Fibromyalgia

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Originally Posted by softness

I was diagnosed with Fibro in 1989. I had it mastered until 2007 when I was hit by a semi..twice. After herniating four back discs, it flared up my fibro. I just spent this year trying and succeeding getting the fibro to a point where I could tell the difference between it and the pain from my back injury. I am so well, in fact, I am going back to work. Rest, water therapy, muscle relaxers, a change in diet...did I say rest>? These were my tools...

Personally I have found that rest is ESSENTIAL! There's just no gettin around it, lots of rest. I finally reached a point where I figured out the signs of an oncoming flareup. I then discovered if I slept as much as my body wanted to sleep that I could at times keep it at bay. I would sometimes sleep 4 hours in the afternoon/evening, get up for a few hours and then go back to bed and sleep all night. The more I did this the less often a flare up would rear it's ugly head.

I wasn't diagnosed until around 2003, but now that I "know" I can see the symptoms going as far back as the early 80's. I lived with progressing pain for at least 20 years until it reached a point that I just couldn't tolerate it any longer. I was missing work because I could barely walk, my hands hurt so bad I could barely use a computer, etc. etc. Pain is an odd thing, it will sneak up on you and the next thing you know you think it's "normal", when in reality it's anything but.