Do you have any  Amalgam or gold  fillings in your mouth  ?  If you have  any   first  Read Hal Huggins  very interested book 

It  is  All  in  your  Head !!  There he explains everything you should know   BEFORE  you go near a Dentist  to SLOWLY  and Safely  Remove  all your heavy metals  which are the biggest reason why you have  Fibromyalgia  !!

  Also use Probiotic  Capsules  with at least  1 billion lactobacillus  in every Capsules daily  and take  Antioxidants ever day.   

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I suggest seeing a Homeopath, I have found after a little research that 

Patients taking either Arnica, Bryonia or Rhus Tox for three months improved significantly (Br Homoeopath J, 1986; 73: 142-7).

I would also suggest

Cayenne (Capsicum spp) the creams of cayenne can help ease the muscle pain associated with fibromyalgia and it will also stimulate the local circulation of the muscle. It works by counter irritation through the heat sensation of the product. The local nerve endings receive the stimulus (heat) and pass this message on to the brain. At this higher it distracts the reception of pain stimulus from other receptors that are sending there pain messages.

 

St John wort (Hypericum perforatum) Research studies apparently have shown this herb to be effective in the relief of mild to moderate depression it can also benefit disorders of sleep patterns. Something that is really useful for fibromyalgia sufferers.

Typical divided dose is 900mgs daily containing 0.3% hypericin.

Caution is required if you are already taking other antidepressants, consult your GP before taking St Johns wort.

The product may also increase the skins reaction to sun exposure   

Systemic Enzyme Therapy - a MUST for any kind of fibromyalgia or fibrosis condition.  Dr. William Wong, ND, Ph.D. has incredible insight on this.  You can get his information at http://www.totalityofbeing.com.  You can also learn more about systemic enzyme therapy and purchase Vitalzym from http://www.energeticnutrition.com .  Vitalzym is a great product - proteolytic enzymes, very potent.  The other systemic enzyme product that is very good is Zymitol, which can be purchased at http://appleadayandbeyond.com/estore_category.cfm?c=19.  Good luck, and joyous reading!

I am usually symptom  free and control my fibromyalgea by avoiding petrochemicals and too much sulphur in foods like garlic and peppers. No gas stove/hob, aerosol products like airfresheners, no fabric conditioners, no perfumes etc..

Hi,

There are clearly a number of differing views on the cause of your condition. As a homoeopath i would have to say that unlimately the cause will remain unknown. All that can be seen are that you have a number of symptoms and that when they are all taken together in a totality they form an image of your disturbance. This then is the outward manifestation of the unseen internal disorder. Beware of homoeopaths who talk of remedies for this condition or remedies for that condition, they do not understand that homoeopathy is about individualizing, not acting in the same fashion as an allopath and lumping things together. I would recommend that you search out for a homoeopath who will take the time to listen to you and you various symptoms and will then form an image upon which to base their prescription of a single dose of a potentised medicine. Issues for you also to be aware of are what previous treatments have you had, if you have had suppressive treatments for othher conditions thelaw of cure states that these should return in order for you to progress towards health. Other factors to take into account are if there any issues that have been passed on through your family line. I hope that this hasn't been too long and has made sense.

I hope that what ever path you choose you find the cure you desire.

See http://www.ingridbacci.com/   Ingrid is great. I've met her. I believe this is what she herself had for many years if my memory is correct. When every 'expert' she went to for help was unable to diagnose or cure her (or I think at the time, even name her condition), she cured herself (and now runs marathons!).

Please look at www.thyroiduk.org and click on the link for fibromyalgia in the left column.  Thyroid hormone regulation is the main cause of fibromyalgia.  My condition has improved dramatically with the correct treatment, but I have had to find out all the info myself.  Also, see www.drlowe.com and read Your Thyroid and How to Keep It Healthy: by Barry Durrant-Peatfield. Your GP and Consultant will not be able to help you, you will need to do your research by reading this book.

Fibromyalgia is something that many, if not most, medics do not seem to understand so it is no surprise to learn that the usual course of action has been deployed, ie sleeping tablets or another is anti-depressants.

There are currently no diagnostic tests to confirm fibromyalgia or CFS or even absolute agreement on their diagnosis.  As a Hormone Health Specialist I have studied the links between these two problems and hormone imbalance.  The evidence is startling!  For example, they thryoid and adrenal glands are often particular 'offenders', with adrenal hormones being consistently low and recent studies showing that over 43% of fibromyalgia patients have low thyroid function.  I hasten to add that standard blood testing will fail to show thyroid level abnormalities!

Hormone testing with Bio-Vitality.com through saliva and blood spot will give full interpretation and a Special Report on CFS/Fibromyalga explaining the relationships of hormone imbalance and fibromyalgia.  The evidence will speak for itself!

Fibromyalgia is not a weird or inexplicable disease.  It can often be found that an event of physical or emotional stress was the initiating factor in the illness - according to 62% of the respondents to The Fibromyaliga Network report in 1999.

You can check out the website with further information on www.bio-vitality.com

Alyssa Burns-Hill, MSc, FRSH, MIHPE

Hormone Health Specialist

I agree -- when my body starts to ache, I know my thyroid is not functioning properly.  Dr Lowe has some excellent, well-researched, scientifically backed information on his site and in his books.

I read your piece with interest,

I had a friend who had FM, thankfully now she leads a full and active life. I started working with her when I was training to be a Creative Kinesiologist. At the time, she was on sleeping and anti depressant tablets, she experienced a lot of pain, which was bought on with moderate exercise and she felt she would have no life and that she would be unable to find a partner. She had terrible, debilitating cystitis, and awful thrush.

Working back through the layers of her life, we began removing contributing factors that made her symptoms worse, after about year of regular sessions, she felt she needed something different and she went and  saw a lady in Bristol who used a machine to give her hundreds of read outs on her body. From this it was uncovered that in fact she did not have FM. When she was born she had been very poorly and had to spend a few days in hospital.

The reason for this was that her mother had thrush and this had made her very ill, unfortunately it was left untreated and she had Candida. The symptoms of Candida and FM are very similar. She also had a more serious fungus, so with a specialized diet and supplements, after about a year, she has no more symptoms and has come off of her tablets.

My point really is, doctors will too often label people, and labels can be dangerous, its good to know what you are working with, but at the same time, don’t take it for granted. I don’t base this thought on just this case, its been the same for me and something we explored when I was training.

 Neena Beeharry

As the symptoms of Fibromyalgia are almost identical with Vitamin D deficiency syndrome it is important for every with FMS to ensure they have optimal vitamin D status to eliminate the possibilty they have misdiagnosed. Optimal status is 125nmol/L most UK women have levels around 50-75nmol/L but those with Fibromyalgia are often around 20nmol/L. Each 400iu Cholecalciferol Vitamin D3 capsule raises status by around 7-12nmol/L so most people with FMS should take roughly 4000iu/daily for at least six months to see if it improves their situation. As this dose level is associated with optimal feelings of well being they will feel better for it anyway and the knowledge that 125nmol/L is associated with 50% less incidence of breast cancer will assure them they haven't wasted their money even if their FMS symptoms are still at the same level.

Vitamin D deficiency is common in fibromyalgia and occurs more frequently in patients with anxiety and depression

Chronic myalgia may not improve until the underlying precipitating or perpetuating factor(s) are themselves managed.........and metabolic factors like depleted tissue iron stores, hypothyroidism or Vitamin D deficiency. Sometimes, correction of an underlying cause of myalgia is all that is needed to resolve the condition.

Many patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and fibromyalgia (FM) may spend less time exposed to the sun than healthy individuals and thus might have low vitamin D levels.

Is fibromyalgia just a vitamin D deficiency from Bill Sardi's ...

Vitamin D3 supplements have been shown to help people whose fibromyalgia is affected by lack of sun.
"In a Mayo Clinic study of 100 FMS patients, all 100 had sub-clinical levels of Vitamin D3," Sorem said.
"With D3 supplementation, the majority had good to great results within 72 hours," he added.
You will need to use the links provided at The Vitamin D council to find the best source of high strength CHOLECACIFEROL Vitamin D3.

 

I can't speak about nutrition on this topic, but I'm sure it's important.  Also, I doubt if any medication will help--personal opinion.  I think an important aspect of managing fibromyalgia is to keep moving.  It may be painful, but the alternative is worse....the debilitation is progressive....stay moving, stay active to slow it down.