@A MyFibroTeam Member, Do you take magnesium? Our bodies use calcium to pull or use our muscles, but uses magnesium to relax the muscle. Magnesium glycamate causes less diarrhea. Magnesium L-Threonate crosses over the brain barrier better and it gives me energy so I take it only in the morning. And a magnesium with potassium helps with leg cramping so I take it at night. Talk to your doctor about adding magnesium if you're not already on it. Oh, I recently read magnesium helps with sleep too, but I've never noticed that personally.

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Hi Jodi! That’s quite a list. The gummies and the marijuana, I tried and can’t unfortunately. It depressed my breathing and so many other meds do. I know where I used to live live they had the salt caves, never did it but I will look. I just took a mile (slow walk and purse breathing ) it’s getting hot here so I have to do it early or never! I do take Tramadol twice a day, it takes the edge off . Also klonipin for my anxiety 1-2 times a day dependent on what is going on. I really should try a massage when these flare ups settle down. The only reason why I can do this is I have been on 50 mg of prednisone!
I feel for your mother, I smoked, quit 10 years ago but too late. I have read that people get it that never smoked. That’s a sin!
I hope she isn’t bad bad!! I have seen people smoking like a chimney and for many many years and they never have a problem. It never seises to amaze me.
Thanks for all the info!
Hope you and your mother are having a good day !!!
Nancy

Different levels of pain, different meds and actions. #1 go to is heat. My heating throw wraps around me from my neck to my hips. I also have 3 more packs that heat in the microwave for moist heat. And never forget the value of a scalding hot epsom salt bath . #2 ice. We keep four packs in the freezer at all times. #3 CBD oil orally, CBD cream for muscles and I pair it with liquid T-relief. You can buy T-relief at Walmart. The best CBD products I've found are from Highland Pharms online. #4 If those didn't help any, that means I'm passing level 5 of pain and usually nausea has set in. Thankfully promethazine helps nausea and also has a mild pain reliever. All of these I repeat over and over every couple of hours until I feel better. If not, then #5 depending on what my pain is, migraine or fibro, I'll take tizanidine for fibromyalgia and 1/2 oxycodone for migraine level 7, or if it's joint related and severe. If migraine beyond level 8, I might move up to the other half of oxy after two hours, but that's it. If those combinations haven't helped, then I crawl in bed to sleep. I refuse to overuse my heavy med. That's asking for trouble. Level 9 for me is the inability to speak, level 10 unconscious. Both require ER visits or a doctor visit if I ever find another doctor caring enough to accept me in these states for a shot of darvocet. But it's been years since I was that bad and a doctor took me into his office. Usually I just get through it on my own. Good luck dear!! Sorry to hear about your COPD. My mom had that and it was rough.

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Magnesium potassium combo, magnesium L-Threonate, gabapentin, tizantidine and meloxicam daily. CBD oil, T-Relief and hot Epsom salt baths for bad days. I never use narcotics for fibromyalgia, as it makes pain worse after it wears off.