My Mom has fibro and it's been a up and down journey for her. She had a lot of issues with being misdiagnosed, etc, because she went through a bout of cancer.

Just be warned that some doctors are not "believers" of fibro, so you may have to get a little push and shove with them if they get this way. My Mom broke her wrist badly and had to doctor hop until she could find someone willing to treat her in the right way.

As for medication, my Mom is on Celebrex and a few other joint supplements and painkillers. She tries to avoid taking the pain pills unless she's having a day of higher pain. Like sabby said though, weather tends to trump medication sometimes. =/

Over time, from what my Mom has told me, you learn to understand the in and outs of what triggers more pain, what makes it better, etc. Also, when you are feeling less pain, try not to jump the gun and go out and do a million things -- you'll end up hurting. (: