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Thank you Jay! Your description is pretty much spot on (getting up throughout the night etc...) Movement is the quickest short term remedy. I'll definitely explore your other suggestions (except for the cold shower).

Hi all, it seems my fibro pain is most common overnight after I've been asleep for a couple of hours. I wake up at 1 am and my body is aching. Needless to say, getting a decent night's sleep is just a fond memory. Sometimes I get up and stretch and walk around which may help a bit. Is this a...

I've had IBS since age 9 (I turn 60 next month). Since my FM diagnosis my IBS has definitely gotten worse. A woman named Heath Van Vorous has devoted her life to helping folks with IBS and has a fabulous website. Everything is based on her own experience and research after a lifetime of dealing...

Thank you Wiserlady. I know exactly what you mean regarding doctors' attitudes towards conditions like FM (and IBS, which I unfortunately have had since age 9, before the useless term was invented...I'm 60). We have to be our own advocates, I've realized. No doubt there are functional MDs that...

Thank you so much, Longtimer. I really appreciated your words. My experience sounds almost identical to yours. I waited months between each reduction and hit a wall after about 2 years. I kept waiting month after month to stabilize but I just got worse. I literally became an invalid (arguably...

Thank you, JayCS. As to the above question (of which I am referring only to Effexor/Venlafaxine and not any other antidepressant), most people should be able to taper off the drug if they diligently employ the micro-tapering method and follow the guidelines established over the last 30 years...

Thanks so much, Ketch!

Thank you Wivenswold, much appreciated!

Hello friends, I have an appointment with a rheumatologist next week although I have no doubt I have fibro. Literally every description I have read depicts what I have been experiencing for about the last two years. I can even tell you the exact moment my brain/CNS became compromised (in my...