Since the kids have been on Christmas break, I have been getting more sleep. Sometimes 10 hours per night. I think that since my sleep quality isn't good, the quantity isn't making much difference. Maybe 10 hours of sleep for me is really equivalent to 5 hours. I still wake up stiff and I'm pain. At least last night I did dream, and that is a good sign, however my dreams were about pain. I was in pain so I incorporated it into my dream. I am determined to have a good life despite Fibromyalgia. I can't let it get me down.
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Advil and Vitamins
Yesterday I finally got around to buying some Advil. Tylenol doesn't seem to do me any good, and there were so many people on the Fibro 101 Forum who said they took Advil, that I decided I would give it another try. There's no use in pussy-footing it around, so when I hurt, I took 3 Advils. That's 600 mg. I know I took huge 800 mg ibuprofen pills after childbirth, so I knew a body my size could handle it.
I did wake up with my usual "feel like I've been run over - haven't slept at all" feeling, and pain in my shoulders, elbows and hands. My ankles hurt a bit now, but I have been on my feet (how dare I think I can do dishes for 15 minutes?!?) lol
Overall, I have been more productive today. Have been working on some laundry, some artwork, shot a video to advertise my art, and as I said just washed dishes.
I had a roasted turkey sandwich on white bread with mayo for lunch, some tea, and then I guess stupidity took over and I had some ice cream. IBS or milk allergy worked a number on me after that....then started the inevitable "Why can't I ever learn" self lecture. Took a Tums a little while ago.....now I feel milk burpy with Tums. Yumm-eee!
Oh, I had been taking B Complex and I looked at it yesterday after reading discussions on the Forum about B12 and lo and behold -- there is NO B12 listed on my B-Complex vitamins! Is that crazy or what? So I bought some B12 in tablet form. Now I realize I probably should have purchased the sublingual type (tabs that dissolve under the tongue) -- hard to say but I kind of think the regular tablets I bought might already be working. So hard to say, could be placebo effect.
Here's what I take now:
Nature Made Liquid Softgel E 400 IU
Vitamin B12 (time released) 1,000 MCG
Nature Made B-Complex - the one without Vitamin B12!!! Crazy, right?!? (Has Vitamin C 300 mg, Thiamin 15 mg, Riboflavin 10.2 mg, Niacin 50 mg, Vitamin B6 5 mg, Pantothenic Acid 10 mg)
Vitamin D3 1,000 IU liquid soft gels - I take 2-3 of these per day, depending on how I feel. Most days only 2 of them.
Advil as needed
Tums as needed, but usually 1 per day, gives me calcium
Simply Saline as needed when I feel sinus headache/migraine coming
UPDATE: I've since found out that some of the ingredients in my B-Complex vitamin ARE B vitamins, they just have other names, like Niacin.
I did wake up with my usual "feel like I've been run over - haven't slept at all" feeling, and pain in my shoulders, elbows and hands. My ankles hurt a bit now, but I have been on my feet (how dare I think I can do dishes for 15 minutes?!?) lol
Overall, I have been more productive today. Have been working on some laundry, some artwork, shot a video to advertise my art, and as I said just washed dishes.
I had a roasted turkey sandwich on white bread with mayo for lunch, some tea, and then I guess stupidity took over and I had some ice cream. IBS or milk allergy worked a number on me after that....then started the inevitable "Why can't I ever learn" self lecture. Took a Tums a little while ago.....now I feel milk burpy with Tums. Yumm-eee!
Oh, I had been taking B Complex and I looked at it yesterday after reading discussions on the Forum about B12 and lo and behold -- there is NO B12 listed on my B-Complex vitamins! Is that crazy or what? So I bought some B12 in tablet form. Now I realize I probably should have purchased the sublingual type (tabs that dissolve under the tongue) -- hard to say but I kind of think the regular tablets I bought might already be working. So hard to say, could be placebo effect.
Here's what I take now:
Nature Made Liquid Softgel E 400 IU
Vitamin B12 (time released) 1,000 MCG
Nature Made B-Complex - the one without Vitamin B12!!! Crazy, right?!? (Has Vitamin C 300 mg, Thiamin 15 mg, Riboflavin 10.2 mg, Niacin 50 mg, Vitamin B6 5 mg, Pantothenic Acid 10 mg)
Vitamin D3 1,000 IU liquid soft gels - I take 2-3 of these per day, depending on how I feel. Most days only 2 of them.
Advil as needed
Tums as needed, but usually 1 per day, gives me calcium
Simply Saline as needed when I feel sinus headache/migraine coming
UPDATE: I've since found out that some of the ingredients in my B-Complex vitamin ARE B vitamins, they just have other names, like Niacin.
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