Drugs......Drugs.....Drugs. of course some go all natural due to either choice or they are not able to take any drugs. It's a matter of finding the right medication, the right dose, and possibly the right combination of meds. I was only diagnosed a year & half ago but the best 3 months was when the lyrica & cymbals together made me almost normal. Unfortunately some of us can stay on the same meds for ages & others of us it looses its "magic". Currently I take gabapentin, mobic, tizadine,
Oxy, & ambien.

Diet has a greater impact on some than others. I found a significant decrease in pain when I cut out splenda & aspartame. Others with gluten & other food allergies.

Other than that.....heat, gentle stretching, hot baths, massage, physical therapy, aqua therapy, & I'm sure many more will suggest others. Exercise if you can but not to the extent you could 6 months or 3 years ago. Currently if I shower, do some dishes & laundry, take care of my mom, & walk to the mailbox in a day......I'm satisfied with that.

Oh by the way you didn't mention the being beaten up by a baseball bat......another similar feeling.

You are not alone & this is the best possible place considering your circumstances.

K83317 has a good answer to your question so I'll just say welcome.

This is a great place for both support and information.

Welcome to our club, not that you really want to be here! But we are here and willing to help any way we can. Yes, I know the pain of which you speak, that's when mine came full force :/ finding the right combo of meds, therapies, etc. is key and none of us have the exact same treatment so if you are told this and this is standard treatment it isn't so as many of us may take 1 or 2 things alike but the rest are different. Hope you find relief soon!

Wlecome.

The degree of pain varies for us all. As K8 said, diet, massages, etc etc etc.... Some of us do well with one method, others with another.

Try, try again, and do NOT give up hope. Some of us do experience a kind of remission (with or without meds----I went 8 years, 6 of them withiout meds, but that was long long ago, alas).... some have great pain control and function, some of us can't seem to quite knock it down, and so on.

Oh, and don't forget how it feels like being rolled down a very rocky hill....Ow.

Good luck, and i hope your doc can find the right combo of treatments to get your FM back in the cage.

Leo

Welcome! I agree with what everyone else has said. I'm too am new to this lovely life of fibro.

The best thing you can do for yourself is get a good doctor you trust and who listens to you. Currently I do not have this. I get no pain meds, which makes life super difficult.
Take care.

A good Dr. and the right cocktail of drugs is how I make it!
You are not alone in this and this is a very good place to get information!
Soft Hugs

I take hot showers and use heat types patches on my back (my worse spot for pain). I also take Savella, Abilify and Wellbutrin.

As above and I take Cymbalta 30 mg plus 3.0 mg of naltrexone. Also diet is very important. Gluten, dairy, additive free diet. Look up Dr Weil's anti inflammatory diet.