I would definitely try one before you buy. I tried a sauna when we were travelling last year. One thing I noticed was that it felt wonderful, but if I did it early in the day, I felt terrible when I...
I think you know in your heart that you need to quit the job. Whether or not you have fibro or chronic fatigue (ME) or something along those lines or something entirely different, your body is...
Do you have hip and glute (butt) pain as well? I get tailbone pain, but it's pain that is radiating from muscle knots in my glutes and not actually in the tailbone. Finding the sore spots and...
I'm sure you've tried this, but some of the topical muscle rubs help me when I have pain that shoots down my legs at night. I use sombra warming therapy a lot for that. I believe it's non-medicinal...
I've done quite a lot with diet, although not enough - basically paring it down to the very simple and taking out things that don't agree with me. With muffins, it could be an ingredient, or a...
Oh ouch. That sounds miserable. No advice. Just hugs....
Do you have foods that you can eat in one form but not another? For example, cooked oatmeal is really easy and soothing for my stomach, but baked oatmeal (like granola) gives me terrible stomach...
Yes, do be careful of what you read, both on the internet and in the press. We are almost a little cursed with quick access to too much information. Every study is reported on, but little context is...
Yes, I had read about that, which was why I raised the concern with her. I really feel my brain fog has increased with the Topamax and I think it's done nothing for my headaches. But, as with...
How do you all manage stomach issues around taking vitamins? I keep starting a vitamin regimen - I'm trying to take b12, b2 (for migraines) magnesium, curcumin (turmeric - for inflammation), fish...
Something I did for awhile when sleep was a big issue was to take both slow release and fast acting melatonin - one to help me fall asleep and one to help me stay asleep. That really helped a lot....
hmmm... I agree. I mentioned how i thought that my brain fog had worsened since starting Topamax for migraines. My doc responded by increasing the topamax because it was a low dose and didn't seem to...
I describe my fatigue as feeling like I've taken Dristan or a sleeping pill the night before and feeling really groggy the next day. For me the fatigue includes a really heavy brain fog all the time,...
I'm wondering if he's feeling stressed and anxious about things? It seems he was supportive in the past and just recently seems less so. It could be less about you and more about the way he's...
I haven't been doing much, admittedly. This has been a rough winter. Mostly it's moving about indoors (we have a lot of stairs in our house). I find a lot of my time is spent running my kids around...
It's hard when something enjoyable that can distract you from your circumstance is taken away. I know my son sometimes watches people who game on youtube - not quite the same, but you might get some...
I don't mind the smell of these two. My family says the Sombra is really strong, but after using tiger balm for years, I think it's quite pleasant. It's lemony with that menthol undertone that kind...
Hi PixieAdalira - thanks for this - this is the simplest, clearest advice I've seen yet. I usually hang out on the Fibromyalgia page but glad I came here. It's what I needed to hear today. PS Dave -...
Rockergirl ... lol ... I get you ... I can read and read and not get the information ... my brain is so foggy. Trigger point therapy has been helpful to me for those bad muscle knots (there's a...
I did try it a couple of times to little effect, but I think for cbd oil to be effective you have to take it daily and you need to find the right kind. I'm waiting for legalization in Ontario as the...
The migraines. The head pain is so hard to deal with....
I'm in Canada so, although the system here is not great for referrals (wait times are very long - up to a year) or for good comprehensive care of chronic illnesses like fibromyalgia, we do have free...
OK - so I'm going to go in and start demanding more help. I'm going to ask for a referral to a pain clinic - there's a new doc in the next town over he is apparently quite good. I'm also going to ask...
Do either of you have any diagnosis other than fibro?...
That's it exactly! We live in a small town in Southern Ontario. We often drive an hour into the closest city. We pass through a distinct weather system about halfway there (I guess currents from the...
My son and I share many of the same health issues but, as I've mentioned before, the docs call mine fibromyalgia and his just migraines and seem very reluctant to make the link between the two of us...
He has daily chronic headache, a lot of shoulder and neck pain, as well as occasional full body pain and fatigue. He's had issues since he was a baby but, of course, I couldn't get anyone to believe...
I'm not sure about the thighs, but I have a lot of tension, muscle knots in my shoulders and this causes headaches and pain that runs down my arms and into my hands. Whether it's fibro or not - who...
I get where you're coming from, I think. I was diagnosed with fibro, but I've never really felt secure in that diagnosis because I feel like there wasn't enough testing done. My doctor is really slow...
yes - I made the mistake of buying a pretty floral pattern that year that was a weird material on top of the leather - didn't wear well. This coming summer I think I'll invest again in the originals,...
Sherrine, I would do that, but they're soooo old and the tops are cracking as well. :(...
Your feet sound like mine! I have high arches too and really long toes. When I stretch my toes (like fold my toes forward and hold my big toe back - maybe that's a long toed thing? lol I do it...
I didn't want to hijack Debsoap's post, but was wondering if there are other Canadians on here and what your diagnosis/treatment experience has been. For me, as I mentioned in my last post, it felt a...
Good point, Sherrine. I'm a big supporter of our Canadian health care, but chronic illness is an area where we are sadly lacking. My fibro diagnosis was very old-school - poking the tender points -...
So sorry you've had such a hard time. Stress definitely makes the pain worse for me and nightime, when I'm not moving, is the worst. Have you experimented with a lot of different kinds of pillows? I...
Doesn't quite look like that - not a grouping of bumps. Just individual, super itchy bumps that occur - more like small pimples....
Thanks! I'll definitely try the acupressure mat - the one with the pillow really looks like something that would help my headaches....
Hi Sherrine, can I ask how you use Ibuprofen? It's the only thing that helps both my pain and headaches, but I have to be so careful with it as I started having breakthrough migraines a couple of...
Thanks almost medfree. We've tried that. The migraines are a weather reaction for us - any change at all, both sunny to cloudy and back again, causes migraine symptoms. Living in southwestern Ontario...
I've had that experience. If you can't find a massage therapist that is experienced in fibro, try one that is young and listens!!! I've found it difficult in the past to convince experienced...
Thanks. I've thought of mast cells in the past. I'll give that a good read when I get back from my holiday. I really believe that there is something hereditary going on. My son also has chronic...
Hi there ... new here from Ontario, Canada with fibromyalgia and chronic migraine (and who knows what else). Does anyone else get tiny little itchy bumps on their body - they're the size of little...
What is the micro-current unit? Is it like a tens machine? I've been interested in trying the Quell because the Tens is quite effective for me, but obviously you can't leave it on. But I'm thinking...
Hi! New here! I just had this last week and it was so weird. I kept getting an earache at a certain time of the evening, and a point on my jaw would be tender and if I touched a spot on my skull it...