I was diagnosed with fibro 11.5 years ago, but I think it's more of variant of fibro/CFS that runs in my father's family as my twin sister developed it at the same time I did even though we lived 800 miles apart. That was 34 years ago.

After suffering with every crazy symptom imaginable to the point I was almost bedridden, I've come to believe that one of the core issues with fibro and CFS is our body's inability either to hold on to or utilize minerals, particularly magnesium as most of our symptoms are those of magnesium deficiencies. My naturopath concluded my body doesn't hold on to magnesium after he'd given me vitamin injections for 9 months. He figured six injections would turn me into a new woman. It made a huge difference, but wasn't lasting.

I now make sure I take high doses of magnesium since my body doesn't hold on to it, and am doing remarkably well. I have bipolar 2 and went off meds which also made a huge difference as the side-effects were what made me sick enough to be bedridden for a couple of years.

Here's some info on magnesium. Notice how many symptoms of fibro are also symptoms of low magnesium levels. Keep in mind too that your blood serum magnesium level will always be good or you'll drop dead of a heart attack. The body pulls magnesium from the cells and puts it in the blood to keep your alive. I think of it like taking money out of savings or investments to pay the bills thus depleting your reserves. If you're going to have your magnesium levels checked, ask for a cellular magnesium level test rather than blood serum as that's the real test of your magnesium levels. Another thing to be aware of is that most meds including ADs block the body's ability to use magnesium which is why I believe we end up with new symptoms appearing the longer we're on meds--or at least I did.

If you decide to try magnesium, you need to be sure and go with a type that is going to be easily absorbed such as magnesium chloride, citrate or malate. You need to take calcium, vitamin D3 and K along with the magnesium as they all work together. Liquid supplements are much easier absorbed than caplets so look for that whenever possible. And DON'T take magnesium oxide as it's so poorly absorbed all it's going to do is give you raging diarrhea.

When I first starting taking magnesium malate is when I first started feeling less sick.

https://www.amazon.com/NCI-Advanced-...ithium+orotate

Symptoms of Low Magnesium | Ancient Minerals

The other thing that radically changed my life is taking D-ribose for the fatigue. I take around 20 grams a day [you can take up to 60 grams], and have gone from being so dead it's all I can do to go to the store to being able to function reasonably well most days. It's not perfect, but it's a thousand times better than it was before I started taking the D-ribose. I buy it in bulk on Amazon.com so it costs me not quite a $1 a day.

One last thing. I have subclinical hypothyroidism but my levels are within the normal range even though I have symptoms so I started taking iodine. I switched to a very high quality nascent [ionic] iodine in glycerin and the thinning in my hair is starting to improve. My hair was very white in the front, but about 2 weeks ago I started noticing that it's darkening up! It's now a soft gray, and I think there's even some brown in it. It's absolutely amazing! My eyebrows that had receded years and years ago are also growing back! I do take quite a bit, but it's really helped my energy and my mood is very stable which is great considering that the days are getting shorter and I'm usually depressed by now as I live in the Pacific Northwest where the days are short and the
sky is gray. Here's a video on iodine by the Dr. whose product I use.