Well I'm gunna try.

I went to the store and grabbed quite a few things.
I'm still having my insomnia episode, and pulling 36 hours no sleep.
I decided to go to the supplement section of the store and look and see what they had.
I decided to start with my sleep problem first seeming as how it does cause a lot of disturbance.
So I'm taking Melatonin(3mg) + L-Theanine(200mg). Someone mentioned that they used this, so I want to try it out myself. I'm praying this somehow works to help my sleep.

So if anyone uses it, leave input.

Wish my medicine hating body good luck!

Also, one of my annoying problems with my ankle popped up, so it's majorly swollen from my toes to my heel to halfway up my leg, and has the worst burning pain.
Anyone else get this?

Post Edited (Boodle) : 2/22/2013 8:40:29 PM (GMT-7)

Thank you!

I really don't know. During hotter weather(I live in Las Vegas), my ankle seems to flare. It happened all of last summer. My Rheumy said it was just part of the Fibro, but I am not so sure. It gets really swollen and it'll burn constantly. It'll get to the point where even when I'm trying to sleep it won't stop burning and I end up not being able to sleep.

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Fibromyalgia, IBS, Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia, Migraines/Headaches, Acid Reflux, Eczema.

Good morning, Boodle.

I hope you slept well. I usually take 1 melatonin at bedtime and two 200 mg. l-theanine. If I have that wide awake feeling in the middle of the night I take another l-theanine. If that doesn't work I take another melatonin.

Boodle, you mentioned the burning. I use to have a lot of burning in my body and the burning seemed to bring out the fibro pain too. It was very difficult for me to fall asleep when I was experiencing this. I've found by staying away from certain inflammatory foods, that it's helping.

Let us know how it goes.

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Fibromyalgia, CFS, MCS, scoleosis, herniated disks, spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, sjorgens, sleep apnea, asthma, headaches. I am on a regiment of different supplements including sleep supplements, I eat very nutritiously, and ever since my injury years ago I have been doing prescribed stretches x2 daily.

The ankle swelling isn't fibro. Fibro is not an inflammatory issue, it shouldn't cause swelling. Has your doctor done any xrays? When you have fibro its easy to blame it for everything.

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Nail patella syndrome, osteoarthritis, complex migraines, eosinophilic esophagitis, major depressive disorder, OCD, and fibromyalgia, IBS

Meds: flovent 220 mcg, flexeril 10 mg, zonisanide 100 mg, omeprazole 40 mg, Cymbalta 60 mg,dicyclomine 20 mg, elavil, 10 mg, Xanax prn, hydrocodone prn.

Boodle,

Are you on any meds that could cause swelling?

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Fibromyalgia, CFS, MCS, scoleosis, herniated disks, spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, sjorgens, sleep apnea, asthma, headaches. I am on a regiment of different supplements including sleep supplements, I eat very nutritiously, and ever since my injury years ago I have been doing prescribed stretches x2 daily.