Re: Was (sleep )How does everyone feel NOW: What do you wish you had done in the beginning?

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I'm sorry to hear you have plateaued and don't expect to get better--that must

be very disheartening, at the least, and still devastating at worst. . My

thoughts are with you.

I'm new. My run-of-the-mill internist says I'm " pre-fibromyalgia " . Like your

specialist, she also said if I don't take care of it now, it will get worse, and

then be next to impossible to get rid of. I'm going on 1+ year of symptoms.

I would love your advice, and everyone else's too!!

What do you wish you had done in the beginning?

I'm very scared and don't have a lot of good info. Taking vitamins currently,

tried two anti-depressants and low dose of gabapentin--all with negative, not

positive results. (I'm very sensitive to meds and have lots of side effects).

My integrative doc has suggested a bunch of alternative therapies I can afford.

I'm not working much at all, trying to reduce stress (which is kind of paradox:

I'm broke and not really working, have little to no in-person support, but am

trying to reduce stress!?! You get it!

How do I stop fibro (and cfs) in its tracks?

Thank you

--Olnisa

> But it's my understanding as told to me by one of the top specialists in the

field, that once

> we have it, especially if it's been a while, we're not going to get rid of it.

> For instance by the time I was diagnosed, I'd had it a few years, and it just

got worse.