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It may be harder some days than others to stay positive, especially when first diagnosed or after years of pain, but none the less, it does help. I find petting my dogs helps keep my stress at bay too. I know that if I over do it working in my garden or anything like that, I will pay for it with...

My suggestion is to ask what they have ruled out. Then ask about Fibro. There is a test of sorts, but it is hands on and has to be done by an experienced person. It involves pushing on trigger points that cause pain. I do believe your back pain may be causing your hip pain. I get a lot of hip...

Personally, I have not had that symptom.

Sorry, I have never heard of it, but if it is helping you, I sure see no reason to stop.

It is a very long list and I can sure see what you would be concerned. I wonder if she just didn't stop taking some of them, but was supposed to, when new ones were introduced? Certainly there are side effects with everything. I would definitely talk to her doctor. A note about Magnesium. It...

The back pain may or may not be related. It is important for us to remember though, that when one area of our body is our of whack, then other areas can hurt. For instance if my knee is hurting, I walk differently. This can set of other muscle groups, since they are also being used differently...

Glad you found something that works.

Hello Longtimer and SJ Brown. Glad you found us, but sorry you have this disorder. It is very variable. Some people can exercise a lot, some not so much. Then are are, "flares," which may have identifiable pre-cursors, such as stress, illness, lack of sleep, etc. Sometimes it makes no sense...

That is what I started doing. :-)

I so agree with all of you. I have decided to do everything I can for good health this year. I am going to go on the whole foods 30 day anti-inflammatory diet, ask my doctor for PT, lose weight, start some kine of exercise program and look into the Functional Medicine treatment one member...