Irene ZhangHaving taken my first serious break from work, I’ve realized that I have more #fibromyalgia symptoms than I previously thought. I had severe touch sensitivity which mostly seems controlled but I always chalked up the tiredness, soreness and poor sleep to stress. Does anyone else with fibromyalgia have recommendations or updates to the research from the last decade since I was diagnosed? I’d appreciate thoughts and support which I know I’ll find in my mastodon community!
Katie Lim@irene low-dose naltrexone for any chronic pain tbh! when i went to see the pain specialist at UW, they told me that they only prescribe it for fibro actually (and wouldn't prescribe it to me as a result lol). the paper studying its use for chronic pain (incl. fibro) is here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3962576/
i have been recently told by a non-doctor that low-dose specifically is not necessarily an end-all for drinking, you just have to be really careful since you don't get buzzy. they also didn't tell me to hold it for surgery this time, even with an opioid prescription, so i have no idea what's up with low-dose specifically.