Treatment

Discuss traditional and alternative treatments for fibromyalgia and your experiences with them.

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gralise rx

hummingbird300
  • By hummingbird300 · New reply 12:21 pm
  • 2 replies
  • Does anybody here know much about gralise?really hurting today hurt to walk to themailbox ...

Potential New Approaches for Fibromyalgia Relief

Caterina
  • By Caterina · New reply yesterday at 11:33 pm
  • 1 reply
  • Hi to all. . .here is another short article that appeared in a recent "Arthritis Today" publication. "Treating fibromyalgia can be a challenge. Because it is associated with a problem in pain processing ...

AC-11

donsaliman
  • By donsaliman · New reply May 14, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • I am now doing acupuncture for 2 weeks now and the weather has been warm. This I am sure has helped the pain a little. Besides that, I am trying a supplement called "AC-11 DNA repair" the purple pill ...

celebrex

soberquet
  • By soberquet · New reply May 14, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Celebrex is an anti inflammatory medicine. I used to b on awhile ago for my lower back. But it didn't help. Now I'm taking it for the inflammation in my body and it seems to b working ...

Advocating for your self

anjyleyes
  • By anjyleyes · New reply May 10, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • I have received so much positive feed back from my other post the follow up to "What Do I DO" especially about advocating for your self, I thought I would include a post about a few things that I have ...

Cellfood - anyone try it?

ecb323
  • By ecb323 · New reply May 9, 2013
  • 13 replies
  • I have been researching this and decided to try it since another member (Susan) turned me on to histamine intolerance and I have been going down the healthy eating path (no processed foods). Sorry for ...

On a lighter note: Don't fart in Harrods

Jayke2160
  • By Jayke2160 · New reply May 8, 2013
  • 8 replies
  • Don't fart in Harrods.. A lady walks into Harrods. She looks around, spots a beautiful diamond bracelet and walks over to inspect it. As she bends over to look more closely, she unexpectedly farts. Very ...

acupuncture

donsaliman
  • By donsaliman · New reply May 8, 2013
  • 10 replies
  • Today I had my first treatment with acupuncture and will go back for the next 3 weeks for additional treatment. After that I will be told how to continue I don't know if it will help or not but I am giving ...

Muscle relaxants input?

flowers4u
  • By flowers4u · New reply May 2, 2013
  • 14 replies
  • Ok so im on Flexeril. For 1- muscle relaxant and 2- as a sleep aid. Now i havent found any results for muscle relaxant on this formula. 1 pill= nothing, 2= zonk out. What is your experience? What do uou ...

Links between viruses/FMS/CFS--CURE-I BELIEVE YES!

ecb323
  • By ecb323 · New reply May 2, 2013
  • 143 replies
  • I wanted to share what I have learned so far from some wonderful people I met in this group- and tons of research and playing a guinea pig! I started out solicting opinions about acupunture benefits and ...

Thyroid misdiagnosis lead to years of sickness

endlesslove
  • By endlesslove · New reply April 28, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • Sorry this is so long but kindly read to the end if the subject catches your eye. I am one of many individuals who has suspected for years that I have an under active thyroid, aka hypothyroidism. In 1980 ...

Fibromyaglia and I need help to fight this

donsaliman
  • By donsaliman · New reply April 23, 2013
  • 6 replies
  • I was told by the Doctor, that I should try a cpap mask to help cure Fibromyglia, I told him I used one and it did not help me with my sleep problems, has anyone use the CPAP and did it help you with ...

pain management

kayakt
  • By kayakt · New reply April 23, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • I recently visited the pain clinic for the second time. I am on Gabapentin ane Tremadol. They have put me on Baclofen 15mg a day and I am waiting for appoiintments for more Ligacane iv infusions as I ...

hypericum

soberquet
  • By soberquet · New reply April 22, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • I recently discovered these homeopathic pellets called Hypericum derived from a flower. It's for nerves. I take about five of them under the tongue and let them dissolve. It seems to b a temporary solution ...

Blurry Vision

linjog
  • By linjog · New reply April 20, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • I have been on Savella 2 weeks this Sunday, I have noticed my vision gets very blurry and like double vision. Does anybody else get this and does it go away with time? Also like brain fog, my head feels ...

Coping and living with Fibromyalgia

christinejm
  • By christinejm · New reply April 14, 2013
  • 17 replies
  • We all suffer with this horrific disease known as FM. For most of us like myself... FM is just one of the auto-immune diseases we suffer from. i suffer from vasculitis also. For every auto immune disease ...

Book About CFS

Strange_Case
  • By Strange_Case · New reply April 13, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • "chronic fatigue syndrome: a treatment guide, 2nd edition will be free on amazon.com on april 20 and 21, 2013." http://www.cfstreatmentguide.com ...

Fibromyalgia and Sarcoidosis

rothsch
  • By rothsch · New reply April 13, 2013
  • 10 replies
  • I have both Fibromyalgia and Sarcoidosis. I have terrible pain on the top of my feet. Does anyone else have this ...

Fibro and Dental Health - More Important than you know!!

VTway
  • By VTway · New reply April 12, 2013
  • 23 replies
  • First off, know that this is a long story. I am very "wordy" anyway and have a hard time summing things up. But since I read a post about teeth recently I thought it was time to share my story. I will ...

Natural treatment

FernM
  • By FernM · New reply April 10, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • Hi; I have known for yrs that I had fibro but always felt I could keep it pretty much undercontrol until this time. The arthristic flared up a few months ago which also caused the fibro to flare up. Outside ...

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