I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and I am having a really bad day.?

Can someone please give me ideas on how to feel better today? Thank you.

Try and meditate, thinking about a specific part of your body, and say to it "relax" or "I have no pain" or just really focus on relaxing that part of your body. Then, move to another area. The mind is very powerful! I hope you feel better soon :-)

ibuprophen and a nap. seriously though, try stretching, for me I start slow, and do little stretches and hold them for a long time, then do the same streatches again, you will notice you can go further each time. Also, while you are doing one streatch (for example, calf streatch) think about extending other muscles (shrug your shoulders and stretch your traps at the same time, maximize your time streatching) While you are streatching count your breaths so that in your mind you hear the number, and think about the blood flowing thru every part of your body (ex: try to vizualize the path your blood takes from one part of your body to the next) this helps clear your mind. That always helps me. I hope it helps you.

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I'm sorry! that must really suck. i didn't know what it was so i googled it and it sounds terrible. i guess that doesn't help. but the website does say massages and acupuncture help! http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fibromy...
call one of your friends(the nice, sympathetic ones you can talk to) and go for an ice cream. chocolate chip cookie dough always cheers me up! Or go for a walk in a park and talk about the things on your mind; your diagnosis and other stuff. Or listen to your favorite songs and sing along--I'm getting pretty good at green day's American idiot, lol. Watching TV is a good distraction. sometimes movies are too long and complicated to follow if you're in pain. Friends and Scrubs are my favorite comedy shows. so curl up on ur couch with your favorite food and watch TV for a while. Or answer Yahoo questions! jk:) some people like to sleep and when I'm sick i do, but otherwise i don't really like sleeping. that may sound weird, but i usually read really late at night. some good authors for a pretty shallow, easy read, which is usually what I'm looking for are john grisham, James Patterson, Agatha Christie! and dean Koontz. you might like Koontz's Odd Thomas series: I did. good luck and I'll be hoping you feel better today:)

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What works for some people doesn't always work for someone else, but stretching followed by a short walk sometimes helps a little.

Try a little light yoga stretches and just relax with some nice warm herbal tea.....laying in bed with some tea and my kitties is what works best for me.

I am so sorry about your diagnosis. I am sure you feel the same as we all have, glad to finally have a name for it, but now worried about what this means and where to go from here.
Well, I have known what disease I have had for about 7 years now. The more I have learned about the disease, I find I have had it most of my life. There are going to be bad days and there are going to be terrible days, then you will have good days. My advice is to please, try not to overdo it on those good days, that leads directly to a terrible day. Stress is one of our worst enemies and it can exacerbate our condition greatly. Life is of course full of stress, but we must try and alleviate it as much as possible.
All of that to say, there is no magical formula to make us feel better. The best they can do for us right now is to treat our symptoms. But to optimize our resources, the best advice I can give is to try and get regular sleep, eat nutritious food, wear soft and loose fitting clothing and comfortable shoes, and exercise as much as possible. I have tried Palates and have found that easier to do than most exercise regimes and the stretching helps greatly, but swimming would be optimal if you have the facilities. The water buoyancy helps alleviate the strain on our joints and muscles and makes stretching and exercising much easier.
I also would like to recommend a book to you that I have found most helpful. It is called "Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain: A Survival Manual", by Dr. Devin Starlanyl. She is not only a medical doctor, but also a Fibromyalgia patient. Her book has been so invaluable to me; I call it my Fibro-Bible. It was available through my local library, but I used it so much, I had to go ahead a purchase a copy. I found a used one on Amazon which was in excellent condition and very reasonably priced.
Finally, I have included below a couple of websites that I have found to be invaluable. The first one is Dr. Starlanyl's site and of course, I highly recommend bookmarking that one for future use. I hope I have been of some help to you. Please feel free to e-mail or IM me if you want to talk about things. I try to keep a Network of Fibromites going, so we can lend support and encouragement to each other. Gentle Hugs and Healing thoughts to you ~ Mayr