One of my doctors is a specialist in pain management. He tries different non-addictive medications. We have not had any success with pain relief. Fibromyalgia does not respond to medicines for muscle pain, because muscle issues do not cause the condition. I am doing dry needle therapy, which helps stop pain for 30 minutes. It is an area-specific treatment. I began using a CPAC for sleeping, and I noticed a significant reduction in overall body pain. Fibro may be a condition related to breathing, because the lack of oxygen triggers cellular inflammation and the inflammation generates nerve pain.

Years ago I went to a pain clinic. It was great for people who were not familiar with dealing with pain. For me, it wasn’t useful as I’m a retired R N and had already known about the issues. It ended with a session with a therapist who tried to tell me that I hadn’t grieved my son, and that was the problem.

I agree that the underlying cause should be treated however it seems like all doctors do is just treat the symptoms and never get to the root of the problem. I had a friend who went to a pain clinic and she says all they do is give you injections.

Not Treating the underlying causation is futile. Perhaps see brilliant Dr. J. Teitelbaum's amazing books "Pain Free 1-2-3", et al.