Fibromyalgia

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topshelf wrote:

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>These things are generally charaterized as " mixed connective tissue disease "

>by Allopathic physicians, and treateat with anitmalarials and Nsaids, did they

>not offer you that help? Personally I have found ,from my own experience with

>this disease that detox and diet have a lot to do with how you feel and how

>well you can manage your symptoms.

 

After further reading it appears with the great amount of pain I have that the

diagnosis of Fibromyalgia seems to fit. I have an appt. with a Rhumatoid

specialist May 3. I am not taking any medication but I want to see whether the

doc has the latest blood tests which will diagnose Fibromyalgia.

 

I had been talking to my internist for years about my symptoms which she didn't

comment too much upon as I had other things going on at the time, like

developing allergies and asthma. Now that the asthma is much better after I

stopped drinking coffee and have put fresh lime juice all over my apartment,

that is better. I haven't had

bronchitis this winter or last summer, and usually I get it 3-4 times per year.

 

Meanwhile - my diet I believe is not my problem. Stress is. 80% of it is out

of my control First my husband's snoring kept me awake for 8 years until I

convinced that he DID in fact snore and needed to see a sleep specialist.

THEN after he got a CPAP machine, the neighbors below us wake me several times a

night. In ten years I have not had a decent nights sleep and I cannot afford

to go to a bread and breakfast to get one.

 

One of the problems with Fibromyalgia is that lack of deep REM sleep aggravates

the situation. I have gone back to taking calcium and melatonin before bed. I

stopped because my acupuncturist said it was bad to take anything before

sleeping as it was hard on my stomach. So I am between a rock and a sharp

place.

 

I did find that use my Shiatsu machine this morning when I awoke for a half hour

in various places allowed me to get up and go to the rink for 45 minutes.

 

Two weeks ago I skated 2 hours and then played an hour of tennis afterwards. I

did that M,W, Fr, and the next week I couldn't do anything.

 

I did not realize I might have a disease which can cause a relapse until Sat.

when I was reading.

 

So I assume that much of this in TCM is because meridians are out of balance.

It I massage all of the points I find which hurt every day and do some Reike

healing on myself, and try to keep the stress to a minimum, I am hoping that I

can recover from this.

 

Too bad when I kept decribing bone crushing fatigue for years to doctors along

with painful swelling in hands and feet which made it difficult for me to walk

much of the time, that SOMEONE didn't figure something out.

 

I thought it was allergies and it is probably aggravated by that because of I do

have severe allergies to mold and some other airborne things. But I do not eat

wheat, corn, yeast, egg whites, alfafa sprouts and other things to which I am

allergic. I have eaten 85-90% organic food my entire life and don't drink tap

water.

 

So it has to be environmental pollutants plus stress along with my genetic

disposition to such things.

 

After reading one article on Fibromyalgia and its connection to the liver it

made purrfect sense with all the problems I have had with my liver the past 9

months. But my liver and stomach are better.

 

In order to take the supplements I need for the Fibromyalgia I got some 100%

Aloe juice (no additives of any kind) so buffer my stomach a little bit. About

ten years ago I took it for my stomach a short time and it really helped.

I used to take acidopholous for a month after each dose of antibiotics.

 

But apparently with Fibromyalgia there is something which keeps killing the good

flora on a daily basis so I am going back to taking it every day and see what

happens.

 

I don't know if any of you have heard of SAMe - it is supposed to affect the

serotonin (depression) in the brain as well as help with pain. That is the

only supplement which I have never taken before as I got some yesterday.

 

That stuff along with the daily meridian work should help. I'll return to

acupuncture when I save some money.

Since I cannot do TCM on myself, per se, I'll work with the liver, kidney

meridians and whatever else hurts.

 

If anyone has any suggestions I would very much appreciate them.

 

Cheers, Cat

 

 

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