Help Please

Grrr...No energy, just unrelenting exhaustion.........and now no insurance...and no job. anything over the counter seem to help anyone?

Hi Linnikay...Sorry to hear of your issues:(

I haven't had insurance in about 6 years so I feel your pain!!

For energy, I make sure I go on a daily walk...and unless it's a terrible downpour...I do this 7 days a week. It makes a big deal not only in my pain levels (stiffness) but my energy levels.

I also get up each morning and do light stretching/yoga and then have a cup or two of coffee. The rest of the day I drink water....about 12 cups a day. Believe it or not, many people are dehydrated and they don't realize how much that contributes to fatigue levels.

If for some reason I have an especially tiring day...about 3 or 4 o'clock I will have some green iced tea. This has a good boost of energy but not where it's too much caffeine that has you crashing down later.

I also switched to eating all organic about 2 and 1/2 years ago. I'm not a vegan/vegetarian, but I do limit any meat to once a week. I eat lots of fish as well. But with weeding out all the artificial perservatives, artifical colorings, and all the "junk" that makes things survive a nuclear blast...LOL...this has really boosted my energy levels as well as my digestion...Which used to make me feel sluggish.

I am on food stamps at $200 a month and with using coupons and shopping on double coupon day...I have no problem shopping all organic with this budget. Many regular stores now have their own version.

So...all these are things I do naturally. My one medication that I get that is generic and pretty cheap though is Ambien. I was put on this after my last fusion surgery and have to say that it's made a monumental difference to get a decent night's sleep.

Obviously there are many other natural ways to help sleep and a prescription sleep aid is a last resort. The natural way is with melatonin, making sure the room is 68 degrees or less, make sure every single light is off even the computer or cell phone charger.

And then I have been using audible to "listen" to all my favorite books. I fall asleep so much easier and faster with all the lights off and listening to a book with my eyes closed than I ever did with the TV.

So...just some thoughts for you:)

Post Edited (Snowbunny21) : 9/25/2012 4:35:00 PM (GMT-6)

Thanks, dustinshunny and snowbunny21!

Super suggestions for those of us on a limited budget and no insurance! snowbunny21 - what fantastic news that you can eat natural and on food stamps for $200 a month. This gives me such hope! Thank you!

Linnikay- my daughter is without insurance and she needed scrips to be written. I took her to a nurse practioner. Very inexpensive and she can write most all meds. I get her meds at costo, very cheap. I handle my fibro mostly through natural remedies. The meds for fibro actually make me sicker. Snow bunny had great ideas.

I used to do melatonin every night then I read an article it was bad for people with autoimmune diseases. So I stopped it until my plumologist told me it was safe for really bad nights.

Where did you find fast dissolving melatonin? I'd like to find that.

I have found it at Wal-Mart. I use a brand called Natrol. It comes in 5mg fast dissolve. My neurologst said that it is safe to take two (since I tend to need more anyway).

Linnikay, rest, do stretches. Do not get down on yourself, keep hydrated. My hubby uses melatonin he says the 3 mg are plenty strong enough for him I buy them when they are on sale. I am too tired to think of anything more to say tonight.