Fibromyalgia - Does anything help relieve severe pain during flares?

How much Gabapentin do you take and how often? Does it help with the pain? I'm afraid to try it because I read your body builds up a tolerance and you need to constantly increase the dose. Also, worried about side effects and withdrawal issues if it doesn't help or stops helping. Thank you.

I have fibromyalgia and PMR and just started taking this product. It’s helped tremendously in just a few days. You can buy it on Amazon. It’s tumeric and black pepper which helps you absorb the tumeric. Hope it helps!

How did you hear about this product? Does it help relieve pain? My functional medicine NP told me to take a product that has PEA and Meriva Curcumin. I started taking it a few days ago and haven't noticed any benefit yet. Two capsules has 500mg but she told me to work up to four capsules a day. The PEA is supposed to help with pain and nerves. Thank you.

It has greatly reduced my pain. I’ve known that turmeric is really good for pain in muscles and joints. I like this product because it’s a spray and starts to be absorbed in the mucous membranes of you’re mouth.

This product started helping in just two days.

My dr..has slowly increased gabapentin to 300 mg. in the morning and afternoon and 900mg at bedtime. I think I'm going to have to move up again. Your body does get used to it and periodically it needs increased. At least in my experience. The only side effect I've had is once I go over 1500 mg. a day, I start have uncontrollable twitches in my hands. You do need to wean off, but it's not too bad.

To my knowledge Gabapentin is not addictive but I could be incorrect about that. I've been taking it several years and no feeling of addiction ever occurred with me. I take 600 mg 3x day and only problem I've had is some memory confusion which was actually a relief to discover the Gabapentin caused it and it's not from beginning of dementia. And for me it is effective is reducing pain. My dosage has been adjusted up and down periodically as I need it.

I increased my cymbalta from 30mg to 90 mgs during my latest flare (which is my worst for 13 years). It certainly helps with anxiety and it does dampen down the nerve pain though it doesn’t get rid of it as such.

Previously I’d been largely in remission for 18 months with very few symptoms I’d relate to fibro.

How long have you been in your flare? Is the pain reducing at all?

That’s what Lady Gaga uses I believe

I started going to an infrared sauna 4-5x/week 6 months ago. I am a huge proponent of infrared therapy! There are some days that I hobble into the sauna and am able to walk like a normal person after a 40 min session. I don’t know much about the long-term benefits, but for 12-24 hours, my pain reduces significantly! It also improves my sleep and is like a little spa session, so it helps reduce my stress too. Whenever I can, I try to work my schedule around a sauna session because I feel that much better after!