After declaring war on my sleeplessness, I have formulated a new series of Tiny Missions to attempt to get some sleep. To get 8-9 unbroken hours per night with as few restless/awake periods as possible. My first step was to take chamomile tea about an hour before bed.
Tag: experiments
Sleep, The Quest For
Does anyone else find it ridiculous that many millions of people are exhausted; struggle to get to sleep, to stay…
Tensions, Accepting Life as it is
The tension of chronic illness, aside from any symptoms, is the desire to fight it and the need to accept…
My Conclusion about the Gluten Free Diet for Fibromyalgia
“It may be what I am including, rather than what I am excluding that is making the difference.” This is…
My Gluten Free for Fibromyalgia Experiment
I’ve been looking into dietary changes recently. Gluten free for fibromyalgia is one of the cure alls that loads of…
Tiny Mission – D-Ribose for Fibromyalgia (does it work?)
D-Ribose for fibromyalgia energy – what are the benefits? Does it work? Since the the seismic shift of moving cities…
Trigger Points and Fibromyalgia
Having been plagued by spots of extreme tightness on various parts of my body for years that numerous physical therapists have attempted to release and only ever achieved a small but fleeting degree of success, I am keenly interested in the study of trigger points.
I am reading The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief by Clair and Amber Davies.
I am loving it!
Experiments, Or How Do You Know?
A well designed research study tries to ensure results are attributable to the experiment and not something else.
But with fibro/CFS things change daily. There are a tapestry full of threads that make up my conditions and my context. I’m having a flare up, despite doing everything in my power to be well!
Resting on My Laurels?
Driving down the main street of our little suburb, my small double shot coffee already gone, I stopped at a…
Mindfulness: The Mindfulness Solution to Pain Book and Ruminations
I recently read the book, The Mindfulness Solution to Pain: Step-By-Step Techniques for Chronic Pain Management (2009) by Jackie Gardner-Nix. Katarina from…