new to site...yoga works for me...just fyi..

hi..i'm Kim. I was dx about three years ago after being told by a male dr that I needed to get divorced, a massage and de-stress, about in that order..and it was mostly in my head...

I ended up at the Cleveland Clinic after a separation, from dr. and husband (but he was right about a that at least) for pain management for a chronic rib nerve problem, where I was finally diagnosed with fibro. went through the Cymbalta and depression drugs. those made me feel worse, mentally. couldn't handle the pain AND mental instability on top of what I was going thru. :( so ended up back with nothing. but eventually ended up with a rheumatologist and on savella. THANK YOU to all who have answered my sweating dilemma!!!! :)) OMG!!! thought I was going crazy, as did a new/now ex boyfriend... I also suffer from migraines so take topiramate.

But I would like to add something...I started doing yoga after the separation. it DOES make a difference. exercise maybe not in general, but stretching and toning and breathing has been a HUGE help with posture and alleviation of muscle knotting, tenderness and overall feeling of overall terribleness and the cyclical merry-go-round that my life became due to fibro. Honestly, I thought that it (fibromyalgia) WAS a non-entity because it was still a controversial topic within the medical field that it was just a scape goat for 'we don't know what's wrong with you' to 'this isn't a real diagnosis, but we're going to milk your insurance as long as we can'...

But since the divorce was imminent and I had worked from home for 15 years, I had to go outside the house to seek employment with benefits. I'm 51. not a traditional-age employee and found it difficult to find a job, especially being gone so long. I now sit for 8 hrs a day, and worse, lost my 1-1/2hr 2x/wk yoga sessions. that's all it took. ( I find it EXTREMELY, no IMPOSSIBLE to get up at 5:30am to work out because sleep is my only friend, and 5:30-7:00pm is also difficult as I am a single mother and that's dinner time/after work/school w/ the kids...time just gets away from one. )

I thought fibro was bull. I no longer think so. the pain and agony that has returned is excruciating.. :(
But I'm not here to complain, you all have your own.. :( I just wanted to say that yoga helped me TREMENDOUSLY and as soon as I can find a happy medium I intend to get back ASAP.. I miss my tight abs and butt...but more importantly, the absence of pain and knots and overall well-being feeling that I found comes with it from a regular regimen...

Just wanted to put that out there... :)

good luck to all, and to all a better way of feeling!

Kim

I just wanted to add that Restorative Yoga has helped me tremendously. I do it twice a week, only missing if my body is in a flare. Restorative Yoga is very gentle-- stretching, using bolsters, props, blankets, etc to help hold positions for a period, 3-5 min. The whole session is on the mat, so you don't need to get up and down off the floor--Yah!

I will say that I am a 74 year old female who has been anti-exercise all my life and I can do this. There IS a difference between instructors. Mine is wonderful but she has had some substitutes that are not as gentle and I will skip a class if I don't care for the sub.

Hi Kimmiz:

Welcome and thanks for the information about your success with yoga.

Do get up to stretch at work. I am on disability but when I worked it was 9 to 5. It was office work, data entry 90%, heavy lifting at times, and much deadline stress. I did not at the time think it was bad for me. When I met deadlines I then could come down and work more calmly. I regret not getting up at lunch time and going outside for a walk everyday. I would have lunch at my desk and read most days.
You might be able to do some yoga on your lunch break.

Glad the hear that you sorted out your life and do wish you happiness with your children.

Take care.

Loring

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