Regulating Symptoms Without Medication

I have to agree about exercise. I literally started walking five minutes at a time just around my house. Exercise boosts your serotonin levels and can help alleviate pain even though it seems counterintuitive. I walk almost every day, and it has been helping to keep my fbro symptoms under control.

Pace yourself!!!!!

Swimming!!! When I first started I could go from one side to the other wait/rest 15 mins go back and that was it!! Now I’m doing laps and constant weekly swimming makes the fibro so much better!!

I'm 45 with a 5 and 3 year old. So I definitely keep active, but my pain still remains and at times, there's nothing I can do about it. Im not big on medication at all. When my fibromyalgia flares up, my dr says its normally from stress. But how do you avoid that a lot of times.its part of life. I wake up literally every day with pain. It kinda subsidies after I become active but there are days when it kicks my ass. Resting can be a good thing too. But I get none of that. I have to push through whatever I'm going through because I have small children and I am a single mom. The fibro fog and the anxiety are what beats me up. Sometimes worse than the pain its self. I get insomnia from fibromyalgia too. So I'm dead ass tired but can't sleep. Then it makes it worse. My back dr ordered me an MRI to see if there's anything else going on besides the fibromyalgia and chronic pain. Fibromyalgia is an unfair thing to have because it robs us of life..

I did an elimination diet that helped me figure out what foods were causing my fibro flare ups. It turns out soy and sugar were huge triggers for me, and I was eating foods with both of those ingredients on a daily basis, so I was pretty much constantly in a huge flare-up. Alcohol is also a trigger for me, but it was easy to cut out of my diet. You wouldn't believe for many foods have soy in them! Its not a miracle cure all, but it was enough that I was able to stop taking pain meds, I've been managing my pain with no medication for five years now.

Yes! It seems counterproductive, but mild excercise helps. I'm not a fit person by any means, but I make it a point to do stretches a couple times a day. Usually in the morning and night. I also take walks. It helps relieve some of the pain and brain fog. Massage also helps. My spouse and I invested in a theragun, and that thing is so helpful. It helps relax my muscles enough to help me sleep better at night.