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***I'm totally self medicating, and not advising that this is a course of treatment**** but this is the result of an unhelpful and stymied medical establishment as it relates to FM.

In my first post about 2 weeks ago, I stated that I didn't believe that I had FM. Since then I feel that this still may be correct but I started to read more and inquire about things that may help and aren't traditional medication since my MD will not help me.

For the last two weeks, I have been taking these supplements:

ashwagandha -300mg (supposed to be for sexual enhancement but has some ties to energy conversion - I'll take whatever side effects it may have )
System Well ultimate Immunity - 2 tabs (I've been taking this for a long time, I haven't been sick in I don't know when)
Triple Energy Ginseng with Eleuthero 1200mg
dhea plus with resveratrol 50mg (resveratrol has been making news, but there was a new report recently that they have isolated the part of resveratrol and the fda might look at it as a drug)
Malic Acid with magnesium with 5-htp 6 caps (a lot of FM's take this, thought I would give it a shot)
super b complex with Vit.C - 4 tabs per day

This prescriptions -
klonipin - 25 mg/night - (for more restful sleep)
2 aleve in the morning to start the day (kill the pain before I have to start working)

and this weight loss supplement Slimquick extreme (I know, but it has a lot of energy boost stuff, as my MD would not give me anything to help wake me up and reduce the fog)

All I can say is that something is working - I felt immediate improvement with the klonipin as I finally, FINALLY feel rested. I still have pain everywhere and it never is in the same place every day, but it is much less. I have more energy (still less than before however) and can finally consider being active.

I still haven't been able to convince the MD to further check my thyroid beyond a tsh even though most on this board and other research tells me that this is probably a good thing to look at. They are also sending me for a sleep study in a few weeks, but I'm not feeling really strong that that will reveal anything of worth.