Cold works best for me hon. But heat works for the rest of my body. Im a weirdo what can I say!

I TRY BOTH DEPENDS ON MY SENSITIVITY AT THE TIME...BUT TRY SOME SLOW DEEP BREATHING EXERCISES. ALSO I LEARNED ALOT WHEN I TOOK TAICHI...I WAS AMAZED DIDNT HIT ME RIGHT AWAY BUT A LITTLE LATER IN THE DAY I WAS LIKE WOW, IT REALLY DOES WORK. HAVE YOU EVER TRIED IT

If it has to do with my head or headaches cold is best, if it is pain in my body heat works best. Try both and see what works for you. Sometimes it works one way and the next time it works the other way.

Seems to change, it's usually hot for me, but not always. I have acupuncture on a regular basis, it takes time to build up, but it works for me. I also use a TENS unit when the heat/cold don't work. If none of these work, then it's Valium 5mgs, I hate taking it and will only take it when no other therapy will work. Hope you find relief very soon, hugs Owlxx

When my pain level was very high whether I used heat or cold depended on the type of pain: if it was a duller achier pain (though still strong) I would use heat. If it was a sharper stabbing pain I would use cold. Hope that helps.

the only time cold works for me is on my knee when it's swollen. For everything else, heat is what I use.. especially at the top of my neck! otherwise I end up with a migraine

For me it depends on if I have inflamation or not...if I have the headache that sometimes goes with the neckache then I apply cold....otherwise I use heat...and very rarely I will alternate the 2...at times I get that gawd awful inflamation {Where ya cannot turn your head}...that is when I alterante between the 2...and even tho doing so does Not take it away....it helps it ALOT...so I can at least Function !!!

I'm a heat girl all the way, unless I have really done serious damage to a joint.

Lyrica 150mg twice a day--not a smaller dosage--, Tai Chi and Yoga.

has to be heat for me.

I had reflexology for the first time today, and for the first time in a long time I don't have pain and stiffness anywhere! I don't know how long it will last, but right now I feel really good.

lyrica 400mg a day and as hot of water as i can stand to sit in. which really plays with my ms but ya gotta do what ya gotta do to not be in pain

For everyone looking for a solution to Fibromyalgia pain:

GUAI PROTOCOL.

brass tacks: you can pick it up over the counter as "mucinex" or cough expectorant/mucus relief generically.

Active ingredient is: "guaifenesin"

What it does:

Something about flushing the phosphates out of the cells in your body (I take about 2000mg a day, and have little to no pain now).

Apparently a doctor in California did some studies/trials on this as an FMS treatment, but the research was rejected by the medical community for some stupid reason.. so it never caught on.

I was in so much pain about 4 months ago, that I scoured the internet, until I found a youtube video of a woman in England whom swears by this; she said that in 4 days, her pain was almost complete gone. So I went to walgreens the next day, and started a regimen. And within 2 days, I started to notice a difference...

Anyway... the drug is over the counter (no prescription needed), and is called "guaifenesin".

Trust me, it works. I think anywhere from 800mg-2400mg a day is fine, depending on what works for you. I was on Lyrica, and found out it didn't work for me even at $300 a bottle.

I don't have a financial interest in any of these products, I'm just an FMS patient whom was desperate and wants to share what worked for him. So I'm basically posting this all over this board to see if it catches on.. Google it yourself!

Cheers,