carhop

i have had fybro sence 1987 fell off chair backwards that started the journy through pain also have sjogrens syndrom and copd. i finaly just desided to take the least amount as possable of meds, take a nap midday helps. each person is affected diffrently, just take each day at a time and find what works for you there is no set rules i think i have used every med they recomend for fybro over the years and nothing has realy helped

Julianna

Check out medical scams for herbal paracite cleanse...many false claims out there and harmful. I did a search on it and found hundreds of sites with explanations...be careful!

Tropical

I have fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome,insomnia and Severe Multiple Chemical Sensitivities among other medical issues including migraines. I am highly sensitive to medications because of the chemical issues so I take none but had tried many resulting in bad side effects.

What worked best for me was a combination of bio-feedback, relaxation therapy, and accupuncture. All of these reduced my severe pain signifigantly. When I medically retired, my insurance would no longer pay for those procedures. So now I try to stay active, eat healthy and keep a positive attitude. I pray. I tell myself it could be worse. Most importantly for me, is to keep my body warm. In the fall and winter, I sleep on a heated mattress pad under knit sheets. I use the knit sheets year round. I use aspercreme because it has no odor. When I am at the painful stage where I want to cry, I don't because it makes me feel worse by clogging up my sinuses and gives me a headache. I do sometimes say "Oh Sh*t" one time very firmly and let it go at that. I have a wonderful understanding husband who makes my life easier and happy everyday.

Rest when you are tired, be active as much as you can each day even if it is only a few minutes at a time. Get help when you need it and try to be happy. Oh, yes - try to stay away from the nightshade group of foods because they increase the pain for people with fibro. & arthritis. That includes white potatoes, eggplant, all peppers, tomatoes, tomatillos and paprika. If you smoke, it includes tobacco. My prayers are with you and anyone else who suffers from this disease.

morelcabin

There sure are...because the pharma compamies want to keep you on thier meds and don't want to actually cure you. They want to make you more sick so they can add more meds. I haven't taken prescription meds in ages...neither have my kids. We are very healthy and rely on herbal remedies all the time. I can say that I took that cleanse myself. passed worms that were at least a foot long...LOTS of them...and have had NO health problems since. It even fixed the problems the doctors caused to begin with. If you cleanse your body you give it the power it needs to heal. ANY cleanse is better than no cleanse...but I guess you do have to know what you're looking for.
My husband and MIL were never believers...until I started showing my DH what to take for various complaints. Saved him shoulder surgery last year...torn rotator cuff. How? A herbal remedy...he hasn't had a probelm since. Don't knock it till you try it...or stay sick...it's up to you. But we all know that our medical system isn't really curing much of anything anymore. They are getting really good at making us a bunch of addicts though.
Sorry for the rant...it just burns me that the REAL cures get buried so fast.

morelcabin

OK...you do have a point with these scams :) LOL! The #1 rule I follow is that herbs are food. And they are healing foods. Look into what's wrong with you and find the herbs that are good for that ailment. Buy a good quality product at a health food store, or a company with a good reputation. Unicity is a good solid company...as is Trivita and there are many others. I know from experience...and I am not a salesperson.

Tink's Mom

I'm on Savella...and it has helped some. Couldn't take Lyrica due to severe sideffects.

B. Louise

Eliminating dairy and wheat are helping to ease my joint stiffness and pain. However, I know I should be even more strict and cut back on sugar. It's so hard to eat only what is the best for you.

morelcabin

This will help many of you. It is hard to do though:) Any diet changes are. But worth it if you want to feel better.

raptureready

I think it's rather pretty---the large bubbly looking leaves, so full and close to the ground. But I will say that cleaning and cutting the roots isn't all that easy. It should be done when there's been plenty of rain but not flooding and those roots are TOUGH!!!

Feather3

I was finally dx'd with Fibro in 1999. Suffered for years prior. It'd take me 10 minutes to get out of a chair & walk across the room. Tons of muscle knots so big the docs were shocked I was still moving. There answer...anti-depressants. All they did for me was cause tons of side effects. Tried several, tried Cymbalta, Lyrica, and all the so called cures for Fibro. The docs shoved meds at me. None helped at all. What I found does help is exercise, vitamins, good diet(dump the fast food & artifical sweeteners) & a positive attitude. Stress will make Fibro worse. Laughter daly is a must as well. It stimulates all the good endorphines.

15-20 minutes of exercise(resistance, stretch & cardio) 3 times a week, multi-vitamin, B Complex, Vitamin D, COq10, Calcium, magnesium, eat lots of veggies(esp green veggies). Stay warm, as cold temps makes it worse. Massage is a must. Rid yourself of toxic friends & family. Negative anything adds stress, which = more pain. It's taken me several years, but thru all of this I am better. The massive muscle knots are gone, my pain level is way down & I feel better than I have in a long time. I am not on any meds for Fibro. On a bad day I take Advil, nap, & my Huz gives me a massage.

Each of us, who has this nasty monster, is affected differently by it. So the answer is to try things & see what works.