Did you just jump straight into taking 30mg? No slow ramp up? Cymbalta is better tolerated (less of the side effects you mention) if the dosage starts very small and slowly ramps up over a couple of...
Magnesium supplementation can be very effective at reducing persistent muscular pain -for some. The big issue with magnesium is that its absorption in the stomach in supplement form is difficult....
Why not test it? TESTING - a proven means of determining what will work - for YOU. Keep track of your symptoms and pain level over a 2 week period doing what your doing now relative to sleep patterns...
The flip side is also true... there are tons of things in foods in other nations that are banned in the USA. Depending on the FDA to protect you is abdicating responsibility for your own health....
Tracking general overall "Pain" on a level of 1-10 is better than not tracking at all... but it is far from the best or most effective means of tracking. The pain faces that are used throughout the...
Insanity knows no bounds.... but sure is a close buddy of Govt. This is the question people SHOULD be asking - Where - exactly - in the US Constitution is the US Federal Govt. granted the authority...
Mrs. Unique - I sincerely hope you would not take any action in an effort to please me at all- there is no point to that at all. As I said - the posting of book suggestions to me is a great thing....
Well - I have an ebook published online - it is 100% Free - it has gotten great reviews and tons of great reader feedback - and I am not allowed to even mention the book title. I am not allowed to...
Book are products.... offered for sale. As such - mention of them, links to them or endorsements of them are a violation of forum rules. Just saying. How fair is it when rules are only enforced...
Deepwell --- your referring to disc replacement surgery. There are a number of different options involving different types of replacement implants. These implants take the place of the disc, provide...
You may be experiencing neuro-plasticity issues. There is research being done into this. It is suspected that one of the big challenges with treating Fibro and chronic pain could be that the...
You have a computer... i know you do.... your posting from it! Evernote Check it out. Use on your PC and smartphone and it all syncs. The voice to text functions on your smartphone make it super...
My wife does read this board from time to time... but were she to post she would not be able to refrain from mentioning the unmentionable as it is a fundamental part of her treatment approach. My...
My wife Michele has fibro - I live with its reality every day. A question was asked... I answered it. I have never posted a link or even mentioned a website address relative to any product I may have...
You asked about how we go about informing our neurologist or other pain medication prescribing doctor about our pain medication use and the symptoms and scenarios that drove the need for its use? We...
It would be helpful if the OP could provide more information about specific skills and what type of things are interesting and what you would ideally like to be doing. The internet these days...
There is money to be made writing online if you can write well and on diverse topics. I would suggest you check out elance and odesk as well as freelancer. All are great sites where you can register...
I have found that difficult family relationships can be made much simpler and less stressful by "letting go". A general policy of - smile, agree, apologize and then ask questions all about them....
Just an awesome video - awesome! That made my day. Terry...
My wife had a sleep study a week ago, she has not gotten the results as yet. We had it done basically because we had met our insurance deductible for the year ($10K) so it did not cost us out of...
I don't have Fibro (my wife does) but I do know pain. I have experienced what I would call a pain level of 10 once in my life. In 1990 I had a motorcycle accident that resulted in a compound fracture...
Uhhhhhggggg So sorry reading this thread and issues folks struggle with relative to accurately tracking pain levels and coordinating the input from a care team made up of many specialists. There are...
I definitely think there is something deeper to the "jumpy" thing and a tendency toward being very easily startled. My wife is EXTREMELY susceptible to this. She is easily startled from sleep, and...
I thought that linked article was pretty interesting.... but I also agree that its smart to take care when seeking information from sites financially tied to Big Pharma. Here is an interesting...