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My experience multivitamins are not recommended. Magnesium glycinate 1 hr before bed. I also take a b complex by natural factors biocoenzymated Active B complex it's the easiest and fastest absorbed. I take CBD/CBN oil at bedtime for sleep. It's legal in canada I get it thru a physician. Have you tried Lyrica or cymbalta. I was on cymbalta for 2 yrs after knee surgery to settle pain from fibro it was brutal. Tough drug to get off but helped immensely. Lyrica I tried but too strong for me. Also a muscle relaxer cyclobenzaprine 5mg at bedtime helps alot to relax muscles aids in sleep, helps depression. Was on for 10yrs. They don't recommend it long term anymore. There are good stretching videos on you tube for fibromyalgia. I hope you have a good physician. A naturopathic dr is also good to add. I also was in a car accident severe neck sprained. And whiplash.
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Hello Sue, We’re you told to avoid multivitamins? I will try that. I am currently taking Ketorolac 20mg - up to two times daily, plus a heating blanket, when I am bedridden and the pain is unbearable. If it becomes too much - I have my husband take me to my doctor for a 60mg injection of Toradol. It does help sometimes. If I wait too long, it’s not as effective. I feel like I have the worst case of the flu &
some swelling in my hands during a bad flare, also back pains. There should be more attention paid to patients with this disease. It is debilitating & life-altering. If it is so apparent to us physically on the outside, what does this illness do to us on the inside? Has anyone ever measured that? Our organs certainly have been somehow affected by each of these flares we
truly suffer through. I wish there was a better pain management system
for sufferers - we need to be able to get on with our lives and live. I’m so happy to be neat my grandchildren and my suffering is so upsetting to me. 🥺. Thanks for sharing and listening.
I am like you all, I was in a car accident and also have extensive neck and back injuries. I have functional movement disorder in addition to fibromyalgia. Cymbalta and gabapentin help with the pain and tingling, itching, crawling nerve sensations. I also take a multivitamin, magnesium, B, and iron. It is a difficult road with the pain and weakness.
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You mentioned that Cymbalta helped a lot, but it sounds like you stopped taking it. Was there a reason you quit this drug. I haven't tried any meds for my fibro. I'm trying supplements recommended by my functional med dr but they don't seem to help much. Thanks.