Hello Gail,
Thanks for your response. I have being dealing with chronic pain for more than a year now, my doctors at Mayo diagnosed my symptoms as fibromyalgia and chronic pain and fatigue. I have taken gabapentin for couple months with no success. I am currently taking Lyrica. What I found very helpful is some level of physical exercise, I know it's the last thing on our mind when dealing with daily pain, but when I work through the pain during the exercises, it pays off later on. For instance, mornings are one of my challenges. It's difficult to get out of bed due to pain all over my body., it's like an intense body aches with sudden sharp pain that occurs randomly. But after taking a 30 minutes to an hour walk, I feel tired right afterward but relieved and energised for the rest of the day. I also have to pace myself with all my activities. It is challenging to live with pain as sometimes the same things that used to help may not have the same effect on your body other times.

Rani...I agree. Some days my walk is easy. Others I cannot wait to get home. But I agree my walking helps bog time 90 percent of time.

I agree. When I simply cannot take a walk, I do extra yoga exercises. The key is to keep moving, except when the pain tells me to stay in bed.