyalgia too, so this Cymbalta really works wonders for that. It does not, however, help my back, ribs and neck pain.

Okay....I can see that I'm really spilling and may become a bother to some folks, so I'll shut up now....:)

Hugs,
Bex