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What a genuinely thoughtful and well-researched approach to managing fibromyalgia — and you're absolutely right that climate, barometric pressure, and altitude-related benefits are real considerations, not just wishful thinking.

Unfortunately, navigating Canadian PWD (Person With Disabilities) benefits while spending Show Full Answer

What a genuinely thoughtful and well-researched approach to managing fibromyalgia — and you're absolutely right that climate, barometric pressure, and altitude-related benefits are real considerations, not just wishful thinking.

Unfortunately, navigating Canadian PWD (Person With Disabilities) benefits while spending extended time in the US is a complex legal and administrative question that falls outside the scope of health guidance that can be offered here. For that specific question, you'd really need:

- A Canadian disability benefits lawyer or advocate
- A cross-border tax/immigration specialist familiar with dual citizenship
- BC Ministry of Social Development directly, as PWD rules vary provincially What can be said is that your instinct toward lifestyle and environmental therapies is well-supported for fibromyalgia management. When medications aren't tolerable, non-drug approaches become even more central, and things like stress reduction, climate, light exposure, and complementary therapies are all recognized as legitimate management strategies.

Documenting your medication intolerances thoroughly with your doctor — which it sounds like you've already done — is also really important when advocating for yourself within any benefits system.

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