When my doc told me that Polymyalgia Rheumatica was a disease I was finally able to accept it. I wondered if it was Rheumatoid Arthritis, and I couldn't wrap my head around all of these changes in my body. I couldn't turn over in bed, and was sleeping in a recliner about 2 hours a night. Prior to that I was, as one person on this feed said, in a malaise and depressed. But when I asked him that and got an answer it felt like I knew what I was up against. I could keep on going as I was, or I could try to improve my life. I had stopped taking the melatonin by then, and I was beginning to feel better. Nothing changed physically, but my mental clarity was coming back. It was the brain fog that lifted for me. I was able to ask clear questions. I'm not saying that no one should take melatonin, I'm saying for me, and possibly in combination with prednisone, it wasn't working. There was a course offered in the local school system put on by a healthcare program, and I signed up for it. It was called Living Well With Chronic Pain, and it helped me a lot. I began to formulate questions for my doctors, I began looking for local resources. I began to do the simple 26 exercises in the book, I began to cook healthy meals, and when I was in a lot of pain, I would refocus. I'd look out the window and watch the birds at my feeders, or turn my attention to my flower gardens that were overrun with weeds. I began to think about crafting again. I can no longer do stairs so I had to figure out how to get my sewing room moved to the first floor. These were monumental tasks, and I got them done by asking people for help. I never said I was cured, but I can see such an improvement over where I was even just this past winter. I'm in the process of doing a pretty complex project that I designed, and am bringing to completion. So for me my quality of life has improved. Prior to that I was going to my medical appt., doing what the doc said, and fumbling through life. Now I've taken control of my life. I'm not free of pain, but I'm better than I was. I walk without my walking stick when I can, and I'm living a productive life. My husband has a wife again.