Just a couple of questions - Fibromyalgia Message Board

dayton · 10-25-2003, 07:53 AM

Just a couple of questions cause I can't seem to find the answers on the net (lots of opinions tho)

(1) Can fibromyalgia be caused by trauma or maybe you have it and it's dormant and an injury triggers it?
(2) How long does this last? Stress definitely makes mine worse. If you take away stress factors, like job, can it reduce the fibro?
(3) What can you take for depression that's not addictive?
(4) Anybody on vitamins and what kinds seem to help?
(5) Does diet matter?
(6) Any good books on this? Layman's terms please.

Sorry for all the questions but I've got Devlin's books, both the fibro and MPS (I think), anyway they're big paperback books. Hard for me to get through. Any easier ones?
Hugs.

ranchwife56 · 10-25-2003, 08:19 AM

Forgot, one more thing. I take wellbutrin 150mg daily, it changed my life. Chronic pain takes its toll on us and many suffer from depression. My doctor says it won't be addictive and I have no side effects. Paxil or prozac for me was horrible with side effects. Have a better day

ranchwife56 · 10-25-2003, 08:29 AM

guess i messed up, wrote 1st page and the page just disappeared,so you got my additional comments on well butrin and didn't receive the 1st pg. Let me try to ans some of your questions. Fibro- no cure. Just learn things to help control it. Diet does make a big difference. For me I eat much less meat, much more vegs, very little caffine etc. Use an energy blend powder: We go to HiHealth and get Premier green, has spirulina, 1000mg, 5 fiber blend, 8 cluture probiotic blend, enzyme-active juice concentrates. Barly Green is another good one, I like the taste of premier green better. Take teaspoons several times a day, put powder under tongue, take a big drink of water, slosh around and swallow. Also, the most important breakthru for me is Liquid calcium/mag. I take 1 tablesoons Am & Pm w/extra magnesium. You have to play with this some, when you have diarerra, back off just a little, the cal/mag coats the nerve endings all thru your body, skin etc. In about 3 days the pain will practically go away. Be sure you find a liquid not having carbs or sugars, at least very close to O on both. Your digestion and assimulation is probably affected and most fibro folks have candida albicans (yeast) and it has overwhelmed your body - you can tell this if you grave sweets, yeast breads, sugars etc. Yeast robs the nutrients from your food.

dayton · 10-25-2003, 03:54 PM

boy did you hit the nail on the head!! I have two ain food groups, coke and chocolate. I crave crabs -- mostly bread, sweat rolls, anything with sugar. Never thought about it.

Right I'm just really suffering with severe joint pain.

Do you think an injury can start all this and it can like lay dormant and then wham become active?

californiasunflower · 10-27-2003, 11:01 AM

What kind of injury did you have?

Have you had an epidural with Depo-Medrol?

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