Dealing with IBS-C and Fibromyalgia Pain

Linzess

I'm 21 yrs old and was 20 when i was diagnosed!

CatAttack I would say find another Dr! No such thing about U being to young! Fibro has no age limit

I drink MiraLAX (osmotic) every morning in a smoothie. That has helped with my constipation a bit. Your pain is valid, there is no such thing as too young to have fibro. Doing mindful light excersize every day for around 5-20 mins will help even if it’s difficult to do so. Make sure you are in a calm state of mind when doing this and are like not distracted by anything (I like to listen to calm music while I walk, and I walk at a very comfortable pace too). Doing yoga and nervous system excersizes is also great. Also get a hot water bottle, I love love love mine. It’s with me like 24/7. There is also this sled massager tool that I use to loosen knots in my back and neck (it looks like an umbrella pole kinda). Also icy hot helps when I’m having a lot of throbbing pain, but when I’m having zapping or nuerophothy type pain, doing pressure points is often helpful for alleviating some discomfort.

Heat helps with fibromyalgia pain. Heated blankets, heating pads, hot bath with epsom salts is a good temporary relief. Mentholatum Deep Heating Pain relieving rub is awesome, if you can put up with the smell. It works really well to relieve pain, but it has to be bought online, its not in stores. I’ve seen recommendations for icyhot, though I havent tried it myself for fibromyalgia. found for me compression sleves on my joints help, but I also might have eds so idk how much of that is fibromyalgia. If you’re in a legal state, I do recommend medical marijuana, I only recently got a diagnosis and i was using it a lot during the time without medication.