Can't Handle Any Fibro Meds

That sounds like about as good a plan as I've heard.

Have you also tried guided imagery, deep breathing, meditation, trigger point therapy, or any of the other alternative remedies we sometimes talk about? Some of our members swear by these. "Fibro 101" discusses some of the better-known ones.

I know I personally would have a really hard time without my medications....not that they really solve any problems, they just kind of mute the pain a little bit. So I don't envy you. But at least you're not putting anything potentially harmful into your body - the upside.

Good luck with it all,

Debbie

i have started hatha yoga everyday...at moment I have come off all meds and have baclofen or tinzanadine (muscle relaxers) for help when i need it...I also take magnesium, multi vitamin, fish oils, coenzyme 10, and d ribose for energy...also whey protein shake (as im underweight)

I have just started adding himalyan salt (82 different beneficial minerals - including magnesium) to my diet, I do suffer from adrenal fatigue also so salt is very beneficial to me

I wouldnt say I have fibro under control yet, as my sleep is still touch and go and i still have dreadful days - but i think with this new regime, esp the gentle exercise it might go along way to helping me...

Thank you all for your replies. I have not really tried any alternative treatments yet. I'd like to look in to them, but none of my doctors have recommended any. Maybe my insurance company can help me find some or I could find out about them online to try myself. I do take a multivitamin.

I've had a lot of blood work done, but I have never heard about viruses like that. I can't say if they've tested for it. I hope they have. Everything seems to have come out fine except for my low blood sugar and being normal range,but low vitamin D levels. I have mitrovaulve prolapse which is usually a minor thing, but it seems to be causing me trouble with medications. I have had strange heart palpitations on things like savella as well as my pupils getting big and small and being overly nauseous. I had seizures with Cymbalta and most other medications it was a combinations of heart/nausea problems. The doctors now want to try muscle relaxers at night. I'm hoping to have better luck I just feel so tired all the time and the pain ranges so widely. It just comes and goes sometimes at random though stress is playing a big part. It prevents me from using my hands at times which is the worst due to elbow/hand pain. I'm going to try some things suggested here and reread the info on Fibro 101. We have an elliptical in the house too now so I'm super excited using it daily might help as well.

I bet you will be amazed how the more natural remedies work. I was like you that I was so senstive to meds. I had a seizure on my meds too. I went down the road with hard core narcotics and that just got me in trouble. So now I just keep My treatment very simple. I was amazed how exercise made me feel. I wasn't so tight anymore. Get some books on fibro and you can find some great ideas on other treatment forms.

about 12% of the people in the USA are missing critical liver enzymes used to detox chemicals – it is genetic and can not be changed. I am one of them and have had two pharmacogenetics tests to confirm it. We either need tiny doses spaced far apart or no chemicals (drugs) at all.

The good news is that the long term outcome of pain medications and many psyche drugs used to treat fibro is not pretty. I worked in a clinic where I saw these outcomes – not in everyone but a very high percentage.

So you and I have to find natural means to recover. I recovered 100% years back from crippling fibro and then had it come back due to stress and an old anxiety condition coming back. There is a great deal of research that has shown that drugs used to treat fibro can actually prolong it through neuroadaptation – so don’t despair that you cant use them.