Thanks. Her biggest problem is being really uncomfortable in bed. The pain wakes her up and then she's tired all day. She's suffered a lot of stress recently with her dad dying 18 months ago and having a very stressful job which she had to pack in or it would've killed her. I believe Fibromyalgia can be bought on by stress & anxiety.
Yes Fibro can be brought on by stress, a physical or emotional trauma. Mine was brought on my 2 emotional events coupled with a physical event.
Once your wife is diagnosed then she should be put on a low dose of amitriptyline to help with sleep and pain. It takes about 8 weeks to get into the system so some side effects such as dry mouth and morning grogginess should pass after a while.
She may also be given other painkillers such as oramorph or tramadol.
Now...a lot of drugs don't work for fibro I'm afraid. If they don't then personally I wouldn't keep taking them.
Everyone is different but I find heat helps. Such as an electric blanket in bed and I have an electric over blanket to use in the day.
Your wife may also benefit from cutting out sugar, aspartame and msg as in some people these aggravate symptoms. I also switched to a mainly organic diet.
I too used to have a very stressful job as an Accountant and now run a pet sitting business instead
If your wife now isn't working then she can really listen to her body and do exactly what it wants her to do. IE rest when it needs it and exercise when she feels she can.
Please beware of GET and CBT. These can in some people wlersen symptoms. I have ME too so GET is lethal and can leave me wheelchair bound for days at a time.
Pacing is very good...it may be useful to look that up. Also The spoon theory
I hope this is of some help.
