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Fibromyalgia pain: Let's connect

Fibromyalgia | Last Active: Oct 31 9:08am | Replies (1334)
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@grandmar

Hi All!
I've suffered from Fibromyalgia before most doctors ever heard of it.
Every doctor wanted to start me on medicine to help me sleep since that is the healing period.
I refused because I did want to become dependent on sleeping pills.
After years of suffering and nothing helping, I agreed to the medicine.
It was actually an antidepressant used in a very low dosage to help me get into a deep sleep.
It worked.
I also started exercising.
My exercise, at the beginning started as walking around the development we lived in.
Halfway through, my hubby would have to drag me back home.
Eventually, I was able to walk the entire course by myself.
I joined Weight Watchers and started to use exercise equipment in the gym every morning and continued to walk every evening.
Within weeks, I felt so much better.
Other than being sensitive to touch at the tender points, I have no problems anymore.
Good luck to you all!!!

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Chris Trout, Volunteer Mentor | @artscaping | Nov 2, 2020

@grandmar, several years ago...you welcomed me to Connect. Wow....I am so proud of you. Talk about stepping up to the challenge. Congratulations.
May you be content and at ease.
Chris

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migizii | @migizii | Nov 2, 2020

In reply to grandmaR @migizii......I also have had fibromyalgia for many years and the most success I found was seeing a sleep doctor; getting a sleep study done; and being prescribed a medication to aid in sleep as I was experiencing almost continual periods throughout the night of mind activity, which was not allowing me to have restful sleep. Once I was able to have regular nights of restful sleep, things have improved. Although I still have daily fatigue occasionally during the week and painful periods, I have been able to do walking and light exercises while keeping a regular routine. It’s been wonderful! I also went to PT and therapy and did gradual increasing exercise as recommended by the fibromyalgia clinic at Mayo but I believe the sleep component was really my best intervention to gradual success......good luck to all on your journeys while staying safe and at peace.

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