What is the best way to handle Fibromyalgia pain?
I have severe fibromyalgia pain and the doctors and myself have tried several prescriptions and other methods to relieve it. I have some relief but it is not enough. I get terrible burning pain in my legs also.
Does anyone know or have any ideas what prescriptions work best for Fibro pain or other methods?
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1. I have a friend who successfully rebounded from fibromyalgia by having plenty of fluids, that is, water and green tea.She found that gentle exercise, done regularly, Tai Chi for example, helped to lessen the pain dramatically.
I hope this helps.
2. In the fourteen years I've had osteoporosis and etc, I've tried just about every pain prescription on the market. My doctor finally sent me to a pain clinic, a very good one.
We've settled on a pain pump installed in my back. Right now I'm on Oxycontin and it works well but, I don't want to stay on a drug this strong for to many years either.
This is the only answer I have for you.
3. Doctors diagnose fibromyalgia when you keep complaining, they can't find anything wrong, and they want you to suck it up and go away. Everyone has pain, it's a part of life.
4. http://www.istop.org/practitioners.html.....go choose select location and get needles to fix it...
5. I am currently yo-yo-ing back and forth between getting diagnosed with MS and Fibromyalgia. I have the burning pain in my legs 24/7 for the last 4 years. It gets so bad that if I don't take anything I can't walk. I have found that taking Ulrtam (Tramadol is the generic and that's what I actually take) 4 times a day (2 50mg pills each dose) helps greatly. Medication with codeine also works. I was taking 30mg of MS Contin 2 times a day but my stupid pain management doctor reduced the dose and when my family doctor tried to up it again it didn't work. (*Don't get prescriptions from any other doctor while still under the care of a pain management doctor. I had discontinued to be a patient at the pain clinic before I started getting scripts from my family doctor again). I have to take the Tramadol as soon as I wake up in the morning and wait about 30 minutes before I can do anything. Sometimes if I know I have to get going right away I will set my alarm and hour earlier then I have to get up and take it and by the time I have to wake up the medicine has had time to work. If all else fails and/or until you find something that works, hot baths could work for you. They have gotten me through plenty of hard nights where my legs just won't stop hurting and burning. Good luck:)
6. Many times Fibromyalgia is caused by either a biochemical imbalance or an emotional issue. If have found that all the patients I have seen with Fibro have had a major emotional or traumatic event happen within 1-2 years of the onset of the fibro.
I would recommend that you see a chiropractor with one of the following techniques ( you need to ask because all chiropractors do not practice them)
1) Applied Kinesiology- This looks at the structure, biochemical and emotional balance in your body to figure out what the root cause is of your fibro.
2) NET ( Neuro-emotional technique)- This helps treat the physiological response from emotional events on your body. Emotions can cause physical pain. It is not an "imagined" pain. It is real. But this technique has really helped a lot of people.
I really wish you the best
7. real FMs is a neuro condition--
the approvedf meds are inteh SNRI and antiseizure classes
Lyrica, Cymbalta, Savella
there is more hype than hope--but some people do get some relief-
unfortunatly many people that are supposedly helped may not have had real FMS as it is highly overdiagnosed by docs who useit as a general label for pain
osteo and fms are 2 copmpletely different thionsg---a treatment for osteo is not necessarily a treatment for fms
if someone was cured with fluids and tea--they di dnot have real fms
i HATE when people presenting tehmselves as medical professionals stress teh emtoional part of fms----it is very misleading
fms is a PHYSICAL DISORDER.....
for example--my symptoms started after a physical injury--
and since fms is a problem with the brain--a chiropractor is not the appropriate person to treat it
there is a difference from the emotional related physical pain and fms physical pain
