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    What worked for me

    Full disclosure. I have no financial ties to any products mentioned here, and no association other than being a member, with any websites that I may mention. If I mention them, it is only because I, as a mother of a child diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, CRPS and CFS/ME, have found them to be...
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    • Forum: Alternative medicines and therapies
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    Ionic foot detox...yes 4 me

    So I've been meaning to post about ionic foot detox baths. I started on these at my chiropractors 10 years ago. My first time I was skeptical but I did feel ALOT better and according to the chart the number one thing that was in my water was yeast which is/has always been a problem 4 me. My...
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    • Forum: Alternative medicines and therapies
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    Medical cannabis to treat fibromyalgia

    Most fibromyalgia patients have reported only poor performance in pain alleviation in the three common drugs prescribed to cure FM- Cymbalta, Lyrica and Savella. What with the side effects reported from treatment with such drugs which are recommended by the FDA. A study conducted by the Pain...
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    Counselling for fibromyalgia patients

    FM patients experience a wide range of emotions ranging from anxiety to depression. Anxiety is the more immediate reaction while depression is long term. Research is continuing on which precipitates the other between depression and FM. What is clearly known is that FM is worsened by depression...
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    New frontiers in fibromyalgia treatment

    Research and development are two areas that need emphasis to develop better drugs for the treatment of fibromyalgia. A recent drug, Savella (milnacipran) is being used to treat FB with excellent results. It acts by raising brain levels of serotonin, the stress buffering hormone and...
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    The Marshall Protocol

    Hello everyone. I'm new to the forum but wanted to post this question to see if anyone was able to offer an opinion. My wife was diagnosed with FM a couple of years ago but she suffered the symptoms for several years before that. Traditional medicine/doctors have not done much to help relieve...
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    Hi From PA

    Hey everyone. I'm Samantha. I haven't been officially diagnosed yet because I ran out of money for copays and blood tests before I reached that point, but my doctor basically narrowed it down to Fibro or RA. After doing a ton of research on my own, I'm pretty sure it's fibro, mostly because the...
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
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    Hair loss: cicatricial alopecia and fibromyalgia

    I wanted to add this comment Oman older thread about hair loss and it was closed.. I was diagnosed with cicatricial alopecia ( aka scarring alopecia) 3 years ago no was diagnosed with fibro a few months ago. Since then I became involved in CARF , an organization that helps fund research and...
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    New member, 27 years after diagnosis, and struggling

    I'm so glad I found this site! I was diagnosed in 1989. At that meeting, the rheumatologist who gave me this diagnosis (I had absolutely no knowledge of fibro) said "Some people go on to live their lives, and others aren't able to ever get out of bed again." I decided I would belong to the...
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    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
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    19 years old with Fibromyalgia

    I'm writing this with hope that someone knows someone my age with fibromyalgia. I've done extensive research asked all 3 of my doctors but have come up with a big fat zero. It has been very helpful to see different perspectives from everyone on this page with what they are going through but it...
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