When my anxiety and stomach issues started up a few years ago I cut out a lot of things from my diet. First sodas then coffee, basically every thing with caffeine and sugars. So now all I drink is water and smoothies, and the water tends to get a little boring after awhile.
So now I drink nothing but filtered water with fresh squeezed lemon, sometimes to cure the carbonation craving ill use Perrier. Typically I will do a 32oz bell jar of iced water and a whole lemon. You can squeeze these by hand but one of the best inventions ever invented is the Lemon Squeezer
Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
Lemons are packed with vitamins and minerals and great for pain management. Some of the health benefits are:
- Aids Digestion
- Boosts Immune System
- Helps Lose Weight
- Reduces Inflammation
- Helps Fight Viral Infections
- Reduce Anxiety and Depression
- Prevention of Acne and Wrinkles
Now since I have started (over a year ago) Ive been doing this almost everyday, starting first thing in the morning (best before breakfast) and through out the day. Hasn’t eliminated my health issues totally of course but I do believe that it has helped quite a bit. I’ve even planted a lemon tree last year in hopes to not have to shop as much. Lemon prices seem to have been going up. I still get them at Sprouts at 3 for a dollar but that still seems high to me. Problem is the lemon tree only puts out a handful a year, maybe I need to plant a small grove.
Oh if you want to grab your own lemon squeezer from amazon the one I use right now is OXO Good Grips Citrus Squeezer
Do you drink lemon water? Have you noticed any benefits?
With fibromyalgia different treatments effect different people in different ways. It’s often like that expression lets throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. When you are trying so many things at once how do you know what is really helping and what is not?
I think I mentioned back in the post about my 
If you have Fibromyalgia exercise can be a great distraction and help in your pain management. The small print is to know your limits! Im not talking the limits you may have in the past, you now have new limits you must learn. If you push your self to hard you may not feel it right away but it may cause a flare up of your fibro.
Yes walking can be a great exercise, especially for those with fibromyalgia or other joint pain. I actually got into walking a couple years ago for my anxiety but like most things I tried as soon as I started feeling better I would stop. Each year when anxiety would rear up I would get my butt walking, as I felt better I would find something ‘more important’ to do.
Just a little update, as I mentioned last post I had a follow up 
Now a days when you get diagnosed with something you will get all sorts of advice to avoid drugs and try to cure yourself the natural ways. To not pollute your body with with all those artificial chemicals, who knows what they do to your body. I was that way when my anxiety first started up and again after I thought I was cured and stopped the meds.
Round 2 was to try cymbalta, the only other drug approved by the FDA for fibromyalgia. Again quitting the Savella cold turkey and starting with 30mg of cymbalta in the mornings. After I think a week ramping up to 60mg. After 2 weeks on this stuff my anxiety skyrocketed and was a constant everyday, didn’t feel any improvement on the pain and was more tired than before. Could not hack this stuff but I gave it 6 weeks to see if it would kick in. No dice. Of course two days before my next rheumatologist appointment they called to say my referral had expired and I had to go back to my primary first. You bet I was on the phone getting an appointment the next day and asking for a rush referral. No way I was staying on this stuff any longer. Oh and there is no generic so co-pay was $123, ummm no.