Recent content by Jeff

Welcome my fellow Canuck.

Seems like we have an influx of users from the UK these days. Welcome.

Hello from Canada and enjoy your stay.

Be careful with strong painkillers. Once you are addicted to codeine based drugs your mind and body can start to create more pain in order to get the drug. I know it may sound crazy but I know from first hand experience. Now I get by with ibuprofen and a kick of caffeine to get it working a...

Started taking Align about 45 days ago and my IBS has gotten 100% better. I no longer have any IBS symptoms. Tried the yogurt before that but it didn't work nearly as well. It took a few weeks to notice changes but I strongly recommend it to people suffering from IBS.

Amazon has a section devoted to books on fibromyalgia with many of them having many great reviews, even better most of the books listed are cheaper then $5. I liked "The Most Helpful Fibromyalgia Books" shown below: 301 Moved Permanently On the top of the list they have one with over 250...

As other have said it's best for you to talk to your doctor about this. Reading stuff on the internet can sometimes do more harm then good. The human brain is an odd organ that can sometimes play games with the rest of our body. Are the antidepressants helping with the depression?

Science can't say for sure at this point although they suspect something is going on because Fibromyalgia does tend to affect multiple people in the same family. More research is being done so I'm sure eventually they will have evidence to support this theory.

I find just doing everyday activities can help, stuff like walking my dog, vacuming or painting a wall. Lift weights and such really isn't an option. Here's an old article about exercise for people with FMS that helped me. A Patient's Guide to Fibromyalgia Exercise

Welcome to the forums, hope we can help your mother cope with this terrible condition. As for fibromyalgia being hereditary it's not really known. Studies have shown that certain families tend to have a higher amount of cases then others but nobody knows for sure.

Anything to get my mind off it. The more I think about it the worse I feel. A good movie can really help when I'm stressing out over it.

I thought the same thing at first but as others have said you know your body better then doctors. I think the key is to not stress yourself out over this as stress can make symptoms far worse.

I started experiencing muscle spasms or tightness in my legs, lower body cramps, fatigue, general stiffness when I woke up, IBS, and other abdominal issues. At first I thought maybe it was just the start of a cold/flu but when the symptoms didn't go away I realized it was something else.