Some of my worst kinds of pain were inflicted by docs
, e.g. spinal tap, hyaluronic jabs near my spine, and - strangely - acupuncture.
I do still have some pains, altho most are under control now, and my acupressure/physio can be very painful too, with deep relief immediately after. But actually I don't think about it and am having trouble recalling - which is good, I guess.
My general Ache is what debilitates me most, stops me from doing much, whilst single pains usually don't.
Like others I'm personally not grateful for medicines as they caused pain and didn't help, and generally suppress symptoms instead of alleviating or curing. But it's good they exist of course, life-savers for a time. As long as they're not hiding alternatives....
After all the normal, "general health" supps not helping last year, and melatonin and CBD oil putting me on a month of sick leave in March, dabbling on the outskirts since April has been very successful: GABA has put me on a winning streak since then; glutamic acid, ashwagandha, 5-HTP, tryptophan harmed once again; now I'm re-adjusting glutamine & rose root, still revisiting Mg malate & glycinate, after revisiting tryptophan in self-encapsulated smaller doses failed; my new ones: mumijo, NAC, P5P (B6-type), D-Ribose, SAMe, serrapeptase, revisiting melatonin in <0.1mg=1mcg specks, next/last up: NADH/+, ALC; my favourites remain GABA, theanine & passiflora. My target is zero sfx and (apart from D3 and omega 3) noticeable fx, as I am definitely not a supp nut. To keep it short: all of these have some slight research evidence to help with sleep and/or FM/CFS (Ache, pain, energy, fatigue, inflammation, stiffness). SAMe is the first one to fail (for the time being), due to seeming high sfx for me. I'm increasing the others and today I tested NAC, both magnesiums, Ribose, and serrapeptase on a bike trip (hilly 25-30 miles, 5.5h incl. breaks), taking most every 1.5h with seeming success...
- I'm not too keen on moving much more today, but I could. What tomorrow brings will not directly be a flare, it'll be sore muscles not being used to such a long exertion.... And if that ends in a flare, I'll try more of the same.... (but not SAMe ;-).)