just want to wish everyone a good morning new on here and hopefully I can learn some coping tip’s for pain

[Oldn60]

hi there I’m a 60 year old male and over the past 5 years my body has give me nothing but trouble I’ve fibromyalgia, spinal stenosis, hoffmans, and arthritis, plus a partridge in a pear tree, any advice to help with the pain

[Bar123ney]

Hi good that you are making contact with people. Regards Fibro pain I find heat helps. Also I use a spray which is called bio freeze you can pick it up from chemist or order from Amazon. Also try and not get too stressed as this adds to your pain. Hope this helps

[Welshcatlady]

Hi, I use magnesium spray which I smooth gently into my legs, it has been wonderful for me, more or less getting rid of the pain for 12 or more hours. However it doesn't work for everyone, but well worth a try, I buy it from Amazon. Also if you have a bath and good soak in magnesium salts is helpful too. I have a weighted blanket which 'hugs' me and I find it really beneficial. When the pain is really bad I resort to taking Co-codamol, which is actually prescribed for my arthritis. I also have an ibuprofen gel, again prescribed for arthritis, but I find it works on Fibro pain too.

I also try and pace myself and try not to do too much at once, easy to say but harder to adhere to, especially when the weather is dry and there are a hundred jobs that need to be done in the garden!

Hope this helps you.

[Soldiergirl in reply to Welshcatlady]

I use organic full spectrum cbd it takes the edge of the pain

[Sarahvit in reply to Soldiergirl]

Hi Soldiergirl,

The last 6months I have suffered from a weird severe pain in my right upper back that has been something above and beyond the regular fibro pain. I just recently learned what is causing the pain degenerative disc disease and several bone spurs. But during the months of pain I tried CBD gummies and discovered that 70mg was too much for me. I had a bad “high” which I felt like I was falling asleep every 30 seconds and then something would wake me up only to fall asleep 30 seconds. I was out of it and only remember bits and pieces like it was a bad dream. So what my sister didn’t dispose of I sent to my daughter for her good friend who is suffering from chronic pain and depression. It is more acceptable in their state than here. They have taken and smoked stronger doses without having an adverse reaction like I had. Generally I have a higher tolerance to a lot of medications but there are some that really knocks me out. Please be careful with the CBD stuff. I’m glad you are feeling some relief with it.

[Sarahvit]

Hi Oldn60, have you been seen by a pain doctor? I after 6months, have finally learned the cause of my back pain is degenerative disc disease, stenosis and several bone spurs. The pain doctor wants to do 2 nerve blocks and if that works (will only last a short amount of time) then do radio-frequency ablation which will last up to 2yrs. I have had fibromyalgia for over 30yrs. Chronic pain is so under treated. There is a audiobook called freedom from pain that my counselor recommended for me. I was listening to it earlier and they go into several different techniques to help with pain but …..well I guess it worked because I was getting very sleepy so paused the book and will listen to it later. He talked about all the different treatments such as massage therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic care, eastern medicine, counseling, guided meditation and other things outside of western medicine because of the lack of pain control offered to chronic pain patients. I don’t remember everything he mentioned but I thought “yep tried each thing you listed”. I hope you are able to get relief soon too. 😊💜