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Fibromyalgia: Anyone out there with the same diagnosis?
Hello! I was just diagnosed this Friday with Fibromyalgia. Is there anyone out there with the same condition. I am a 37 yr old female that was pretty active until I took a drastic decline with severe increases in pain in August. Initial blood tests were pointing towards lupus, but after a thorough exam---fibromyalgia it is. My rheumatologist started me on a 2 week trial of savella. Thanks so much for any insight you may have for me 🙂
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I take 7000 to 10000mg of fish oil daily, 12000 mcg vitB12 sublingual each morning for energy, 5mg melatonin at night to help sleep, and 4 homeopathic magnilife fibromyalgia relief tablets daily. I am back to work and feel a lot better. I still have some pain, but it's not been debilitating lately. 2 yrs ago I was on Savella, Neurontin, and Ultram, but I got off the Rx's and went natural. The Rx's made me want to sleep all the time and didn't work as good.
so you have found that the b12 and fish oil have helped a lot? I have trouble sleeping a lot lately, I have taken valerian root with my melatonin
Yes, all of it. Valerian root works good too. I haven't taken it w/melatonin though, only by itself. I never eat fish, I hate the taste/smell, so maybe I was deficient.
4 yrs ago I was told I had polymyalgia rheumatica. I took prednisone for several yrs, but looking back now, it probably was the fibro. Terrible hip pain.
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1 ReactionIve been getting pain under my arm pits and left shoulder and sometimes a burning sensation in my left ear .can anyone help bing to doc and did all types of test but nothing found.
Savlla is good but you also need to exercise
I swear by mayo clinic eval and suggestions
Biofeedback helps:along with occupational therapy techniques. Write me anytime or I am happy to call you.
Good afternoon all! I'm so glad to have found this site. I am so confused and I don't know where to stop or start. I have seen so many doctors and tried so many pills and I'm so frustrated. I'm afraid to quit taking medication becuase I don't know if it hurts or helps. If anybody can give me your two cents i will appreciate it. Currently I take tramadol, about 200 mg per day, for pain, cymbalta for pain, levothyroxine which is for thyroid. I want to stop some of this. I can't hardly stay awake anymore during the day and it's making work very very hard.
Hi I have lupus and fibromyalgia. I was on savella but stopped it to try cymbalta which is working great!
Hi Yeah this is a big problem with me how are u dealing with
L Theanine (100mg) taken with Melatonin is also a good combo for a sleep aid.
Hey I suffering big time with the fibromyalgia its so painful how do you all handle it. I stop working and it have made me fail in school. I am not able to plan events