Posted by maggie on December 09, 2000 at 17:10:42:

I'M NEW HERE, BUT I HAVE TO TELL WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. I HAVE MS AND WAS DEALING WITH THAT OKAY, BUT THEN I STARTED HAVING TERRIBLE PAIN , FIRST WITH THE SEATBELT, THEN IN ONE SHOULDER , THEN INTHE OTHER, THEN IN MY NECK AND BACK AND BETWEEN MY SHOULDERS . MY NEW INSURANCE HAD NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE YET, SO SEEING A MD WAS NOT AN OPTION. I'M A NURSE; I THOUGHT I HAD RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS , AND IT WAS CRIPPLING ME WITHIN 2 MONTHS TIME. I DON'T BELIEVE IN THOSE NEW HERBAL PRODUCTS, BUT I TRIED ONE ANYWAY IN DESPERATION. I TRIED GLUCOSAMINE, CHONDROITIN WITH MSM AND IN 2 DAYS I SAW A PROFOUND DIFFERENCE IN THE PAIN . I LATER SAW FROM THE INFO ON THE WEB THAT WHAT I HAD WAS FIBROMYALGIA. THE MINUTE I STOPPED TAKING THE GLU , CHON, MSM, THE HORRIBLE PAIN STARTED AGAIN. IT DOES NOT SEEM TO HELP WITH THE SLEEP PROBLEMS , HOWEVER, WITH THE PAIN MOSTLY GONE , I CAN STILL KEEP A JOB AND MY EMPLOYER DOESN'T KNOW I'M ILL.