bluelakelady

hi chelle,
sometimes you will have to change or cancel plans. next time maybe honey can come to you instead.
stress is about the worst thing you can expose your body to. with fibromyalgia stress is like junk food. the more you feed the stress the more pain you are going to feel. the stress has to come out somewhere. eating it or stuffing it down is no longer an option. fibro won't allow that. and if you do, oh how fibro will gorge on that stress and you will feel it. all over.
examine where you carry your stress. once you know the places you store it you can breath it out and release it. long slow deep breaths. i count while i am doing it. that takes my mind away from the source of stress. most all the time stressing over a problem does not solve it any faster. actually it slows down the solution process.
now that you have fibro even a tiny bit of stress becomes a mountain within.
best idea i have is get back to your doctor and be persistant. there is a lovely little muscle relaxer that does not cause drowsiness. it is called baclofen. it really is the only pill i have found that helps my back. i garden and refuse to stop. i take one of those and grab my shovel. next thing i know a couple of hours have passed and even tho i still hurt some, the work is done and i have diffused the possibility of stressing about what i have to get done.
nothing is without hope unless you decide it is. hopeless and helpless are emotions fibro loves for you to feel. more junk food for it to feed on. i have been doing this for years. it gets easier with practice. it gets doable. and at some point in time it becomes a gift instead of a curse. the gift of time to truly look around you and see your life. and somehow it also brings the power to change.
this is not the end. it is a new and different beginning.
peace,
bluelakelady