Have you found anything to successfully treat fibromyalgia pain?

Absolutely. And from day to day! The longer I live with challenges, the more I find myself impatient with people who WON'T. In that respect, my Mom was my model - when she couldn't do one thing any more, she tried another.
Last night I sat needle felting a copy of her favorite painting - she learned to paint after several strokes took away her mobility & independence - and thinking about her, in her wheelchair, arthritic fingers curled around the brush, look of absolute concentration on her face...
By the way, she was a better painter than I am a felter, but it won't stop me from trying!
Sue

Sue and Ginger- I think that the things that ail us or try to stop us are the things that challenge us more to take action. You're lucky that you had a great example Sue. I'm just the opposite, as far as history. My mom wanted to be coddled and I just shove ahead. Go figure

I have a fairly set diet, meaning I go for foods I know are safe. The flare-ups happen anyway, out of the blue.
I agree that rest/sleep helps- when I sleep, my GI tract sleeps. My sister gave me that advice many years ago- she was healing a bleeding ulcer then.
Walking is good too- gets food settled.
Just wish my husband wouldn’t freak out when he sees me resting!
Fibromyalgia pain is so intermingled with my different pains, which makes sense. Stress of any kind brings it on.
My son and daughter were diagnosed early- 10 and 15 resp.

While I don't have Fibromyalgia, I know it can have some terrible pain like my PMR when it's active. I just saw an article in another forum that I think might be helpful for those with Fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia Patients See Rapid Benefit From Low-Cal Diet — With marked symptom reduction in just 3 weeks, weight loss not a factor (Mar 2022)
-- https://www.medpagetoday.com/rheumatology/fibromyalgia/97464

It is so important not to be totally sedentary with Fibro. Movement - a daily walk for general pain, and PT stretches really make a difference over time. One needs the senovial fluids from movement, edema massage (tips of fingers/toes to torso) to stay more comfortable. Massage and water exercise also help, immensely. I take sublingual B-12, magnesium and keep hydrated as well to manage brain fog and lethargy. Massage therapy is great, also.

@marye2 Such good advice. Physical activity of cardio, strengthening and stretching plus proper diet, distraction, stress management and sleep hygiene. Good for you for having a handle on Fibro.

The Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center treats fibromyalgia patients with this concept and more.

Thank you! A few years ago, I came across a small article from Dr Mark Tarnopolskyfski that made the lightbulb go off: but I had already been doing a part of what he suggested. I was diagnosed with MCTD in 1996. Dr Weil's 8 Weeks to Optimum Health was helpful, too.

@marye2 Finding this article must have been helpful for MCTD. I'm glad you found that massage therapy benefits your muscles. How often do you go and how long are your treatments?

I have financial limitations, but I've gone a few times when I have severely overdone and everything is tight. Running a garage sale, too long of a hike and other times like that. It put me right, right away. I believe stretches are preventive, but sometimes you just need the quick and now solution. Others I've read go monthly.

@marye2 Ah ha, severely overdoing...it'll get you every time. At Mayo Pain Rehab Center we call that "push/crash cycle". It's never our friend. Avoid at all cost when trying to successfully manage pain. I've learned that lesson many times the hard way, too.

Keep on stretching daily, Mary. The beauty is that it doesn't cost a dime and has so much benefit. As you said, preventative. I enjoy my daily morning stretch routine. It's therapeutic and I really cant get going without it.