Hello everyone,

I am new to the community and wanted to get some advice.

I have been diagnosed with FMS and have had some trouble finding relief from the disorder. Please help, as I am male and their does not seem to be much support for men with this disorder. I am only 30 but I feel like I am 70. I lost my job earlier this year because of FMS and basically I cannot do anything. My doc has tried about every drug possible and we have finally landed on Lyrica. I do believe that it is mildly helping, but I do not feel it is helping enough.

I recently joined a gym in attempts to help with the FMS, and I have attempted to change my diet. However, I am just not seeing the improvement I want. I am very aware of the fact that their is not any "get better fast button," but I feel like their is still more that I can be doing. I just don't know what to do.

So I am asking for any and all suggestions from diet to exercise, and also holistic approaches.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Hi and welcome to NeuroTalk. I've included the link to the Fibro forum below. You might want to also post in that forum, too. Good luck with your search for answers. Some of these conditions are just puzzling.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum12.html

see if you can find a DAN! doc that will take adults.....make sure that your thyroid has been thoroughly worked up.....trying a gluten free/grain free diet MAY be of help.....good luck

I was wondering if you could explain what a "DAN!" doc is? I have searched online and no luck.

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.

--translates to "Defeat Autism Now"; these doctors are a subgroup of autism specialist characterized by wholistic/outside-the-box thinking (diet, supplement, sensory integration, etc.). Their approaches are not limited to working with people along the autism spectrum--many people with neurological sequelae from environmental insult might well benefit.

Welcome

All those are good suggestions to try.

Do you have muscle spasms? trigger points?

I've found balls and a TheraCane can help with those.

Describe your day and night for us and maybe we can tell you some things to get to help you with your activities of daily living (ADLs) while you work on other things too.

It may take a while to get you going the other way, but we'll try.