Newely Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia

[LMbaseballmom]

I have been newely Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia last week. I have been out of work for about 4 months now and at this point I do not know when I'll be going back or if, I can barley get my self out of bed most days! I can't sleep at night I think I've tried everything I know plus medication and nothing has helped... Ther are sometimes I can not stand up straight. I don't know what to do, the thought of excerise NO WAY not right now. I'm scared to fall flat on my face. I really need to talkto someone that has fibro and really knows what I'm goin through.

[2themommie]

I know what you are going through and the frustration and pain.The frustration of not being able to do the things you used to do,not being able to walk without a cane and living in so much pain all I want to do is cry.I am on the duragesic patch 100 and take from 6-9 norco a day for pain and 4-8 flexirils 10mg and still am in so much pain I cannot function properly and want to cry all the time. It doesn't make since and everyone says that exercise helps how can I exercise if I have trouble just walking and if I do anything except the bare min. I am in more pain? see their are others out there who understand your predicament.

[Shari]

When my doctor put me on Vicadin and mucsle relaxers I vowed I was going to find a more natural alternative!! I found a supplement called "Fibro-Response" by Source Naturals. It's sold in health food stores. They're not cheap, but they give you all kinds of great vitamins and minerals that our bodies need even more with this condition. The unique thing that it has is malic acid. It's paired with magnesium and both are vital for the oxygenation of muscles. Another thing that I found out is that if you're not getting an uninterupted night of sleep (I wasn't getting my REM sleep at all) your body puts a whammy on you that way too! It's during your stage 4 sleep (REM) that your body repairs muscle tissue. If you don't get that sleep, your muscles will never get better!

With that said....I finally found a new doctor (he wasn't even a specialist!!) and he said that there a certain anti-depressants that help with the seratonin levels only and that a low dose of this could help me get the full night of sleep and that it may also help with the muscle pain.....BINGO!!...IT WORKED!!! So you may ask your doctor about that. I wasn't experiencing depression, just pain and fatigue and it worked wonders. Now I'm only taking about one capsule every 3 days and it's still working. I'm trying a cleansing diet now and hope to be off all meds soon. But I'll never give up my vitamins! Also, you can never get enough of your B complex vitamins....our bodies aren't functioning like they used to....and because we're in a permanent state of "flight or fight" mode, our whole digestive system is impaired. Therefore, even if we're eating right, our bodies are still not getting the nutrients we need in enough quantities.

Check it out with your doctor....sometimes you may even want to see a nutritionist.
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I've had fibro. for 3 years now. It was triggered by a childhood virus called 5th disease (aka: slapcheek disease). I'm now trying a cleansing diet to see if it can help with the fatigue and pain.

[the-cats-whiskers]

i know what your going through hun ive been ill with this for yrs now there is hope but youve got to believe in yourself and get the right madication for you i was in a wheelchair at one point til about 5 yrs ago my husband at the time took a slight stroke and i had nobody who could help me with my daughter and everything else and so i was pushed to start getting her to and from school etc myself it took hours at first but i did it and slowly i got more mobile and now i dont use the chair anymore and my doctor cant believe the change in me i also managed to get so independent i could get a divorce and now i live alone with my daughter and even though im scared of falling as i cant get back up i still go out though quite often if its slippy i take a taxi to whereever i go x