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Suggest Treatment For Fibromyalgia And IBS

I work a 4/10 shift 7 am till 5:30 with Wednesday/Thursday and Sunday off and I am having a problem with my Fibromyalgia and IBS that I am now more tired all the time with much increase of pain. I use to be on a shift where I worked for years Monday thru Friday 5:45 am to 2:15 pm any suggestions
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Read the history and understood your concerns.
Fibromyalgia and IBS have one thing in common and that is stress and/or anxiety. These are the instigating and enhancing factors too.
The basis of the management of IBS and fibromyalgia is control of stress and anxiety at any cost.
It may mean change of lifestyle, work schedule and you have to find all the factors that cause you the problems and to avoid these at any cost.
It may also mean pressure at work and you may have to find the suitable another job is the present one is causing you the problems.
Proper medications under the guidance of your Doctor can help you reduce the agony of both the problems as these are debilitating and recurrent and they come on whenever you do not want them to be with you.
Change over to proper diet, exercises, relaxation also helps a lot.
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Suggest Treatment For Fibromyalgia And IBS

Hi. Thanks for your query. Read the history and understood your concerns. Fibromyalgia and IBS have one thing in common and that is stress and/or anxiety. These are the instigating and enhancing factors too. The basis of the management of IBS and fibromyalgia is control of stress and anxiety at any cost. It may mean change of lifestyle, work schedule and you have to find all the factors that cause you the problems and to avoid these at any cost. It may also mean pressure at work and you may have to find the suitable another job is the present one is causing you the problems. Proper medications under the guidance of your Doctor can help you reduce the agony of both the problems as these are debilitating and recurrent and they come on whenever you do not want them to be with you. Change over to proper diet, exercises, relaxation also helps a lot.