Those with Fibromyalgia ,,,question
06-07-2011, 04:58 AM
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absolutely ! humidity the worst !
take care of yourself.. good food, rest, not over extending yourself.
you have things in life you have to do.. good luck honey in figuring out what makes you feel better.
Ell
take care of yourself.. good food, rest, not over extending yourself.
you have things in life you have to do.. good luck honey in figuring out what makes you feel better.
Ell
06-07-2011, 05:04 AM
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Stretch, stretch and stretch some more. Have you tried massage? It ain't cheap but I've found it helpful. Staying fit between flares is important. I've found changes in atmospheric pressure to be a problem for both fibro and arthritis. Mild exercise on a regular basis is essential.
06-07-2011, 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by chairjogger
absolutely ! humidity the worst !
take care of yourself.. good food, rest, not over extending yourself.
you have things in life you have to do.. good luck honey in figuring out what makes you feel better.
Ell
take care of yourself.. good food, rest, not over extending yourself.
you have things in life you have to do.. good luck honey in figuring out what makes you feel better.
Ell
take care,
dar
06-07-2011, 05:07 AM
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Originally Posted by kit'smamma
Stretch, stretch and stretch some more. Have you tried massage? It ain't cheap but I've found it helpful. Staying fit between flares is important. I've found changes in atmospheric pressure to be a problem for both fibro and arthritis. Mild exercise on a regular basis is essential.
But, get moving is important. don't give into this .. it will take you down ! Agree with kit'smamma on this.
Good luck.. so sorry ..
06-07-2011, 05:12 AM
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The heat zaps me. I get hot/overheated and it can take hours for me to get back to normal.
Lately (I'm sure it's wrong!) I've been enjoying a beer before bed - it helps me sleep better, and it's getting me through painting/moving my classroom.
I'm sure without that sleep I'd be a zombie. We're going on day four of the big move and I'm okay. Still going to the gym everyday but the past four days I haven't tried as hard.
Hopefully today is the last big day. Then I can go in on my own and work at a slower pace organizing and sorting. =D
Lately (I'm sure it's wrong!) I've been enjoying a beer before bed - it helps me sleep better, and it's getting me through painting/moving my classroom.
I'm sure without that sleep I'd be a zombie. We're going on day four of the big move and I'm okay. Still going to the gym everyday but the past four days I haven't tried as hard.
Hopefully today is the last big day. Then I can go in on my own and work at a slower pace organizing and sorting. =D
06-07-2011, 05:15 AM
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I was out in the heat on Saturday and had a miserable evening. But I take magnesium supplement and that helps me tremendously. Usually my worst time is the winter. Probably because I don't get as much exercise then. I hope you get to feeling better soon!
06-07-2011, 05:20 AM
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I want to share with you something that happened to me personally. For years I'd have all of sudden all over body pain; to the point that I had to go the ER but no one could touch me or help me in the car because it hurt so bad. I go and they'd run test and shoot me up with laugnem and send my home with pain pills and it would be two or more weeks before I recovered completely. Then in Feb 2008; I had this happen (for the last time). When I got home from the hospital and finally made it back to work I had an email from my DIL about aspartame poistening. The symptons was what I had been experiencing for years. I ordered the book Sweet Poisining; and even though I'm a hard sell on many things this book made a believer out of me. The stuff it does to your body. I had drank diet drinks for over 30 yrs and aspartame came on board in the 80's which when I really thought back to it was when my problems began. I went off of aspartame and I have had no bouts of unbearable pain since then; baring my arthritis and degenitive back disease but that is heridity. When I told the specialist he asked me to talk to his group that have fibromyalgia because he can't get them to understand. Aspartame has three ingredients in it and one of them is formalgahyde; I know when I die they will put in me but I don't want it before hand. This stuff is made overseas by a country that doesn't use it in their diet drinks but they sell it to us. I don't know if you use aspartame but it's bad stuff and now I read everything because I've found it in things that don't even say it's diet. I found it in cherry flavored Blistex of all things. Please pass this on from someone who hasn't had to deal with this pain since I made the decision to stop using it. On top of that after 10yrs of using thyroid meds; I no longer have to take them. I feel for you because I kind of know what you are going thru and even with the arthritis I know that the weather has a lot to do with how our bodies work.
06-07-2011, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by romanojg
I want to share with you something that happened to me personally. For years I'd have all of sudden all over body pain; to the point that I had to go the ER but no one could touch me or help me in the car because it hurt so bad. I go and they'd run test and shoot me up with laugnem and send my home with pain pills and it would be two or more weeks before I recovered completely. Then in Feb 2008; I had this happen (for the last time). When I got home from the hospital and finally made it back to work I had an email from my DIL about aspartame poistening. The symptons was what I had been experiencing for years. I ordered the book Sweet Poisining; and even though I'm a hard sell on many things this book made a believer out of me. The stuff it does to your body. I had drank diet drinks for over 30 yrs and aspartame came on board in the 80's which when I really thought back to it was when my problems began. I went off of aspartame and I have had no bouts of unbearable pain since then; baring my arthritis and degenitive back disease but that is heridity. When I told the specialist he asked me to talk to his group that have fibromyalgia because he can't get them to understand. Aspartame has three ingredients in it and one of them is formalgahyde; I know when I die they will put in me but I don't want it before hand. This stuff is made overseas by a country that doesn't use it in their diet drinks but they sell it to us. I don't know if you use aspartame but it's bad stuff and now I read everything because I've found it in things that don't even say it's diet. I found it in cherry flavored Blistex of all things. Please pass this on from someone who hasn't had to deal with this pain since I made the decision to stop using it. On top of that after 10yrs of using thyroid meds; I no longer have to take them. I feel for you because I kind of know what you are going thru and even with the arthritis I know that the weather has a lot to do with how our bodies work.
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