4 Sleep Tips To Help Fibromyalgia Sufferers Lose Weight

I want you to know today that fibromyalgia is an aching medical disorder that has severe distinctiveness such as constant achy strong pain and also joint pain as well. The pain from this medical illness is usually expressed as a burning, throbbing, shooting, and stabbing. These are classic fibromyalgia symptoms that you may have or will develop.

The pain and stiffness is often greater in the morning than at night, and may also be accompanied by persistent headaches, strange sensations in the skin as if ants are biting and crawling all over you. You also may experience some insomnia and IBS.

Please do not despair, for there is some hope available for you. Did you know that by adjusting your sleep habits just a little bit will help you to lose weight, according to some sleep experts.

Here are four sleep tips that can help fibromyalgia sufferers to lose weight or to maintain your current level.

1. Don’t eat right before bed, but make sure you’ve eaten a good dinner so you don’t go to bed hungry.

2. Regular exercise is key to weight loss; however, make sure you exercise at least three hours before you go to bed.

3. Don’t take a daytime nap if you have trouble sleeping at night.

4. If you have been trying to sleep for 30 minutes and are still awake, get out of bed. Go in another room and do something relaxing until you feel like you are sleepy enough to go to sleep.

I want you to see your health care provider, if sleep problems continue for more than a few weeks, or if sleep loss interferes with your daily life, because this could be the beginning of a serious sleep disorder called insomnia.

Fibromyalgia sufferers, Are you getting enough sleep? Do you find it very hard to lose weight? These are a few questions that I know you want answers to. I want you to know that you are not alone.

According to a fresh poll sponsored by the National Sleep Foundation, only about 25 percent of adults reported getting eight or more hours of sleep on weeknights. 52 percent of the adults reported getting eight or more hours of sleep on the weekends. For many of you that are battling fibromyalgia symptoms, this lack of adequate sleep may be major reason you can’t lose weight or to maintain your current weight level.

So exactly what is insomnia any way?

Insomnia was defined as having any one of the following symptoms:

* difficulty falling asleep

* waking often during the night

* waking up to early in the morning and being unable to go back to sleep

* waking up in the morning feeling unrested

If you are like thousands of other adults suffering from fibromyalgia, then one of your many goals is to lose weight. Whether you succeed or not may depend on how much good deep sleep you get each night and not so much as the diet you start. Not to say that a proper fibromyalgia diet is not important, because it is.

According to a recent medical study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, sleep loss tends to increase your hunger and affects the body’s metabolism, therefore making it much more difficult to maintain weight loss or to lose weight.

Here is a question that I know is on the minds of many people with fibromyalgia. How do I take lyrica?

Take Lyrica exactly as prescribed. Your doctor may adjust your dose during treatment. Do not change your dose without talking to your doctor.

Do not stop taking Lyrica suddenly without talking to your doctor. If you stop taking Lyrica suddenly, you may have headaches, nausea, diarrhea or trouble sleeping. Talk with your doctor about how to slowly stop Lyrica.

Lyrica is usually taken 2 or 3 times a day, depending on your medical condition. Your doctor will tell you how much Lyrica to take and when to take it. Take Lyrica at the same times each day.

Lyrica may be taken with or without food.

If your miss a dose by a few hours, take it as soon as you remember. If it is close to your next dose, just take Lyrica at your next regular time. Do not take two doses at the same time.

If you take too much Lyrica, call your healthcare professional or poison control center right away. You may need medical treatment right away.

Do not drink alcohol while taking Lyrica. Lyrica and alcohol can affect each other and increase side effects such as sleepiness and dizziness.