Suffering from fibromualgia?
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The high number of people on this board suffering from fibromyalgia amaze me, considering the high number of Medical Doctors who will not even recognize that the condition exists, much less talk about it. If you have an MD who understands, consider yourself very lucky - most of my patients get ridiculed by their MD's when they try to talk about it with them. (It doesn't fit into their "have to have a blood test, and have to have a magic pill" mentality). All the best.
I've never heard of that theory. As for meds. I take a low dose antidepressant at night to help me sleep better. I think it helps a little. As for the pain, I have found nothing over the counter that even touches it. I do sleep with a heating pad every night and the warmth seems to help me. I moved to Florida to help me manage the disease. The cold is horrible for me. Ask your doctor if you feel that you need a heavy duty pain pill but I don't know if that is the way to go because then it can be hard to function due to the medication and there is always the chance of addiction.
I've heard of the fight of flight theory also. But, I'm in such serious pain that I could care less what causes it. I just want RELIEF! I'm sure you want relief also. I take Lyrica, hydrocodone, Robaxin, ultram, and effexor xr. They aren't working anymore. I'm still in severe pain and just got off the phone with my doctor. I was hoping he could call me in something different because the hydrocone is 5/500 and I've taken 10/325 and they work a lot better for me. He doesn't want me to take anything else though...
There is a health guide at http://romans916.com with dietary information and pain relief tools that can you deal with fibromyalgia and another guide to help people deal with depression and suicidal thoughts.
I don't think its muscle pain. I think it could be deep, deep skin pain (fascia pain). There are seven layers to the skin and when the deepest layers of the skin are damaged, it feels exactly like muscle pain. Fatigue may be because sweat glands are damaged so the skin gets hotter and inflamed so you fatigue easier. Because the skin is thinner, you will feel very sensitive to temperature changes Things that can cause deep skin damage are exposure to extreme heat or extreme cold, radiation treatments or anything that causes nerve damage such as diabetes, autoimmune diseases, celiac disease, etc. In fact, I think fibromylgia could be early small fiber polyneuropathy. The numbness will come years later.
My second theory is that I find in some people with severe pressure point pain could be suffering from undiagnosed delayed pressure urticaria. These are deep hives under the skin that are brought on by pressure. It's just such a similarity to the pressure points of fibromyalgia.
I think everyone who has firbro should also be checked for sleep apnea and other nasal dysfunctions that block nostrils and interfere with sleep.
Anticonvulsants work for fibro pain. Unfortunately they cause fatigue. You could try taking wellbutrin for fatigue, but it could interfere with your sleep.
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