Good for you! I've been into essential oils and herbal tea about eight years. The past five years I've been researching herbs and over the past three years I rely heavily on herbs (tinctures, tea and capsules). Supplements (minerals, amino acids and vitamins) I'm still learning. It's sad we live in a world with information at our fingertips yet it takes so much studying on supplements because of information overload and everyone is an "expert". I used to have a link explaining what each vitamin, mineral etc did for the body. This was years before Covid and so much helpful information has been scrubbed off the net. I probably need a book. Fibromyalgia was my first chronic pain diagnosis and now I've got at least five more chronic pain conditions. Not long ago I read Fibromyalgia/chronic pain was a trash can diagnosis. If they can't figure out the source of it they dump us in the chronic condition section. It's most likely viral or some type of undiagnosed bacterial. Personally I think it's multiple factors from synthetic toxins in the environment, food, house/office (carpet, walls, furniture etc). I'm a tree hugging hippie but I do believe modern manufacturing is making us sick. Some clothing, bedding etc reeks of chemicals when it's new.

I'm thankful you could help your mom. I took cymbalta for almost three years and finally realized it was hurting me instead of helping me. I had horrible hallucinations coming off of it. Took lyrica about three days and my ankles were three times normal size. Back then I was so desperate for pain relief I blindly took anything they offered. Didn't have a clue about plant medicine. The doctor put my granddad on Lyric and he had the swelling also. His legs hurt really bad because they took veins out of legs for open heart surgery about 1991. He didn't stay on lyrica a week. He normally didn't take advice well but for some reason he listened to me about the lyrica.

I was on BP medication for about three years and stopped cold turkey. Now my BP is normal probably from all the herbs I take regularly.

Your mom is funny (pill popping). I used to say I was taking my daily cocktail when I took the RX now my cocktail is very different. When I used to go on vacation my medication filled up a gallon ziplock bag. Not anymore!

Edit: I'm dealing with post menopause trying to find what works for me. I've been off and on estrogen since 2009. I thought I found something that works working and it hasn't been in stock for a month. Figured out it was the liver pill supplement that was helping the hot flashes. I have been taking beef liver several months and stopped thinking it's not doing anything. After two weeks hot flashes & other symptoms (TMI😉) with a vengeance! Back on liver pills about four days and I'm so much better.

Good for you! I've been into essential oils and herbal tea about eight years. The past five years I've been researching herbs and over the past three years I rely heavily on herbs (tinctures, tea and capsules). Supplements (minerals, amino acids and vitamins) I'm still learning. It's sad we live in a world with information at our fingertips yet it takes so much studying on supplements because of information overload and everyone is an "expert". I used to have a link explaining what each vitamin, mineral etc did for the body. This was years before Covid and so much helpful information has been scrubbed off the net. I probably need a book. Fibromyalgia was my first chronic pain diagnosis and now I've got at least five more chronic pain conditions. Not long ago I read Fibromyalgia/chronic pain was a trash can diagnosis. If they can't figure out the source of it they dump us in the chronic condition section. It's most likely viral or some type of undiagnosed bacterial. Personally I think it's multiple factors from synthetic toxins in the environment, food, house/office (carpet, walls, furniture etc). I'm a tree hugging hippie but I do believe modern manufacturing is making us sick. Some clothing, bedding etc reeks of chemicals when it's new.

I'm thankful you could help your mom. I took cymbalta for almost three years and finally realized it was hurting me instead of helping me. I had horrible hallucinations coming off of it. Took lyrica about three days and my ankles were three times normal size. Back then I was so desperate for pain relief I blindly took anything they offered. Didn't have a clue about plant medicine. The doctor put my granddad on Lyric and he had the swelling also. His legs hurt really bad because they took veins out of legs for open heart surgery about 1991. He didn't stay on lyrica a week. He normally didn't take advice well but for some reason he listened to me about the lyrica.

I was on BP medication for about three years and stopped cold turkey. Now my BP is normal probably from all the herbs I take regularly.

Your mom is funny (pill popping). I used to say I was taking my daily cocktail when I took the RX now my cocktail is very different. When I used to go on vacation my medication filled up a gallon ziplock bag. Not anymore!