Posted by FIBRO GIRL on 12/28/2005, 10:32 am, in reply to "NEW YEAR BLOG ITS ALL IN MY HEAD" In my case, it took over 20 years. I started having severe muscle pain, intolerance to To each I complained of deep muscle spasms in my My blood tests always came back normal however, Many doctor misdiagnosed me with all kinds of One after another each subsequent doctor ruled I was put on Neurontin aka Gapentin (generic) On Neurontin, I still felt pain; and I felt completely In researching these drugs, I decided to take the Indeed I have friends who take so many drugs With compromised immune systems, and with our Give me a break. If it worked, they would be cured. As the years went by my sleep deteriorated. What I didn’t know then is that Sleep studies have documented that I The lack of restful, restorative sleep made the I felt 90 years old, a prisoner of my body, Years ago, I had asked my primary physician That is when I finally got the definitive diagnosis It was a relief to find out that I wasn’t crazy and “Patients must remember that antidepressants are If the patient is experiencing depression, The rheumatologist’s second goal was to get me into We all are aware that exercise “releases endorphins Since tryptophan is the precursor to the But how many of you have tried this method?
The NFA estimates that it takes the average FM
patient five years to be properly diagnosed.
weather and atmospheric pressure,neurological
symptoms, joint pain and myofascial pain.
back, neck, and abdomen.
my x-rays eventually revealed that I had severe
spinal stenosis in the lumbar spine and a large osteophite
in my cervical region, along with disk
deteriorating disease.
exotic diseases, including severe endrocrine problems
which they discovered too late.
out a diagnosis or added a new one, or added to it.
It was a medical, and still is to this date, NIGHTMARE!
for my spine and nerve pain, and was told that it would
calm down my myofascial or skin pain.
spaced out.Barely able to function,
I went off Neurontin after a few weeks.
high road, and take as little mind bending and
nerve joggling drugs as possible. I simply do not believe
in compounding my problem with drugs that have not
been researched or used long enough to discover
the true results later down the road. My body is in
bad enough shape, I do not need to compound this
with a pot pourri of all kinds of drugs/chemicals.
and in such amazing dosages that my heart quails.
We all have a certain amount of brain fog,but many
are accelerated or acerbated by DRUGS.
bodies literally fighting to keep from drowning,
I believe that it is a mistake to ingest sophisticated
drugs prescribed by the SO CALLED FIBROMIYALGIA
AND CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME SPECIALISTS.
And yet, sadly they still pump the drugs
into their systems! There isn't anything wrong
with having faith in your doctors, but when it comes
to CURES for FM or CFIDS, a little common
sense should prevail!
I sleep lightly, wake up in the middle of the night
frequently and face most mornings feeling exhausted.
this is common
for people with FM.
n FM patients
the deepest stage of sleep known as delta
(or stage 4) sleep,is interrupted by periodic alpha
rhythms similar to wakefulness.
pain worse and I began to feel hopeless,
depressed, and irritable.
dragging myself through the day.
for a referral to see a rheumatologist.
(Fibromyalgia is classified as a rheumatic disorder.)
of FM and chronic fatigue.
didn’t have a life-threatening illness.
‘serotonin builders’ and can be prescribed at
low levels to help improve sleep and relieve pain.
higher levels of these or other medications
may need to be prescribed.
I tried but they did not help. They in fact,
made my life a bleary and stoned nightmare.
I was NOT MYSELF any longer but a Zombie operating on drugs.
an exercise program. It’s hard to exercise when you
feel tired all the time. It’s a vicious cycle--the worse
you feel the less you exercise; the less you exercise,
the more tired you feel. However, my
rheumatologist emphasized that exercise was not a
recommendation, but a necessity
if I wanted to get better.
that produce a sense of well-being … helps
normalize melatonin production in your brain and enhances
the sleep cycle … and allows more of the
natural amino acid tryptophan to enter the brain,
enhancing mood.”
neurotransmitter serotonin, and serotonin is involved
in pain reduction, exercise
is a great way to reduce pain.
I did and I damaged my spine, incurred a lineal tear,
and made my arthritis much worse.
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