@lisette43 Hello Lisette. I'm right there with you, living with chronic pain and symptoms. I found the best practices to help deal with chronic (not acute) pain are lifestyle changes. A solid comprehensive plan of exercise consisting of a daily stretch routine, physical therapy exercise and some form of cardio. Making sure to care for emotional health, work on behavioral health, in addition to eating a healthy diet and having good sleep hygiene. Positive distraction and mindfulness are extremely helpful for me. I use positive self-talk and diaphragmatic breathing quite often to work through difficult days. Also, I depend on moderation, as to not push/crash, and use of modification to succeed to the best of my abilities.

I don't know if you feel the same, but I grew tired of looking to doctors, medications and procedures for "fixes" that just were not there, temporary if anything.

After 11 years, how have you recently been managing your symptoms? What self-help tools have you tried?