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    Do We Take Alternative Medicine Seriously?

    I was looking at an older post with this subject and it is closed, so I could not add my comments. I take A.M. very seriously. I've been working with alternatives/complementary/holistic medicine for about 25 yrs..I do all I can to avoid conventional medicines...I just had to take a abx...
  2. B

    Need advice.

    My fibro pain has been increasing a lot here lately. My doctor has me doing small exercises to keep my body in motion, but I am in so much pain while doing them. I really need something to limit my pain during the day so I can keep active and healthy. The only medications I am on are cymbalta...
  3. R

    Doctor diagnosed with myofascial pain syndrome

    Hi everyone! I have recently been diagnosed with myofascial pain syndrome. It took me a long time to get any doctor to diagnose me with anything at all. I have been suffering from tmj disorder, a sleep disorder and chronic neck and back tension along with a slew of other random symptoms. I also...
  4. G

    Mostly upper body pain?

    Hello everyone! I am new to fibro, new to this board. Not even sure I have fibro yet. Internal medicine doc suspects it and referred me to a rheumatologist. Took him two tries to find a rheumatologist who even treats/sees fibro patients. I'm not sure that's what I have. In the meantime (while...
  5. R

    Newly diagnosed....now what?

    Hi everyone! I was just diagnosed with FM in the past few weeks, after two months of torture going from specialist to specialist for tests. I have been taking Elavil since January, and while it is helping with my anxiety and headaches, it's not really doing much for the aches, pains, trouble...
  6. O

    When your specialists don't agree--then what?

    Hi I'm new to this forum and am happy to have found it. I have been struggling with a growing list of what I believe to be fibromyalgia, but in at least 8 years of dealing with this I have yet to have a doc identify this is a diagnosis until recently. I have an internist seen for many years, a...
  7. B

    restless leg syndrom

    Hello iam male age 29, i have been diagnosed for fibromyalgia after three year suffering. I have sleep dysfunction because of restless leg syndrom. How do you guys solve it, what medicine u take. My leg feel like playing football. Amitriptyline just recently dont work anymore :-(
  8. B

    newbie

    Hi iam male age 29, has fibromyalgia for 3 year but just recently diagnosed. chronic fatigue, shoulder and neck pain, ache muscle, right leg pain and lbp just recently become my day. It make me impotence also. I wonder if i can get a wife that understand me. even my family think my fibro...
  9. C

    natural botanicals blend

    A friend on this site, I won't mention the name. But the initial are: onward&upward.... Lol. Got me to thinking holistic medicine again. I went to my near by head shop and they directed me to a product called tranquility. All natural botanical herbs. This is a smoking blend. When my pain levels...
  10. A

    House Chores, Pain and Dizziness

    I am new to this forum. I had to retire in 2011 due to CAD and pain. I have always been upbeat and positive, and I used to be able to keep up with the house chores, although I have never been obsessive compulsive. Between the brain fog and the pain that takes over, the morning is the WORST. I...
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