Thank you so much for reporting back to us hun. It must’ve felt good knowing people actually believe you do have pain.

I’ve no idea how you managed to stay there for 3 hours though, you must be absolutely exhausted hun. Please get some rest now and try not to overdo things tomorrow. Take care and gentle hugs to you xx🤗

Sounds like you are feeling positive after the session, hope that it helps your quality of life and you get benefit from it. Just being with others who understand how you are feeling and talking with them and their experience can be helpful.

Sometimes when the fibrofog strikes, I feel like my brain has been turned off or gone to sleep!!

Hope the next session goes well xxx

Well done 👍 sweetie for staying that amount of time. I went to pain management a couple of weeks ago and only managed to stay for 2 hours out of 2.1/2 hours. There were 4 of us and we had to go in and see 4 professionals and be asking the same questions over and over again and I couldn’t take it anymore so after seeing the 3 one I left because I was feeling so ill with them bombarding me with the same questions.

However when I use to see my old gp before he retired he told me to keep saying to myself no pain no pain to help switch off the signals going to my brain as the brain can forget to switch off. If you understand what I mean. Thank you for posting sweetie. Love and hugs 🤗🤗🌹🌹xx

I attended a 12 week course of pain management and if im totally honest it didnt teach me anything i was already doing, each week was a different subject and there were handouts each week which we collected in a folder and sometimes did a small amount of homework filling in forms or keeping a diary of foods we ate or how many hours we walked or exercised.

Every week there was a 15-20 minute exercise circuit that we all had to do to the best of our ability while being watched

I went because my GP wanted me too, at the end of the 12 weeks, i didn't think it had done anything for me.

The base of the whole 12 weeks was about pacing, meditation, breathing exercises, relaxation methods and to make sure we take some exercise each day. Maybe it was just my area, but i didn't find the course helped me at all, i hope you get more out of yours than i did.

This is very true...

My dr told me all these over the counter minor pain meds that claim they go straight to the PERIOD PAIN! Straight to the JOINT PAIN!!

Is all 💩as the pain we feel is in our brain it is know as the pain receptor!

So all real pain meds turn that of for a while to give us some relief! It not saying ur not in pain in certain areas but it ur brain that telling ur body that it is in pain. So that why alot of people meditate as u can train urself to turn ur pain receptor and brain down a few notches so u can get some relief.

So all these pain meds that claim to cure certain things is basically 💩 aless it is a med given to u by a dr that has been fundamentally approved for that.

Hope that explains this?

Also alot of people with fibro prob have a oversensitive pain receptor so it confused so it sends out mad signals telling ur body it hurts here one min and there a next min.

im now experiencing what i can only describe as being encased in pain chainmail i feel like my whole body is now doing joined up pain . if you get my drift . less of the localised aches and all joined up stuff pgp

Hi mcglada, I have not been offered any pain management by my GP apart for physio. It was interesting to read your account of what went on at the session and the explanation they gave regarding real pain. I wonder how many present had Fibromyalgia? Thank you for sharing.🍁

Just been to the info session for this, have been going to one to one physio sessions once a month for over a year. The Physio's super power was empathy and just talking and being listened to by her was good for the soul, never really helped with the pain and all the other things but always went away from these sessions feeling refreshed mentally and more able for the daily fight. The Doctor in charge of the clinic has decided that I would be better in a support group on a 12 week course 3 hours a week, don't know when it starts or how it will go but will follow your post to see what to expect. Good luck with the rest of your sessions.

Thanks for the reply. Will let you know how I get on once the sessions start. Had been in a group discussion before and there was so much negativity in the group found it hard to give or get support so hoping for a better experience this time.