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- I have been away for a couple of years and came back for a quick visit to encourage people to try low dose naltrexone; starting at 1.5 and slowly increasing to 3.0 or 4.5). I have been doing GREAT for years on 30 mg of cymbalta and 3.0 mg of...
- I like to post this for newbies...The first three go-to meds for fibro are Cymbalta, Savella, and Lyrica. I have had great success with Cymbalta and with a low dose of naltrexone (3mg) which boosts energy and the immune system. It can take...
- At the local fibro support group today a we had a representative from a company present on the benefits of magnets. Me? I don't believe it and I abhor the pseudoscience, "natural and all that" that goes along with those products. (Natural will...
- I am sharing this experience in case it helps anyone... A few weeks ago I decided that I could not wear shirts with collars because they made my upper back hurt/ burn. To be sure, this morning, after days of feeling really well, I wore a button...
- I am not the type to vent, or maybe not now on the meds I'm on. I am here to learn and to help others with what I have learned about fibro management. To learn I can just read or post questions. But, I also spend what to me is a lot of time...
- Dr. Ference, at University of Miami holds a monthly support/informal informational meeting every first Thursday of the month. Open to all. Sylvester Cancer Center, noon to 1:00. Last month's topic was the anti-inflammatory Diet. Next meeting on...
- My upper back will scream murder minutes or hours after I wear a necklace or a button down shirt with a high collar. I know that it is because the fibro wrecks our ability to down regulate pain, i.e. Ignore something distressing. If I keep wearing...
- Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2013 Nov-Dec;31(6 Suppl 79):72-80. Epub 2013 Dec 18.Effect of a 24-week physical training programme (in water and on land) on pain, functional capacity, body composition and quality of life in women with fibromyalgia.Latorre P,...
- These researchers apparently think it could help and would not cause harm. Anyone know anything about this?Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). 2014 Jan 1;19:619-33.Clinical applications of coenzyme Q.Garrido-Maraver J1, Cordero MD2, Oropesa-Avila M1, Vega...
- Fibro and CFS are very similar. Patients with fibro complain more about the pain and those with CFS complain more about the exhaustion. Otherwise, they both include pain and tiredness. Look at the list of conditions that are similar to CFS. I...
- At my local university, an immunologist is conducting a study of women with chronic fatigue and or fibro. It involves surveys on mood, lifestyle, what-not, cognitive testing, blood draw (a pint over the course of three visits), a few minutes of...
- I have been on a long road towards becoming vegetarian and now that I am in the last leg, I am looking for rules of thumb.Can you provide advice / guidelines. I am thinking things like. "Have some xxx daily " Or, "pair this food with that." "Keep...
- A friend lent me a recording of a meditation session that I found helpful. It goes something like this: a few minutes of mild exercise to increase circulation, visualizing the world and wishing healing upon the world and all sufferers, and...
- I recently read "Brain on Fire" and found it fascinating. It is the true story of a young woman who suddenly seems to go crazy. It turned out to be an autosomal disease that causes inflammatory encephalitis. Here is the kicker, the nature of her...
- Oh, someone just shoot me, there is no way to get ahead!I am doing my best to eat well because I know that it is very important to our health. So, I am trying to learn and follow the advise of people who know much more about it than I. After all,...