7 Fibromyalgia Tips
Solutions to Fibromyalgia Pain

These are not tips for better living with Fibromyalgia, but SOLUTIONS for the pain, fatigue and other Symptoms of Fibromyalgia that you might be experiencing.

Tip #1- Get Your Vitamin D Level Checked

The best fibromyalgia tips ALWAYS include a discussion about vitamin d. Vitamin D deficiency symptoms can look EXACTLY like fibromyalgia and the vast majority of fibromyalgia patients are vitamin d deficient. Yet few doctors are aware of the connection between Fibromyalgia and Vitamin D.

The biggest mistakes about vitamin d that fibromyalgia patients make are the following:

Mistake #1: Not get their level checked because they don't think that they need it: You would be surprised at the SHOCKINGLY low vitamin d levels in people that 'didn't think' they needed a vitamin d level

Mistake #2: Ignore this advice because they already take vitamin d- Most people who 'take vitamin d' take it in a multivitamin. I have seen people with seriously low vitamin d levels who are already taking 2000 IU's per day.

Mistake #3: Start taking Vitamin D without a level: People who start taking vitamin d will almost never take more than 2000 IU's a day by themselves. In some cases, it may take up to 10,000 IU's a day for long periods of time to get seriously low levels to within optimal levels.

Mistake #4: Start using Vitamin D Foods to meet their vitamin d needs: You would have to drink 100 glasses of milk or 16 ounces of wild salmon every day in order to get 4000 IU's of vitamin d per day- most people's daily Vitamin D Requirements. This might meet your daily requirements. You might need double this for effective Vitamin D Deficiency Treatment

The ONLY way that you can be sure that your Fibromyalgia pain is NOT due to vitamin d deficiency is to get a vitamin d level and to get bring it up to the researcher recommended 'Optimal' levels as outlined on the Vitamin D Levels page. Then after levels are optimal, to continue to KEEP your levels in the optimal range by meeting your daily Vitamin D Requirements for at least 4 to 6 months- the time that it has been shown to take to repair the muscle weakness and nerve issues that can occur with vitamin d deficiency.

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Tip #2- Always take Magnesium with Your Vitamin D

Vitamin D and magnesium are the most important Fibromyalgia Supplements that you can take. Magnesium should also ALWAYS be taken with your vitamin d. The majority of Side Effects of Vitamin D are actually due to a provoked magnesium deficiency from the conversion of vitamin d into it's active form in the blood.

But Fibromyalgia and Magnesium have an incredibly strong connection even without adding vitamin d in the mix. It can help to:

 

Relieve fatigue

Improve sleep

Relieve muscular tension

Improve mood

Improve ability to manage stress

There are some researchers who even believe that part of the pain of fibromyalgia is due to 'subclinical' continual muscular spasms throughout the body CAUSED by magnesium deficiency!

But don't rely on your doctor checking your level. Blood Magnesium Levels are practically worthless information and should not be relied upon. Relying on symptoms (such as symptoms of fibromyalgia) is a much better way to determine your need for magnesium. See the Fibromyalgia and Magnesium page for more detailed information on this ESSENTIAL Fibromyalgia supplement!

Tip #3- Eliminate Excitotoxins

This is one of the Fibromyalgia Tips that you are not likely to hear in many places. There was ONE small study of only 4 people that eliminated artificial sweeteners and MSG- an common flavoring in many packaged and restaurant foods.

3 of the 4 Fibromyalgia patients had complete elimination of their symptoms and one had significant relief. While no further studies have been done on this, wouldn't you feel dumb if 5 years from now, conclusive studies showed that excitotoxins were a significant Fibromyalgia Cause and you could have not suffered from fibromyalgia pain for 5 years?

Artificial sweeteners are the main excitotoxins that people get in their diets- usually from diet sodas. While the FDA has deemed that these artificial sweeteners are 'safe', long-term studies have simply not been done.

In the book, Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, Dr. Russell Blaylock has linked these substances to conditions like Heart Palpitations and neurologic problems. Aspartame Side Effects have been reported to be devastating and to cause many of the widespread symptoms that seem to be similar or identical to Fibromyalgia.

At the very least, eliminating these substances for a few months as a trial to see if your Fibromyalgia improves is absolutely 100% safe. Eliminating artificial chemicals that have no long term studies is a good strategy for anyone's long term health.

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Tip #4- Expose Yourself to Early Morning Sunlight

One of the biggest problems in Fibromyalgia are sleep pattern disturbances. Researchers were actually able to INDUCE fibromyalgia in healthy volunteers through sleep deprivation. So, getting sleep should be #1 priority for you. Exposing yourself to early morning sunlight could help greatly with this.

Sunlight has been villified as a bad guy by dermatologists and so we humans, who are designed to get lots of sunlight, have insulated ourselves indoors and almost never get outside. When you don't get outside, then electric lights make it ALWAYS daytime to your body clock- and this could be a problem for you.

In the book The Healing Sun: Sunlight and Health in the 21st Century the author discusses the work of two different doctors in the early 19th Century who were both running healing centers for incurable illnesses. Both doctors were healing their patients primarily using healthy food and water- and intense sunlight therapy.

Neither doctor knew of each other's work, yet both came to the conclusion that the patients who had the best recoveries, exposed themselves to early early morning sunlight. This is interesting because it removes the Vitamin D Factor out of the the equation because ou don't get vitamin d that early in the morning. But getting sunlight extremely early in the morning may 'reset' your body clock and adrenal gland hormonal rhythms every day.

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Tip #5- Expose Yourself to Moonlight at Night

Fibromyalgia tips to reset your body clock. This on is the 'bookend' to Tip #3- every evening after the sun goes down, dim the lights in the house and minimize the number of bright or electronic devices that are on- such as the TV or the computer.

And get outside and expose yourself to the moonlight. Not only are humans governed by sunlight, but we are governed by moonlight as well. Many will think that this is 'woo-woo' or 'New Age', but no matter how advanced humans have become, we still are ruled by natural phenomenon. And for those who are out-of-synch with their daily rhythms and who have trouble sleeping because of it- you MUST get back into the rhythm that your body was intended to be in. And that is going to bed early and getting up soon after the sun comes up.

Electric lights and blaring TV's only get us out of our natural rhythm with nature. If you are healthy, then you can get out of these natural rhythms without immediate effects, but if you have Fibromyalgia, one of the best Fibromyalgia tips is getting you to sleep and sleeping well. And for that, you need to get back into your 'normal' daily rhythm with nature. You may argue that you are a night owl and do better when you stay up late and sleep in later.

I'll argue back that you have fibromyalgia and this strategy is obviously not working for you. So, dim the lights after dark, turn off bright electronics and take a stroll in the moonlight.

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Tip #6- Eat A Proper Diet

There is SO much information out there about the right diet for health, but really eating properly for the best chance at healing yourself is easy and I basically recommend that EVERYONE eat a diet that contains:

100% Real Organic Fruits and Vegetables
Only Organic Pasture Raised Meats and Dairy
Zero Processed Foods

Essentially, this diet is similar to a 'Paleolithic Diet'. If you have Fibromyalgia and are not eating a 100% whole food, organic Paleolithic diet and need some help getting started, then I HIGHLY recommend that you get The Healthy Urban Kitchen and start following the instructions in it ASAP.

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I hope that these 7 Fibromyalgia Tips help to relieve some of these severe issues that most Fibromyalgia patients experience. For more Fibromyalgia Tips and information, keep reading to find out the REAL causes of Fibromyalgia that your doctor is NOT telling you about...

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