Constipated FMers: Have you tested for hypercalcemia? (PTH - Fibromyalgia Message Board

neufa · 01-08-2002, 04:29 PM

10 years ago I was dx'ed with FM. Recently I realized that my FM may actually be due to the fact I'm hypercalcemic.
My PTH level is 18 (below 28 is considered non-parathyroid hypercalcemia when calcium is high, and my serum calcium is 9.8. My calcium tested 10.4 upon treadmill exercise.)

I suspect my hypercalcemia has been progressive since childhood (as has my jaundice been progressive).

I'm curious as to what percentage of fibromyalgics have actually been tested for hypercalcemia?

rhody · 01-09-2002, 08:06 AM

I'm not sure in my case that I can answer your question. But I had some positive experience with calcium pills. Maybe that information can help you some.

Years before I linked a host of fibromyalgia symptoms to my mercury-silver dental amalgams, I experimented with calcium pills (later with pills that included magnesium too). It helped my chest pains and my muscle/joint pain. Since I wanted to avoid taking pills all the time, I switched my diet to a healthy one (this was about 18 years ago). Slowly I made some limited improvement.

To this day, I have no idea why the pills helped me. It was just one of my experiments to try to find a cure of this horrible condition.

Eventually, after the replacement of the dental amalgams with white non-toxic fillings about 8 years ago, and improved diet, I'm now cured (or nearly cured) of this affliction. It's a story that spans decades.

Also, I wanted to mention to the readers out there, please be careful with calcium pills. I read that they can, for some individuals, lead to the formation of kidney stones if taken in excess.