Yes, I feel all those symptoms, My muscles ache and twitch all the time.. My legs and arms feel like you are taking a rolling pin over them.. and it hurts so bad.. Sometimes  I cant even move, it takes me forever to do anything. I cant ev en get off of the couch.. I dont sleep well at all .. maybe 2-3 hours then i have to get up and sit on the couch.. Im exhausted.. But how do i explain this to my doctor? and if he will believe me?

Well Kristy summed up my opinion so I'll just say howdy neighbor!

 Yoga does good things for the fibro body by gently strengthening and lengthening the muscles.  DVDs are good, but get yoga for old people, pregnant people, slightly broken people, whatever, but don't buy anything with the word "Ashtanga" on it because that's yoga for the hard cores, and way beyond our capability.  Hatha yoga is good.  Invest in a sticky mat to prevent injuries, and take your sticky mat in the shower with you to give it a good soaping down before you use it, or it will forever be slightly slippy.

FYI, yoga is harder than it looks and can be quite the workout.

 You can also go the lap band route if you don't have huge amounts of weight to lose.  I'm trying the band out and I've got about 150lbs to lose.  I just have sooooo many problems going in that I didn't want to risk doing anything permanent like rearranging my insides, which is hard to reverse.  I've had fibro for 23 of my 34 years now and I know well what is going to send me into a tailspin.

Fibro and lupus are very closely related so it's entirely possible you have fibro and not lupus.  A rhumie should be able to tell the two apart no problem.

First you should check with your pharmasist and see if you will have any drug interaction with any other meds you are taking, not to mention the fact that it may not be FDA approved almost always is a sure sign that it is a NO-NO.  You could explain to her that it won't mix correctly with your other meds that you have to take.  (once you have confirmed that).  since you really don't know what it is, tell her you appreciate her help and thoughts on this, but it isn't good on your intestines and you would prefer to use items you are familiar with.  Maybe she can get her money back.  You have to be careful when taking meds with other "meds" in hopes of feeling better, you could actually have a reaction and get sick(er).  Soap, no thank you.  Hope you find this helpful.  Ask your doctor or pharm about this and give that info to your mom.  Kristy