manage my fibromyalgia

I was almost looking forward to getting laid off, too…

Just the news that I may be stuck here another six months until I get my severance is enough to make my physically sick. :p

I had some worrying side effects develop, so I’m on Cymbalta now, and it is going much better save for one thing: I’ve gained weight. Darn, this is supposed to be an appetite suppressant but now I have a constant case of the munchies! Oh well, worth the tradeoff. I think I will stick with this one.

I’m convinced, personally, that medicine will advance enough eventually to subdivide fibro into several different syndromes with different modes of treatment. The things that work for different people are so wide-ranging that it seems unlikely that we all have the same underlying mechanisms going haywire.

For now, I’m taking Zoloft, eating right, exercising, taking supplements and taking hot showers/soaking in hot tubs. I drink homemade bone broth twice a day. I know I need a better sleep schedule, because that makes a huge difference. So far, this is enough for me to still function at my job. I’m contemplating some very radical lifestyle changes to help take the load off my system (I think hatred for my job added a lot to my symptoms). I feel optimistic about where things are going from here.