I use ice too bwfm. Heat is definitely NOT my friend. You aren't as weird as you think :wink:...
Yes! I can't take hot baths anymore and have to be careful not to take too hot of a shower! I have a friend who has fibro and she also can't tolerate it. She takes cold showers and they seem to help...
I have had fibro for many years now and I can tell you two things. I have had a great deal of inflammation in my body with randomly swollen areas on my body and I have no other illness that caused...
I was on a combination of savella and lyrica which did seem to help with the pain but there were side effects that were tough to deal with. The savella gave me vertigo for he first few weeks when I...
I did try it when my symptoms first started and I found that the symptoms became intensified. Especially if I had a migraine. That said, I wouldn't tell anyone that it doesn't or can't work for them....
I definitely would recommend going to a different doctor. Have you gone to a pain specialist? or a rheumatologist? most GPs aren't versed in chronic illnesses, they focus more on the general health...
I went through a lot of doctors before I finally found one that helped me get better rather than just manage the symptoms. He was a naturopath, although most don't take insurance and it's tough to...
The craziest was when my boyfriend and I watched a movie on Netflix and at the end I was like "that was a good movie" and he's like "umm, we saw that in the movie theater. Don't you remember?"...
I finally started getting better when I finally found the right naturopath dr. He spent an hour with me for the first few visits and we really worked hard to figure out how to relieve each symptom...