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Fibromyalgia: Functional Medicine Dr & Supplements Helped Anyone?

Posted by ripley @ripley, Jan 6 5:24pm

Has anyone worked with a Functional Medicine Dr and tried vitamins and other supplements to lessen Fibromyalgia symptoms?

A new Dr I’m seeing suggested these supplements for me: Probiotics, Collagen Powder, B Complex vitamins, Magnesium, CoQ10, Omega 3 Fish Oil, and PEA fatty acid (palmitoylethanolamide) with curcurim.

She also wants me to slowly replace my Pantoprazole with Famotidine (and eventually stop that) and also try to get off my daily Miralax. This is to help fix my “gut health” which some studies have linked to Fibro symptom severity.

I've had Fibro for two years. Every couple of months I get flares lasting two months or so. The only medication I take is the muscle relaxant Cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril), which I only take when pain is interfering with my sleep.

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inminn | @inminn | Jan 14 9:29pm
In reply to @ripley "How much do you think the LDN helps for pain? I tried to take it twice,..." + (show)
@ripley

How much do you think the LDN helps for pain? I tried to take it twice, but each time I got up to .5mg, I got severe insomnia. I already have trouble sleeping, but the LDN made it much worse. I had high hopes that it would help, not sure if I'll try it again.

I now take 2.5mg melatonin and 75mg Trazodone for sleep. When in a flare, I take .5mg cyclobenzaprine which helps a bit. I'm working with a functional medicine DNP now and slowing trying several supplements.

What type of magnesium do you take and how much? I'm going to start taking magnesium glycinate soon.

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I guess people tolerate these meds differently. My NP actually tested me before prescribing anything because I have a history of reacting oppositely to some otc and prescription meds. A specific test works to show which of certain meds are more effective than others.
I do very well on the low dose naltrexone. We started on the lowest dose and increased it as we found I tolerated it. I found it cut my pain by almost a third. I have insomnia, so while drowsiness is less of an issue for me, I still only take the LDN no earlier than 30 minutes before bed time.

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inminn | @inminn | Jan 14 9:43pm
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@farmgrrl57

I've been seeing a functional medicine Dr. for 3 years after being tired of just getting more pills from regular Drs. Probiotics and B12 have been helpful to a degree. Curcumin didn't seem to help much. Magnesium help some too and collagen didn't change anything for me. I'm going yo see a new functional medicine Dr. next month since my old one moved.

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Good luck! Sometimes it can take a bit of time to find the right help.

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farmgrrl57 | @farmgrrl57 | Jan 14 9:49pm

I've gotten an average of one diagnosis per doctor I've had more than a year long relationship with and 35 yrs. later I'm still searching for answers. I really didn't want this many ailments, lol. At this point, I would be happy just to stop the pain.

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