← Return to Fibromyalgia: Functional Medicine Dr & Supplements Helped Anyone?

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Yes. I’ve had fibromyalgia for over 10 years which had progressively gotten severe enough that every third day or so the usual pain, fatigue etc. built up to the point I couldn’t get out of bed let alone exercise as they recommend and as I used to do. Nothing my Gen Practice doctor tried seemed to work for long, and they resorted to suggesting mental health visits and antidepressants. I’ve been fortunate enough to have a spouse with a decent enough income that although difficult, I have had the luxury of time for mindfulness and meditation, etc. which has helped. But it was not until I saw a holistic nurse practitioner at my clinic that I was prescribed low dose Naltrexone to aid with the pain and inflammation. It seemed to reduce pain enough initially that I was able to exercise and had excess energy. However, my MD started messing with my thyroid hormone replacement dose when my insurance company quit allowing me the brand I had taken for years, and now my pain has returned mostly, and will probably remain until my dose is adequate.

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I should add also that, because I am able to stay home rather than try to work, which would be impossible for me, I have so far been coping without either prescription or OTC pain medication, and without CBD.
I have used mindfulness and meditation per the book The Mindfulness Approach to Pain and over time developed the ability to be more positive and grateful despite being rather miserable most of the time and cognitively in such a fog as to be half the person I used to be.