Fibromyalgia Q&A’s (Symptoms, Medications, Management and Pain Relief)

Fibromyalgia is a disease characterized by widespread pain, profound fatigue, morning stiffness and sleeping disturbance. Way back, this disease was considered to be psychological in nature due to the absence of physical abnormalities in patients. So if you are suffering from untraceable pain, you may well be suffering from Fibromyalgia.

I'm suffering from widespread pain, fatigue and morning stiffness. And I can't sleep at night too because of the pain... Am I suffering from Fibromyalgia? What are the other Symptoms, are there more?

Yes. You may have fibromyalgia already. Specific symptoms for this condition include pain in (11 out of 18) a person's tender points. If you are suffering from pain on both the right and left part of your body, as well as pain above and below the waist, then (chances are) you might have fibromyalgia. And also a fact about fibromyalgia, analgesics or NSAIDS does not work. So people who suffer from this condition tend to find alternative fibromyalgia pain relief .

So if analgesics don't work, then what does?

Fibromyalgia pain management includes a mix of traditional medicine and a holistic approach. One of fibromyalgia pain medications is Fluoxetine which gives you pain relief during the morning. Another good prescription for fibromyalgia patients would be Amitriptyline which helps you have a good night's sleep, amazingly reducing the pain. Lastly, you can take Duloxetine which eases the pain and other symptoms of Fibromyalgia. Aside from the regular pain medications, antidepressants are also prescribed to improve your mood, quality of sleep and to relax your muscles.

The holistic approach to deal with the pain is to engage yourself in aerobic exercises, swimming and walking, to reduce the pain and improve your muscles. Activities like Yoga and Tai Chi are also good for you since these exercises make your muscles more flexible, thus reducing the stiffness. For a quick-fix fibromyalgia pain relief, heat and massage would be very good and relaxing.

Combined with medical management, exercise, meditation, relaxation, physical therapy, and restoration of normal sleep the fibromyalgia chronic pain that you're experiencing will soon be gone.

Now you know facts and some solutions about fibromyalgia, pain would soon be a long 300 character word that you won't find in your dictionary.