What are 4 Common Causes of Fibromyalgia?

[@nancydement3471]

The weather kicks fibromyalgia into high gear!!

[@heidimeigs5192]

I am very sensitive to changes in temperature in all seasons, and changes in barometric pressure. But it took journaling my life day by day to see the pattern.

[@MelCarter9]

When a low front is 2 to 3 days out, I hurt so badly. I have osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia. It's so strange.

[@sherryleggett1612]

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia when I was 35. It was a high stress time in my life and little was known about the disease back then and so, of course, it was blamed on stress. After suffering with it for five years I was in a car accident with whiplash. After the pain of the whiplash diminished I was stunned to realize that my fibromyalgia had subsided. I was amazed. Another five, pain free years went by until I was rear ended again. Immediately thereafter my fibromyalgia returned. I am 72 now and have spent most of my life with fibromyalgia and now have arthritis in every joint as well. If I knew how to give myself whiplash again without making this worse I would do that. I spend way too much time in my recliner chair while life passes me by.

[@Helena-ox7cr]

Maybe it has something to do with the head alignment related to the spine. Unless you had strong painkillers for whiplash which put it into remission as they do with crps/rsd

[@estar1277]

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[@debrandw246]

Same here. Too much time in bed.

[@pisachanation414]

Sherry Leggett - All Fibromyalgia (FM) patients who have had FM for 30 and 30+ years should form a club. I have 34 years under my belt. How many years do you have?

[@Helena-ox7cr]

It's hard to survive with s constant battle from the mere right to live!. Been struggling since 2012 against the entire establishment who tried everything to frame me as crazy and when it did not work out as I got clean bill of mental health, they tried to frame me as an addict trying to convince me that everybody who needs opiates regularly is an addict, which they think means body adaptation to the medicine. It really does not go that way or every cancer patient would be an addict as well!.

[@betsymcmillan3260]

After 15 years of being home bound due to pain, fatigue, severe insomnia, and many signs of autoimmune conditions, I did manage to get 80% recovery. I did go to UCLA Rheumatology Dept and my baffling case was presented to a board of 40 plus Physicians. After testing and bone scans I was Dx with Seronegative spondyloarthropathy associated with IBD. This was 1993. My home town doctors disregarded this Dx and said it was fibromyalgia. I continued to worsen. Drs put me on SSRI’s for pain controll and my health made a rapid decline. Put on 30 lbs in 3 months and I felt toxic and I dc,d meds on my own. Dr’d put me on one SSRI after another with same results. They had me on Effexor and I remained on of over 10 years. I stopped sever times but my MD became angry and said if I didn’t take it he would DC me as a patient.( I live in a physician shortage area so I stayed on the meds. ) I began to develop many tumors and was told that they are lipomas. Eventually I was Dx with Dercums disease. With a horrible prognosis and little help MD’s put me on palliative care.and I became completely bed ridden on 19 medications. Further decline. I finally was at the end of my rope and I made the choice to get off of all meds. The pain was unbearable even though I was on 80 mg per day of Percocet. It took me 17 months to DC 16 of my 19 medications. Immediate improvement. I recently learned that my many tumors 100’s were desmoid tumors. And I was recently Dx with stiff-persons syndrome. For the past 7 years I drink lemon water all day, I practice intermittent fasting, I eat VERY clean, removed toxins from my life as much as possible. I practiced biofeedback, and I have removed as much stress as possible. When I was bedridden I would flush over 100 times per day.I later learned that I had serotonin syndrome and I am a nonmetaboliser. Healthcare made me sick! I worked in ICU for 4 years and another 20 in a vascular surgery practice. None of the many doctors in my life or the care they offered helped. Now on my own w/o a doctor I am improving. I think these many TOXIC meds were my problem. I am now on NO MEDS and it’s amazing how much I improved.

[@ozgal6929]

Betsy what an incredible story. Yes the medical world and Big Pharma are 99 percent of the problem , and it lays behind why I got fibro in the first place. Mine is an equally long story of which í won't go into here. I'm on my healing journey ( 23 plus yrs wíth fibro) . I also took a proactive approach early on and got myself ínto full remission for over 4 months with the help of a biochemist / functional doctor who treated me with all natural remedies and diet. Anyways your story is so inspirational to many sufferers who feel it is hopeless. It can be reversed and treated with the ríght natural treatments. Blessings and may you have continued improvement ín your health. Much love from Australia ❤🇦🇺

[@FibromyalgiaUniversity]

That is an absolutely powerful testimony! I'm so thankful that you persisted and didn't give up. I hate that so much of your life was tangled up in that web of traditional medicine. You're an example to all of us! Thank you for sharing.

[@sandraleblanc5081]

I have chronic pain. In 2019 my mom died suddenly cancer. I was unemployed, I return to school. I was thrown out bc I was discriminated. As result lost my loan n bursary. I could not afford my rent or food nor to bury mom. I was raped the same week. Then a month later someone I met stole my social insurance number .He punished me as awful well for be fat n ugly. Compared me to others. I was put in mental institution. I couod not visit my mom bc I was in mental institution. So the funeral home was to incinerated my mom.

[@ozgal6929]

@@sandraleblanc5081 I'm so sorry to hear this all happened to you hun. That's just truly horrible. Praying your life is much better now ..we have cures for every disease known to man and they have been hidden from us...Why ? Big Pharma and the evil Rothschild family decided there was too much money to be made from us being sick. Over 6000 patented cures will be released to humanity along with all types of healing modalities , the major one being the Secret Space Forces Med Beds (not Tesla med beds ). I can promise you 100 percent what I'm saying is true as I'm involved with setting up these clinics for humanity.Happy healthy times ahead for all of us.

[@jeweloftheisle498]

Most Drs are just drug pushers. I’ve got lots wrong with me because of drs medication. I dispise them.

[@pelagiajones7963]

I got mine after my older brother beat me up before Xmas last year and broke my jaw. I’m 56 and have had a shit life anyway but that just pushed me over the edge. I hate those muscle pains that seem to affect me during the night which it doesn’t help with my lack of energy and sleep. I wish us all the best and take care ❤

[@pisachanation414]

I hope your brother went to jail for that! If he ever beats you again, call 911 and press charges against him. No man, related or not should ever get away with that! Excuse my language, but he's a dick!! Find yourself a good Rheumatologist, preferably one who has other patients with FM. There are medications for pain you should be taking. You also need to take Amitriptyline (Elavil) at bedtime. It's an old school antidepressant that gets you to stage 4 sleep and keeps you there, so you can wake up in the morning and feel rested. I don't know what you mean about a shit life, but you deserve better, and you are going to have to go get it for yourself. Start by seeing a doctor. One that will prescribe you a pain medication like Norco, and not an anti-seizure drug like Gabapentin. Research every drug before you put it in your mouth. There are some that do you more harm, than good. If you don't have insurance, apply for Medicaid. You don't have to be in excruciating pain all of the time. You have to take care of you, because no one else is going to do it for you! You can do this. Do it for ME so I don't have to worry about you for the rest of my life now!!

[@pisachanation414]

You have restless leg syndrome at night. That's very common with Fibromyalgia. Pain medications will stop that if you take one at bedtime too.

[@sharonblevins3281]

I'm sorry that happened to you. Hope things get better.

[@pelagiajones7963]

@@sharonblevins3281 thank you🥰 funny you messaged me with this because he goes to court today about this matter and i really hope he goes to jail and gets off of the meth we call it “P” in New Zealand. But really thank you very much 🙏

[@FibromyalgiaUniversity]

You have to wonder why people don't treat each with respect. Treat people the way you want to be treated the golden rule. I'm so sorry

[@Peaceful-Sheep]

Great advice...for those who can afford these specialty tests and treatments. The rest of us get to suffer in silence...35 yrs for me...

[@NancyAnderson-nt8bm]

He did offer good advice for gut health and better eating habits.

[@elizaann1888]

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia about 10 years ago and that was it. I have never had any further discussion, pain management, investigation, absolutely nothing. The attitude is you've probably got fibromyalgia, oh and there are no actual tests to prove it actually exists, so live with it. When I listen to all the information, potential help and actual qualified medics talking about it I feel confused and am in awe that there are medically qualified people actually interested and investigating this life altering condition. I can honestly say fibromyalgia has downgraded my life to little more than existing from day to day, everyday there will be pain and tomorrow more of the same. I live in England and here it is not considered worthy of medical intervention or even interest, mention it to your doctor and you can almost feel the barriers go up, some don't even bother to hide their irritation. I am glad that other countries are willing to offer help and guidance and one day who knows somebody will find some solutions, but not I think in my lifetime.

[@joannerothque1548]

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[@joannerothque1548]

I could have written what you have practically word for word. My dr diagnosised me, pain killers etc. But l am on my own. Nobody has suggested anything else & l know even members of my own family don't believe it exists,

[@bevfitzsimmonds3382]

In desperation, I went to a naturopath, and asked her if she could recommend any herbal remedies for fibromyalgia, and that l didn't have much money. She put me on an adrenal support tablet, and a pain and inflammation tablet. I noticed a huge difference straight away. My pain reduced, my mind cleared, my energy came back, and my symptoms faded. I took the recommended dose, and extra when under emotional stress, or approaching a weather change. Please find a qualified one near you...they might even give you a free initial consultation, but a reasonable amount of money will be money-very-well-spent. You are in my prayers.❤ 🙂

[@lisabailey2267]

I couldn’t have written it better, it’s me to a T. I was diagnosed some years ago only to be told there’s no treatment, no cure and there’s the door.

[@mysticpizza02]

Look up TMS Dr John Sarno's books. Fibro can be due to repressed emotions.

[@clairemorgan888]

Childhood trauma followed by long term domestic trauma. Diagnosed with osteoarthritis in spine and then fibromyalgia. Five years in and menopausal symptoms to top it off.

[@lorraine4143]

That's exactly the same as me!

[@triciatelevision8820]

@@lorraine4143me too! Word for Word

[@suzy64]

​@triciatelevision8820 and that's EXACTLY my story..

[@triciatelevision8820]

Do you mind if I ask you how your sleep is or if you have any tips for me? My room is dark and cold and I run a fan.

[@lindarosiewildpoppy259]

I was born with mine...I have always been ill . Operations hospital stays...and now the pain is debilitating. I am still hoping.there is help because I've been through all of the mess etc..peace and love poppy from Devon uk 🇬🇧

[@dsiepiela6449]

I stopped eating grains and life got so much better.

[@Corfugirl537]

I think my fibromyalgia was brought on by the physical and emotional child abuse my mother and her husband inflicted on me, I suffered name calling due to me being overweight by both, regular beatings by my mother things thrown at my head by my stepfather which almost resulted in me losing an eye and the neglect where I was crossing busy roads on my own at 7 years old in order to get to my primary school as well as a poor diet. I was also denied meeting my real father for no good reason, my mother's reasoning was that my stepfather would get jealous if my father was in my life. My mother was given ultimatums of "either she goes or I go" my mother would listen to my stepfather and ship me off to an aunt who wasn't warm or welcoming for months at a time. The abuse started when I was around 10 years old, I believe all the stress I endured at the hands of my supposed protectors is the reason why 50 years later I now suffer from severe fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis.

[@MorningDove]

My heart breaks when I hear what you have gone through 😢 No one, absolutely no one should be treated this way. If I had known you, be sure I would have done anything to help. I hope that you and I are able to find ways to recover from "our" fibromyalgia. We can make it !!! 💓 Stay strong.

[@Tinyteacher1111]

I’m so sorry! I’m very surprised you don’t have many more issues❣️🙏

[@shepherdbella]

I had a major car accident, lost my successful traveling career, was denied disability because NOONE KNEW ABOUT FIBRO back in 1989‼️ NOBODY believed the amount of CONSTANT pain I was in except my loving husband‼️ I've always been a strong dynamo but THIS brought me to my knees, on top of my serious back injuries‼️ Long story short, no meds or PT etc. helped, my only addiction became getting into a deep pool not touching ground and waterjogging with a floatation belt around my waist staying VERTICAL while protecting my back and neck! Best advise I can pass on to get moving and to get into a deep pool, you will get some relief‼️

[@anitatenney1975]

I had fibro for half my life. I heard a dr discussing fibro and diet. I quit eating sugar and bad carbs and I have been pain free for four years. It was hard but I have my life back😊

[@maryfrancen1765]

I also have stopped eating carbs for years now and I was dx at age 17 with it at the same time I was fx with osteoarthritis and they told me my Pcos was me having going threw early menopause... I hadn't had my "friend" until I was 36 and put in metformen... I thought omg I am going to die... I feel really stupid but for a girl to never get their period and then suddenly get it at that age well it scared me.. I didn't really change my diet until 3 to 4 years ago and it was very hard for me to stop eating my candies I used to love and I allow my self some of them now like once a month or a piece of cake very small piece at party. I have lost over 100lbs just by stopping the sugar and carbs. I also do very slow gental stretching of all my muscled every day you can learn how to do that at pt. And that helped to let me keep walking when my knees got to the point I have no more cartilage in them my muscles in my legs are what supports them.

[@MelCarter9]

I gotta try that. I dislike meds and doctors.

[@anns1921]

Thank you!!!

[@patriciaantonucci-walsh3139]

My Fibromyalgia started when I was in my early thirties and going through a divorce. A couple years later I was diagnosed with RA & Lupus. The first 10 years I followed all of my Drs suggestions, chemo, biologics, you name it and I just got worse. Then I stopped all drugs and started eating a clean diet. I’m 60 now and feeling pretty good except for an occasional flare every now and then.

[@FibromyalgiaUniversity]

That is an awesome testimony! You can make changes to your fibromyalgia and not wait for some genius to discover the underlying cause. You're what I would consider a fibromyalgia hero. You just never gave up. Thank you for sharing

[@ireneackland8210]

For me, lactose consumption causes flares

[@SnarkasticSunny]

Congratulation! That's great, what you've done! I have same 3 things -- starting at age 26 -- in order, RA, Fibro, Lupus...What I call my triple threat. Went to drs & did all they said to do, hoping 1 day to get my life back, or at least meds for symptoms so could get back to my life, in some form. Debilitating fatigue stole my marriage, social life, teaching career & any options I once had! Slept much of my life away, which leads to other health probs. Am now 64, in a ruined marriage, but cannot leave -- who'd wake me up?! Many bad times when can't do things for myself & he helps if wants to. Better than no one & no help! I fought it, refusing to give up & "sure" there was help/answers out there if I kept at it. I was wrong about that part. Not for me. Now I just wait & pray for God to take me home. If/when Ins Cos don't have so much power in DC & over Drs. When in populated areas, Drs aren't pressured into joining medical "networks" to have hospital privileges & such..m & are allowed to remain independent practitioners... Or, when insurance is forced to cover 'functional medicine' & other alternatives to profit driven, western medicine based on pushing costly Rx meds, msybe if/when that happens, ther3 will br good medical care & we can be healthy people living good lives again. Ehen eill that happen? IDK, but will not happen as long as $$$ is influencing our politicians & the wealthy can get the best care. In q profit-driven nation, where "money talks & the rest walks"... Where lavish sums are given to politicians who really work for those giving them big bucks, for insanely expensive campaigns to STAY in power, nothing is going to change until that changes. The ONLY power we have is in our ability to vote 'em in & vote 'em out. And if 1 Party gets its way, we won't have that power anymore!! Do NOT be lazy, or say it doesn't matter, cuz' it does! Only when we assert the 1 power we have & use it to say loud & clear, "Enuff!!!" ~ then we can demand changes. Then we will get better than we do now. Take the $$$ out of politics & see who stays for the right reasons ~ public service! We pay the most for the worst care in industrialized world. More & more chronic, immune system related health problems are plaguing our people & little is done. There are new meds, IF your ins. will pay for them. Many don't cuz' don't have to. WE DESERVE BETTER!! Too late for me, but not you. Fight for it & do it BEFORE you get sick too! You may not be able to then. We also nedd to gond out WHY these things are happening to so many. What is our immune system rebelling against?!? Pesticides. Air, water, land pollutants. Overly-processed foods? It's killing us common folks & sickening our bodies, our kids' too. What are they spraying on our wheat crops to make gluten suddenly such a problem? Never was before! Find out! Long before our body rejects it, we're eating this stuff -- corporate grown now & UNLIKE family farmers, corporate ONLY cares about profits! Monsanto & others pushing their poison on those growing & processing our food! Prefer meat? Guess what, your meats eat vegetation foods & Lord Knows what else! Something is WRONG with food we eat & water we drink & air we breathe, because these new health probs are immune system related, so are systemic. Something going in us, over time, that our bodies eventually react to! And by the time we develop symptoms, it's too late! Speak up & demand answers! Demand better! Seek info & share it.

[@slc1161]

The sad thing is that, for many of us, you must become your own advocate. There’s still a plethora of doctors and nurses that believe it’s all mental illness. When I start slapping research on them, like the mice study, they are shocked! There’s so much going on in medicine that any doctor you go to only know a fraction of what there is to know. I’m sorry to say I didn’t know enough about it until I was dealing with this myself. Then I started researching it heavily. I recently had to educate my pain management practitioner, who is a leader in pain management, about the role of duloxetine in the management of chronic pain, arthritis, and fibromyalgia. And that there’s less side effects with this than with gabapentin or Lyrica, yet those drugs are prescribed in bucketfuls. Had to even educate them on how to prescribe it correctly!

[@cu4wur6023]

I wish you were my Dr as you have a deep understanding and empathy for those who have it. You’re so right about it not being one thing to cause it. It’s a collective when you look at your journey with health and emotions. My Dad died when I was just three and I can remember, from the age of five and starting school, the realisation that I had a Dad who died and that transferred to an intense fear of my Mum dying. I would have panic attacks but keep them from my Mum and those panic attacks stayed with me all my life. The stress (I feel) brought on Psoriasis at the age of 14 then age 20 Psoriatic Arthritis, on to Osteoarthritis and Fibromyalgia from age 39. Your patients are lucky that you believe Fibromyalgia exists, a lot don’t and you can sense their lack of enthusiasm. I was lucky I saw a newly trained rheumatology nurse who diagnosed it over the specialist! 🙏🏻 I’m on Apremilast for the Psoriatic Arthritis and Mirapexin for my restless legs but it’s the chronic fatigue that is so difficult as I’m sure others who have it would agree. It really helps so much just listening to you and others telling their experiences. Thank you everyone 🙏🏻❤️👏🏻🇬🇧

[@robertshepherd99]

So interesting...I was Dx'd with Fibromyalgia before I was finally Dx'd with Celiac Disease. I concluded that Fibromyalgia was a SYMPTOM of other diseases - mainly autoimmune diseases. I have heard doctors say there was no such thing as Fibromyalgia. This is a better explanation than I've EVER heard - and I was Dx'd with both diseases at least 20 years ago.

[@KraftyKc]

thank you. Im 45 and trust me when I say its been along frustrating journey. so to hear this kind of information is so reliving. I've lived with many doctors over my time that didn't even give it a thought. they just think all us people who are living with this are putting on the best show of our lives for years apparently. I don't understand even the thought of faking such a thing for what... Thank you

[@rhondachristensen8619]

My grandmother in her 60s buried her husband, and after never learning to drive, moved to Vero Beach Florida; rode golf carts and started " Dinah Shores Golf Tournament " and a woman who was on many meds in jersey, slowly changed her life around..she gave up totally eating meat..she ate tons of fruits and veggies and was able to withstand 8 hours in the Florida sun with playing golf...she hand crocheted in the sun also; to take the pain out of her arthritis...pool and swimming, she was able to manage her arthritis..

[@kathleensingleton6314]

Ive been suffering with fibro for over 23 years. It was 2000 when the doctors made me quit working. The pain was. Too much and affecting my physical abilities.😢

[@Corfugirl537]

I had to quit work in 2001 due to pain and struggling to stay awake and alert in my demanding job.

[@michellea8178]

Omg! Thank you for bringing up facts in regards to diet and and food sensitivities and gut health!!! ❤ Most of doctors that I had visits never ONCE brought up food sensitivities. .all I ever received from doctors were prescription pills that never worked long term and made gain weight. 😐 Now, I've completely changed the way I eat and for the FIRST time in decades, I actually feel half ass human. Getting rid of the inflammation has not ONLY helped with pain. . .my anxiety and depression has considerably improved! 😃 I don't remember the last time I had hope and excitement that I may be able to somewhat heal and live a life outside of my bedroom. 🙂 The Standard American Diet is complete crap!

[@margabarr8500]

Almost 60 and dx w/Psoriatic Arthritis (autoimmune disorder) and Fibro. I can see myself in all 4 of those reasons to a certain extent my whole life.

[@debblanch5977]

I've got fibro, psoriatic arthritis, PTSD ...

[@verenamaharajah6082]

I live in England and my daughter has Fybromyalgia, but I’ve never heard of a Functional Medicine Doctor, I don’t think it exists on our NHS and we certainly can’t afford private medical treatment.

[@pisachanation414]

It's a central nervous system problem; aka the brain and spinal column. Many Fibromyalgia (FM) patients have cervical spine, brain, and limbic system problems. Every FM patient should have a fMRI scan with their head & neck in 3 different positions... head and neck leaning forward looking down position, neutral straight looking forward position, and neck leaning backward looking up at the ceiling position. Check if there are cervical discs pressing against the base of the cervical spinal cord when the neck is leaning back, looking up, images of the thoracic spinal cord and the lumbar spinal cord, to look for discs pressing against the entire spinal cord. Many FM patients have neck problems and don't know that they do. If the patient meets the most common symptoms, a fMRI of the cervical spine and brain should be ordered of the cervical positions listed above. True FM patients also have Atrophy of the outer edge gray matter of the brain. Sadly, the Atrophy of the brain cannot be reversed. That area is where Dopamine is created, and all FM patients make very small amounts of Dopamine. (Parkinson's disease patients brains make No Dopamine at all) Ferrous Fumarate Iron levels should be checked regularly because Iron levels are crucial to production and processing of Dopamine. Would controlled doses of L-DOPA help FM patients? No one knows, because as far as I know, it has never been tried. It's just a thought.

[@karenbliss8719]

Check out the symptoms for Chiari malformation. There’s several different types.

[@audreycrosby2181]

I wish i could copy this.

[@jujub6839]

@audreycrosby2181 take a screenshot then you have it.

[@charfoxy1]

​@@audreycrosby2181weird why can't we copy it :((

[@shepherdbella]

Thank you!! ... my fibro started after major car accident, whiplash, neck and back and injuries herniated discs etc etc. Suffering that chronic pain and fibro since 1989. 🥵 Curious how you came up with your interesting informative analysis❓️ Thank you‼️

[@cynthiacrawford6147]

I practice forgiveness and move on away from toxicity. Take my herbs ,vitamins,minerals ,eat better,exercise some. Im good. Feel so much better.

[@lotus7589]

I was in my 20's when i was diagnosed with fibro, and they never found a cause. It was only when i saw a specialist for my ehlers-danlos syndrome that he explained a lot of EDS patients develop fibromyalgia for a variety of reasons. It's very stable as long as i take my meds, thankfully.

[@rachelmckoen3250]

my Fybro and CPTSD are a result of untreated childhood trauma....

[@Gwen916]

I am 1 of 3 lady's in my family that have fibromyalgia. 3 different generations as well. I was 16 when I started to show signs of this. 26 years on I am still adding to the list of things that are coming up.

[@jilldebarros6904]

I believe the verbal abuse I suffered from my dad as a pre-teen and still today (I live with my parents as I can not work) was the beginning of Fibromyalgia for me, but I mainly suffered from gut issues. I continued to date guys who were abusive in one way or another up until I got pregnant and my boyfriend of almost 2 years proposed to someone else. I'm not going to go into everything, but I lost that baby and was told I could never have anymore. It was a few months later that I began feeling horrible pain throughout my body. I thought I was going to die. I was told it was all in my head until finally I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. I have horrible gut issues. I have had these since I was 6 years old. I wish I had the money to see this doctor. I wish I had the money to get out of my parent's house. I cannot live with the abuse much longer.

[@kristinepark214]

❤🙏

[@miranduri]

I am 74. I have fibro si ce I was 16. This video is spot on. Took me decades to find these causes.

[@FibromyalgiaUniversity]

Thank you so much for your kind response. I'm sorry you've suffered so long and didn't get the help you needed. You're definitely a fibromyalgia hero. Thank you again

[@Loretta318]

Oh my goodness, I really need to see you, sir, I have been through stage 3B cervical cancer, stage 3Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and currently follicular Lymphoma, PTSD from a 20yr, abusive marriage, colitis, and my Dr thinks im crazy and its all in my head. Most days I just can't get out of bed, im not a lazy person, im just a single mom trying real hard to " feel" normal, please help.

[@lindamckeever3305]

Please change your doctor ❤

[@annabelaviles1353]

Thank you Dr. for such valuable information, I've been struggling with fibromyalgia for many years now, and was barely diagnosed 7 years ago:(, I have had emotional trauma as well as depression and anxiety and nerve damage on my spine, everything you've mentioned in this video is 100% true. It is great to know that there's Good Drs. like you, who seem to care and understand. God Bless You!

[@Tiger-Heart]

We all need a ‘Functional’ doctor. Better yet- insurance companies need to cover Functional Doctors!! Is this being taught to new doctors?

[@gailivis5971]

I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and IBS. Also got gout, cholesterol, stomach ulcers, and at the end I was on more than 10 tablets a day and consuming bottles of Gaviscon. When the lockdowns started I decided to give up everything. Alcohol, cigarettes, and all my prescription drugs. The antidepressant was the worst...it took the longest I must admit, but guess what!! I dont even need a HEADACHE TABLET nowadays....wow...go figure. I have not seen a Dr in over 2 years.

[@anne-mariegreenhalgh2835]

Dealing with this diagnosis drove me crazy. I didn't know what was happening to me. My head felt nuts almost feeling those electrical malfunction gone loopy. From my calfs down my feelings in them to my feet . Can't feel cat brushing against my legs ,feels awful, but anything in shoe stone ,mud, hair can feel it but not what it really is. Stress is the worst enemy. Pain anywhere everywhere constantly. Why? Can't walk properly. It's taken ages 2 years to get out of bed. Hashimoto, mouth ,stomach, death of mother, changed diet. 30 years. Its not mental , but body and mind need to work together.

[@mumo9413]

My fibro started when I gave birth 10yrs ago, traumatic as my son is univentricular and i didnt know if he would survive birth. Add that to an abusive relationship. My body became hugely odematous , then the widespread muscle pain, sleep dysfunction, underactive thyroid, low vit D, low B12 & ferritin, chronic fatigue, a fungal nail infection that I've, treated & treated & still hasnt gone! My son has made it to 10yrs & due for more cardiac surgery in 2wks. I'm having a huge flare up! Stress is a huge trigger for me. Taking supplements, good diet, basically bed bound. Just trying to get enough strength to get him through this. If he makes it?

[@Tiger-Heart]

If you ever want to talk, with someone who understands, please let me know.

[@karenbliss8719]

My fibro started 33 years ago when I gave birth to my daughter. It was a very fast labor with my water breaking and immediately contractions were 3 minutes apart. Being my 1st & only, I thought I had plenty of time…wrong! After 15 minutes, they were 2 minutes apart. The hospital was an hour away & with 25 miles to go, they were 1 minute apart. When I got there, I told them I had to push immediately & of course they had to “check” first. Yes, it was time to push. No meds, no nurse (33 babies born that morning)..just me, the doc & my husband. My daughter was born but the doc cut a blood vessel by accident & blood was going everywhere. Didn’t bother me, I had a daughter! 2 weeks later, I had a follow up & was so weak & in so much pain, I couldn’t even hold a pencil in my hand. Every muscle hurt. I was misdiagnosed for almost 10 years when they finally got it right & diagnosed me with fibro, CFS, and Chiari malformation. I had brain surgery to make a hole in my skull (back of head, right above my neck) about the size of a half dollar to open up the flow of cerebrospinal fluid. They also took out the 1st vertebrae and fused C2 & C3. I’ve also had a shunt placed in the side of my stomach to drain the fluid when it gets too high or shuts the valve off if it gets too low. Anyway, stress is very much a trigger for my symptoms as well & with all this going on for years while raising children, you lean on God & learn to have patience…a lot of patience! It’s probably hereditary & I do believe my sister who is 13 months older than me & my mother both have Chiari but they are too afraid to get tested for it. So that’s been my life for the past 33 years. I’ve had a total of 9 surgeries AFTER my brain decompression surgery in 2002. But God doesn’t give us anymore than we can handle with His help!

[@karenbliss8719]

Also, you’re in my prayers along with your son, God bless him! I also have the same symptoms as you with the vitamin d, low thyroid, etc.

[@Fatbum11]

I understand the thyroid connection. Quite a lot of people I know have the same, I’ve liver, heart, vit d, anemia, osteoporosis, gallbladder all to do with the endocrine system.

[@bethenyanderson2003]

Take oil of oregano gel caps it is anti fungal with many other benefits

[@Instantpower332]

I have it and have been reading a lot. And so much of it is either way over my head. I’m a structural engineer so I work with wood, concrete and steel. He makes so many good points. We pretty much eat organic foods, so fortunately that’s one area we are OK. But I had a number of fillings and I swear looking back now if It started roughly around that time. One Doc put me on Duluxitine and within 15 minutes I was pain free. I could not believe how well it worked I had my life back. After about a week it wasn’t working as well, and with a month it was only helping just a bit. My shoulders hurt like the dickens, and I had horrible pain running down my right leg. I hope I can resolve this. Thanks for a great video it gives me a little bit of help…

[@lauramcgarry190]

Sensitivity to Mercury Amalgams, and Mercury poisoning from them is common, and it's a travesty that dentistry still allows Mercury to go in our mouths. Find your nearest biological dentist who can assess your level of Mercury Amalgams and recommend safe removal. My Fibromyalgia was caused by this and I spent 3 years unable to work due to Mercury poisoning from Amalgams.

[@PenelopePitstop888]

Thank you Dr. Daily for taking the time to educate us poor suffering people. I'm looking into where you are, etc.

[@debbiecarter4565]

I know exactly the event that started my fibromyalgia path. It has been 10 years now. It seems my fatigue and joint pain is getting worse. I am going to try to research the fatigue and try to help with that first. 🙏

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

🎯 diet=b12 supplement research ect.. 🙏0'only way to some relief blessing sister🙏

[@ellenboyle8022]

Mine started after a car accident at 18 I was knocked out for 10 mins I’m now 59 I have been to so many doctors I have not found help all these yrs

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

🎯 & Ditto. ✊❤️‍🔥 🙏"Sister

[@lucyprice6237]

I think this is an excellent documentary on this awful condition. Thank you

[@denisewhitlow7493]

I wish I could find a doctor that was willing and able to help me. Diagnosed Fibro 7 yrs ago after years of sickness. Doctors just don’t care.

[@gwendolynbarry7415]

Seek a naturopathic physician. Also, I have read that if you drink fresh celery juice ( 8 oz) per day ( get a juicer). that all types of body pain will heal . Must drink this daily. Also cold-pressed aloe Vera juice fresh lemon in your drinking water makes the body alkaline which also helps. And buy and take OMEGA xL. ( a great product ?)

[@fifitheflowerpot]

This doctor is genius 😮

[@vickyredfern1800]

Digestive tract disorder, graves disease and osteo and inflammation, stress, losing mum and medicines. Hope you all are able to have good days. x

[@littlequeen22]

I got fibro after 8 found out my ex husband had been molesting my son. His stepson. I lost 10 lbs in 3 days. My glands swelled and it was so painful. I totally believe it’s caused by trauma to your nervous system. I have had chronic inflammation since.

[@TK-MSPsych2010]

LDN helps me the most

[@ahmedfaruqi1254]

So sorry @littlequeen ! You are actually a warrior queen. Yes,emotional and physical pain can cause fibro. Hope n pray that healing and positive energy surround you and yours !

[@SandyKay65]

I slipped on black ice in a work parking lot back in 1992-93 and it triggered mine. I wouldn't wish this on anyone!

[@paulacannon3452]

at 8 years old i was a happy athlete vegetarian i ran i swam i lifted weights spent all my time i could in nature then at twelve fibro hit hard and fast i was in so much pain i cried my self to sleep every night i walked with a stick and crutches most of the time i could not even stand up . the doctor said i was insane making it up trying to get attention they said i needed mental help and my parents should have me taken and locked up . my family just ignored me pretended i wasn't there because they couldn't cope with me crying . i gave up on everything the pain was beyond what i could make you understand i would rather of been run over by a truck everyday it would hert less . now my son has it and i am crying now for him because i don't know what do do for him but at least he knows i love him and i believe him my family don't eat caned food or boxed food we don't drink milk we eat only veg and drink water and alcohol to dumb the pain out of desperation we do overdose on medication pain killers we go through 5 boxes of pain killers a day between two people it does nothing . i have lost over 40 years of my life including all the things a kid learns growing up like how to deal with people i hide away now people scare the crap out of me i haven't answered the door or gone out in over 20 years .

[@EnochnKale]

I got fibro after going through a real drastic turmoil event in my life. Bam! That was it. Hasn’t gone away since. But I thank God for the days I have relief. Staying away from gluten helps 🙏🏼💚

[@TP-ie6yk]

So I was referred to a rheumatologist due to chronic ongoing pain, inability to sleep due to pain and the rheumatoid factor coming up in my blood work. After being sent to numerous tests I was finally diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I was prescribed pregabalin which was ok for the pain but was slowly affecting my memory and giving me brain fog. I did some research and figured out that I possibly had too much oxalates in my system which was creating havoc with my body. There truly is such a thing as having too much of a good thing. So prior to all of this I was fir and worked out regularly at the gym. Plus I also lived off smoothies consisting of raw beetroot, baby spinach and other vegetables as I thought it was all healthy. After doing my research I learnt that a lot of foods have high oxalates which requires your digestive system to create enzymes to break those down. However, I was consuming way too much of them of which my body was unable to produce the volume of enzymes to break it down. So this caused a lot of havoc as the oxalates were being stored in my body which was causing all of this pain. Eventually I detoxed and cut down foods high in oxalates. I still had to eat those foods so my system would still create the enzymes to eventually break them down. Anyway, fast track it another 10 years and I even wonder now if I still have fibromyalgia. No rheumatoid factor in my blood work. Usual osteoarthritis pain in knees etc but nothing like what I had before. It pays to do your research. I no longer take pregabalin and my brain is alert once more.

[@DALucas-wf9wu]

Thanks, Doc for all the great info.❤❤❤

[@honeybee6154]

MS for 28 years, and Fibro 10 years since dx. PTSD, Depression, Anxiety... Enough is enough.

[@kamoltips.7556]

I was diagnosed 30s and here i am 55 , i have struggled with stress , trauma ,and now I have so many disorders. RA , MS , Sciatica , HBP , High Cholesterol , A FIB ,Insomnia , sleep apnea , depression and anxiety . There is just so much . Fybromyalgia is very real . 🙄😮‍💨😖😓

[@kittybluett8887]

Best video I’ve seen on fibromyalgia. I developed fibromyalgia 7 years ago at age 60. I have had a lifetime of candida and tight shoulders. The candida was obviously from a gut I imbalance and tight shoulders from having to deal with a mother that I now know has all the traits of narcissistic personality disorder. Was diagnosed with depression 11 years ago aged 54, after going to doctor with what I thought was stress from having to deal with mother. Depression got worse and at 56 was put on a low dose antidepressant. What put me over edge to develop fibromyalgia was developing RSI from my job. I have a cousin from my mother’s side that had fibromyalgia at age 28. Everything you have said makes sense. The low dose antidepressants have helped with my fibromyalgia pain, I have modified diet by cutting down on alcohol, coffee, dairy and sugar, can’t quite go cold turkey on them. I do drink a lot of kefir which helps my gut health and try to eat 80% healthy. My tight shoulders have got worse and a have tried many things including, massage, seeing a chiropractor and now a physiotherapist, plus exercise and self massage. They all have given relief but it’s always there. Everyday I do self massage on neck and shoulders and press against a wall with a hard ball on the sore spots to loosen tight shoulders and neck. I also have chronic insomnia, I take a sedative when I need too for sleep plus use breathing exercises and touching pressure points to help sleep. I live in New Zealand, I don’t know where I can find a doctor that specialises in fibromyalgia, I only have my general GP. Health care maybe a lot cheaper than the US but there are limitations to it. At the age of 67 I’m going to use whatever I can to get through the rest of my life including the medications I’m on. Still dealing with 89 year old narcissistic mother, unfortunately. I do see a Counselor but I really need to see a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist, they do cost money but maybe worth it for me, the tight shoulders and neck seem to be the worst of all of my symptoms.

[@alisonhealy7327]

Thank you 🙏 for this information . My mother has just been diagnosed with this - I am keen to find out more about why. I know it is definitely linked to stress and losing a loved one 2 years ago.

[@ElizabethBrupbacher-dx2wu]

After falling from a ladder & hitting my head & breaking my shoulder & having a high fever & having Thyroid Cancer all of a sudden my pain exploded! Have been having chronic pain (Fibromyalgia) for ten years & suddenly out of nowhere started having grand maul seizures! It’s been a hard road.

[@FibromyalgiaUniversity]

I have seen trauma as an initiating factor of fibromyalgia in the past. It could be a car accident. It could be an abusive relationship. I believe in all actuality it's the straw that breaks the camel's back. In other words, you've had things going on physiologically that were below the surface and with that recent trauma it lowers your defenses so you can't resist disease any longer. I'm sorry you're suffering. No one should have to put up with this.

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

@@FibromyalgiaUniversity ✊❤️‍🔥...

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

✊❤️‍🔥...

[@judydamelio2218]

I've been suffering for 30 years I have a great rheumatologist who helps me greatly.

[@fatimamelo3858]

Thanks doctor, you sound so caring,i have hope now....

[@joanneduval5532]

I had fibromyalgia since my teenage years. But being recently diagnosed with hEDS and having most of its morbidities, I understand why I have fibromyalgia.

[@CarlyFaith15]

Fibromyalgia is not having chronic inflammation. That's why people can live a long life with it and not have any damage. There is no inflammation. I believe that it has to do with a trauma. Most likely a trauma happened at a young age and then when the person is an adult and they experience another trauma the brain just can't take, it breaks sending all the most ridiculous signals of pain to the brain. It's like turning a radio up to loud and then breaking the knob off. There are people that have different allergies to food or heavy metals. At the end of the day, after a couple hundred thousand dollars worth of tests are complete, often times there is no answer. It's like having a broken nervous system. I have it whether I'm fasting, whether I am running and fit, not eating anything artificial, and after a whole workup there's nothing wrong with me. Except I get to live with this monster that attacks me anywhere it wants and anytime it wants. Some nights, I have to wake up just to put cotton in my ears because, the air blowing past them is hurting like an ice pick is being stabbed into them. Pain signals keep rising as time goes by instead of peeking and then going down. I'm sure you've helped a lot of people because they had underlying conditions. I remember the moment that my body just seized in pain. Right after an emotional trauma. My pain is real. Something just broke. Can anybody explain the test that they did when they took 10 people with fibromyalgia and 10 people without. They hooked them up to pet scans and they pushed potato chips under their fingernails. Not to torture them but, just enough to make it very uncomfortable. The people without fibromyalgia had brain scans that showed an increase in the pain signals. Then, they removed the chips and it showed on the scan that their brains went back to normal baseline. Ironically, the people with fibromyalgia also had their pain show on their scans however, after they removed the chips the part of the brain that showed pain still kept rising. It stayed at that high-level for an unreasonable amount of time. I wonder if they all had food allergies or heavy metal toxicity. Their brains were not lying. It's just exhausting because I have heard so many explanations. Some are just ridiculous. Some doctors believe that we have more pain receptors per inch on our skin. Others believe that they can take something out of our blood and spin it in a lab and return it to our bodies and it will heal it. Doctors at the Mayo clinic sat around and laughed as they did a panel discussion on fibromyalgia. One day we'll know the truth. Many of us remember the day it came. This is exhausting.

[@lindee234]

You are so very to the truth of living with fibromyalgia. My diet is good and organic. I support my adrenals. I support my stress as much as I can. I do not show inflammation in tests. Yet again I am doing another bout of obnoxious pain and fatigue. I am just over trying to explain myself just as much as dealing with the pain. Huge amount of trauma from a child. But we go on.

[@lisamac8503]

If it is not inflammation they why does changing the diet and not eating foods that create inflammation help with pain

[@CarlyFaith15]

@@lisamac8503 Because, some people have disorders that have inflammation. Food allergies, arthritis, lupus etc. Diseases that have inflammation often get better with a good diet. Fibromyalgia is not a disease that has the element of inflammation. They've done tests for 50 years on fibromyalgia patients and they don't find that there is an abnormal amount of inflammation in the body. It's really more of a problem with the body's nervous system and the transmission of pain signals up the spinal cord into the brain.

[@CarlyFaith15]

@@lisamac8503 Fibromyalgia is not an inflammatory or autoimmune disease. Research suggests that the nervous system is involved.

[@CarlyFaith15]

@@lisamac8503 Fibromyalgia is not an inflammatory condition. It is caused by abnormal sensory processing in the central nervous system. People with fibromyalgia may be extremely sensitive to pain and other unpleasant sensations. I read all the studies and nobody has a really figured it out yet other than the fact that there is a common denominator of having trauma at a young age and then having another trauma when you're older. Whenever I'm talking to my doctor about it I end up saying out loud, I have a broken central nervous system. I don't even know I'm going to say that it just comes from my subconscious because of the way that my body acts. Sometimes, it affects my vision and then that stops and it affects something else. Pain is the constant and exhaustion and I used to be able to do four things at the same time. Not once I got fibromyalgia. I feel bad for people that have had it since they were in their twenties. Doctors used to tell them that they were crazy and they needed to see a psychiatrist and get psycho-active drugs. But, it's a physical problem.

[@PrissyHippie]

I need your help so badly. I am a disabled RN... unable to work due to illness. I'm 5 1/2 hrs away from you in GA.

[@mumo9413]

Interesting that I'm also a healthcare worker, 30yrs in the OR UK. 10yrs unable to work. I can't get to the US. We don't have this service in the UK. Take the free consultation, then, get to this Dr. however hard it is. Take good care!

[@loricreed]

I’m an RN. I’ve had symptoms since I was a child. First got real treatment in my twenties, I’m now in my sixties and this is getting real old.

[@susanoswalt1169]

Ive lived with fibromyalgia for over 30 yrs.lost my mother at 13 raised by my grandmother, married at 18 abusive relationship for 13 yrs mentally and physically, raised my children by my self struggling the whole time.arthritis in back severe,gut problems,etc. Problem is insurance want cover what is necessary to help.😢

[@Thecarnivorejournals]

Epstien Barre virus and/or Lyme disease along with childhood trauma and domestic abuse. Also, the carnivore diet has helped me so much!

[@joanthompson4559]

I had ALL of these .I developed all the symptoms before the even had a name for it. So I went on my own quest to find some answers. In that quest I found that every person I spoke to that the same symptoms ALL had long term stress factors for as long as a year +. I thought I ate good food but I really wasn't. I had way too much grain in my diet. I worked crazy hours and I was a single parent. Etc. I was in my late twenties and early thirties when I started having symptoms. I went to several specialist and they could not find anything wrong. Lol. I was the healthiest sick person I knew. I was so exhausted I had to take a nap in my car to get home from work. I eventually had to go part time because I was so exhausted. I finally found someone who had a concept about nutrition. That changed my trajectory and made dramatic differences. I changed my diet, learned to get balanced supplements and studied medicinal herbals. Started adding that to my cooking. This made a world of difference to my life. I am now a great grandmother, and retired. I wish Good Health to all.

[@leachristoff8081]

Interesting. I contracted EBV in 1995. I had to go searching for help with that since it was considered the "yuppie disease" and not taken seriously. For those that I worked with, fibromyalgia was considered an automatic side effect, like chronic fatigue. So much has happened in my life since then to where I am now. Currently, I am taking Cymbalta and trying to overhaul what I do eat and how I also think. Always learning helps.

[@SonetLandman]

Mine was also EBV together with coxsackie B

[@paulaburris1427]

Did he mention what to do if EBV is the root cause for one's fibromyalgia? I don't think he did, but I might have missed something. What do you do to combat the EBV?

[@SonetLandman]

@@paulaburris1427 I do not think you can do anything. I have made a video which is in Sonet's Health Issues playlist where I have dugged my old bloodtests out over a 12 year period and 3 times when I really started to feel unwell the EBV and Coxsackie B virus became active again out of their dormant state. Yes, I was infected with both viruses at the same time. It goes into remission, but any form of stress, emotional or physically can reactivate them. Adapt your lifestyle and pace at what you are doing things, listen to your body (can't stress that enough) and drink plenty of raw juices always loaded with garlic and onion and don't peel the fruit and vegetables where possible. Avoid all fast food and junk food with added preservatives and additives and stuff. Your sleep routine must be a very scheduled one. Do not throw it out unless absolutely necessary and lastly accept the fact that you are ill and basically suffer from a disability. I wish you strength and best of luck.

[@leachristoff8081]

EBV is a virus so stress will activate it. I got COVID and that activated it. I have read so much and tried so many things to try and get to the root of it but the fact is, it's dormant in most people's systems until it gets activated one way or another. So it was already there to begin with and the best you can do is manage it. I try to eat a lot of different dark green vegetables and various adaptogens (ashwagandha, astragalus) for stress as well as try to stay away from over processed carbs. Hope that helps you some.

[@diane4488]

You didn't mention arthritis being a cause of chronic inflammation in the body. I have arthritis in both knees, both elbows and both shoulders - so a lot of inflammation in the body, as well as lipoedema and lymphoedema in both arms and legs. So a huge amount of inflammation going on.

[@margaretwhitehead3913]

I wish you was my doctor you seem to understand many of my life

[@marianaskins]

Thank you, and God bless you❤

[@christinamurray6895]

He just gave great advice

[@patrixjude1]

Please also check tropical and other parasites.... one of my employees had fibromyalgia and was found to have 3 different parasites, one from fleas from her dogs, one from her African Grey Parrot, and Bilharzia from snails, walking in a river in the Eastern Cape. We live in South Africa.

[@Tiredtothecore]

I really appreciate the way you closed out this video🙏Thank you--

[@leannerobson4762]

In Tumut NSW Australia. For 30 yrs my existence has been painful. I can endure a broken and dislocated shoulder for 6 days, unlike some tough guy footballers, but experience discomfort and pain different ways shapes and forms every day of my life.

[@leannerobson4762]

And a massive amount of childhood trauma, losses and heartache. Here in Australia I am not believed. Many drugs tried as pain relief, which to this day have the opposite effect and all I want to do is wash the ceiling, not a tad counter productive.

[@sonyanorman7713]

In 1 year time I had 2 trauma events. Surgery gone wrong almost died got through that 6 months later had a car accident could all so died both were very hard on my body physically and mentally. Several years later that's when I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia.

[@sharonbice7490]

I believe it starts in the gut. Because I had my gut destroyed by 9 weeks of intravenous antiobotics. Then my health was destroyed, got severe nuropathy, went from 190 to 115, lost alot of hair, week, loss my muscles, had lots of gastrointestinal issues. Healthy gut, healthy body, unhealthy gut, sickness. 😢

[@lindaaugusta9102]

Childhood trama, married to a narcissist for 30 years who emotionally abused me and left me and a narcissist step-son who constantly gaslights me until boudaries were set all caused fibromyalgia. I spent 40 years in and out of therapy. Now the weather really hard on my pain.

[@lindaaugusta9102]

I have worked hard to get better in all aspects of My life

[@Traeseare]

And this, lovelies, is why it's important to insist on PRIMARY RESEARCH SOURCES when people make medical claims. People should be able to look at the research themselves. "Adrenal fatigue" is not a medical diagnosis. And it's the GABA and glutamate neurotransmitters that need balanced, not the others listed. I'm a fibromyalgia sufferer for almost a decade. I've had a lot of time wasted by people who claim to have answers and I don't want to waste time with someone who needs to amplify themselves -- Too much head space on the camera. Everyone knows you got the degree if you go by "doctor," so just center yourself while you talk. No one needs to see the paper and it just comes off as pretentious right off the bat. And here I am, correcting bad info and asking for sources. I should've clicked off sooner, would've saved myself the aggravation. CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS DESERVE BETTER THAN HALF-ASSED REMARKS SPUN OUT OF KZbin TO ENRICH YOURSELF. GIVE US DATA. IF YOU WANT TO EMPOWER PEOPLE, ACTUALLY DO IT BY GIVING KNOWLEDGE, NOT JUST ASKING PEOPLE TO TRUST YOU, A DOCTOR, WHEN DOCTORS HAVE SCREWED US UP FROM START TO FINISH. :p

[@mullaway5746]

I think is good to see the paper anyone on utube can call themselves Dr 😂

[@daisyspanhakbon1364]

Thank you❤God Bless you too❤

[@emmahowells8334]

Mine came from a childhood playground accident from the age of 6 years old, trauma to my neck. Ive had physio, hydrotherapy, relaxation techniques, heat therapy, medications several, nothing helped. I also have irritable bowel syndrome aswell from medications given for a hip problem.

[@yesimdawn3334]

I know for fact I have had fibromyalgia since I was a child. At 7 years old, (1970), I fell off a ten foot high fence, ended up with a concussion and neck issues. Ever since that happened, all my childhood, young adult...rest of my life, I have had such all over chronic pain, migraines and many many other health problems. I wasn't diagnosed with Fibromyalgia until 2001. A lifetime of CHRONIC pain has definitely taken it's toll on my body. It's excruciating and exhausting. 😢

[@Shyann1]

I was happy, in a new relationship, had a good job....everything was fine. Then i broke out in hives, became very weak and couldn't hold a fone or a pen. I couldn't go to work. I had always been healthy all my life. ..but i was never the same. I have tried everything to get better...nothing has worked. What's interesting to me is my sister was diagnosed with Lupus at 50...and i got sick at 40, we are only a year apart. I am so tired and disgusted that doctors cannot even agree what Fibro is. Personally i believe it's an auto immune disease. It usually takes years for someone with Lupus to finally get diagnosed. Because those ANA tests will show neg....even tho that person has that disease. And this is what Fibro is like...nothing is showing because they simply don't know what to looking for. Fibro is a mystery illness. Nobody is trying to really figure it out and in the meantime we are being told it's all in our head or a doctor tells us it's due to our lifestyle etc. I have to add this....Billions of people have ptsd some more than others....billions of people have lived thru trauma....and they DON'T have Fibro !!! People are looking for any answer but that one is Not it. Sorry.

[@tracyjohnson5023]

Yep I have lupus and I'm now 57. It started in my mid 30s but took a few years to get diagnosed. Lupus mimics so many other things and many people have overlap secondary auto immune diseases. Auto immune diseases tend to run in families. They used to say no genetic component, but that's slowly switching. In my maternal family, almost everyone has an autoimmune disease, males and females. Asthma is auto immune who knew? Like you, I believe fibromyalgia is auto immune related. It's dismissed because it doesn't kill people like lupus can. As for the ANA test, 2% can test negative and have lupus, but 10% test positive and don't have lupus or any symptoms due to genetics. While it is possible that the ANA test can change, it's a very small chance. As I'm sure you know, there's no definitive test to diagnose most auto immune diseases, it's a combo of test results and symptoms to get to a diagnosis. MS is the exception. MRI with dye contrast will show MS changes in the brain. Yes, that was a rule out this one for me lol. Unfortunately, what I'm seeing now are people misdiagnosed as having lupus because it's the trendy disease right now and doctors want to shut people up. Thankfully there are other treatments for most autoimmune diseases now besides prednisone. I really feel for you with fibro as it can be debilitating. There's been a positive effect for some on low dose naltrexone and/or cymbalta. Don't you hate the "flare" term? I do because it makes it seem like we're symptom free when not in a flare. Nope, it just means not in hospital lol.

[@TJ-wz3tt]

​@@tracyjohnson5023cymbalta has helped me some.Ive been taking it for 3 years and I can sure tell if I miss a dose.

[@J-ZIM]

@@TJ-wz3tt did you gain weight with the cymbalta?

[@annekelly5664]

😅

[@stephaniegreen6888]

I just found your channel, and I truly appreciate the information. I've been wondering what the difference is between Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and Fibro? I have had CRPS for 11 years with essentially no treatment. I've had lots of gaslighting, being treated like a hypochondriac, etc, etc. It took me over 5 years to just get diagnosed. I inherently knew something serious was happening, but the doctors.... I research compulsively, as I've been left to treat myself. I eat no grains, almost no sugar, take a truckload of supplements, and stay as active as possible. In my research, it seems that CRPS, Fibro, CFS, and others are one and the same, based on symptoms experienced. I would greatly appreciate your thoughts, as I am a writer as well, and this is a subject that invokes a passion to help others while helping myself. Thank you!

[@moriganna67ify]

You should not feel an aversion of oneself by their illness. I will get progressively worse because I have Fibro, and my underlying illnesses are finally coming together. I have scoliosis, nerve damage in my neck and lower lumbar, and just figured out I am gluten intolerant, so I need to talk to my team to test me for Celiacs,, also Chrones! Just got diagnosed with lymph nodes in my lung, stomache, and sides. They shrank so we are monitoring me every 2 month and get another dozen! LOL At times, I feel utterly useless and weak things and hopefully stop this crazy illnesses. My mental illness I have chronic fatigue, chronic insomnia, ADD, CPTSD from drugs and alcohol abuse, and how many really bad traumas (like seeing my partner being killed and went to find him. I did.find him! )IBS, GERDS, Depression, anxiety/ panic disorder

[@Julia78309]

This is brilliant.. Thx for posting! ❤

[@KaikalaMoon]

Oh snap! You have a university. You definitely hit the highlights. Decades had to teach myself based on experience and info available. 1988

[@bevfitzsimmonds3382]

Thankyou. God bless you, and your work. ❤

[@rhondachristensen8619]

I worked in the workforce for years on a high production rat race , where your production was counted in the workforce, and here comes the breakdown with health ailments...This is a " standard " in many companies in the workforce...

[@susanm.jeavons]

Dr. Dailey, I was diagnosed around 30. I am an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse. I grew up being hypervigilant, always on guard for my father's footsteps. He was a pedophile. I did not know how to relax. I now have PTSD also. I believe both were caused by my childhood. I am 74 now and I still have a very sensitive startle reflex.

[@gaelle4328]

This is actually the first really good thing I’ve heard about this however one thing missing which my dr has researched it seems like it’s hereditary He hasn’t been able to find one patient who hasn’t had some sort of reumatism or psoriatiker arthrities!

[@charfoxy1]

So what tests should we be asking for?

[@ladylaois8184]

Im 62, Had fibro from age 22, only just come to terms that my mothers a narcissist person! Im hyper anxiety hyper sensitive

[@annarenfroe2943]

You r so spot on.

[@valpurves45]

CUrrentlyI have M.E ulcerative colitis and fibromyalgua...i am now seeing a func tional medical practitioner..awaiting blood tests I m in uk. Suffered for many years. Hoping this will get to the bottom of it

[@a.g.458]

Thank you for the information sir 🙏

[@cherylradabaugh2720]

Been suffering with since my 30s ,now into my middle 60s .

[@nancydement3471]

Me also and it’s caused by weather for me

[@catherinemccarty2307]

Mine has always been there (for as long as I can remember). Through a very good doctor, I was diagnosed with schizophrenia, sporiatic arthritis, migraines and a whole lot of other stuff. My mental illness was attack first but the stress of it all and trying to figure out what the best medicines are for me, I became very very over medicated. The fibro was always there but my cognitive and executive functioning dropped hugely as a result. My good doctor thinks that my cognitive functioning was so low because of the meds. We eventually got the psych meds at a good point but I'm having such a hard time getting doctors to listen to me. It always seems to like they want to play the blame game. My good doctor has moved since I have been less medicated I can't get to her again. Have you ever heard of psychotic disorders be one of the catalysts?

[@Cariad247]

God bless you and sincerely hope you will be on the road to recovery soon.

[@sheilaolson5868]

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2016 by my doctor based on presenting symptoms. I suffered burnout from my job and excessive stress starting in 2012 when my son took his own life. Are there specific tests to diagnose fibromyalgia and if so, what should I be requesting for tests?

[@michellebeauchamp1044]

Yes there is testing for Fibromyalgia. It's a "tender points" test performed by a Neurologist. My family dr tested me for every other illness I was presenting possible symptoms for (a year of that) , then when all came back negative , had a Neurologist do a 15 minute exam and diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. It's mind-blowing what a person has to go through in order to be diagnosed with this syndrome.

[@Siberianpanther]

FM/a blood test

[@michelle_resinrebel]

Hi im in uk i was diagnosed with fibro 15 years ago when i was 30, noone has done anything about it except send me to pain team and put on pain kilers, iv went through so much in my life that is traumatic both physically and mentally from born until now, all iv known is to just get on with it not much help, its like you get diagnosed then thats it, thanks for the videos, letting us no there is others things that can be done,

[@sushmaahuja508]

Thank you dr

[@sandymorris1083]

That was great. Chris did a great job. But what about cutting on curves?

[@fifitheflowerpot]

God bless you too doc❤

[@dianeuecker5186]

Does anyone else out there have an issue with the fact that most doctors don't & won't treat patients with fybromyalgia? I live in Spokane, WA & I can't find any doctors who want to deal with it.

[@dawnoceanside7300]

Childhood trauma, attempted kidnapping in Guatemala 1995 my then 5 yr old daughter, rape, mother and mother in law to 3 Marines for the last 20 years, son killed on motorcycle........💔

[@sharonbayger5387]

I think I was born with this problem. Due to start with childhood abuse both emotional and physical. Went into a 3year nursing program. Was exhausted but managed to graduate and moved far away Has big problems with one and only pregnancy and developed the pain part at ages 40 or approx. since then have had a lot of nerve pain. And other pain. I took gabapentin and Tramadol for many years. I’m now 78 and my dr who is new refuses to order the Tramadol. I’ll admit it’s not as effective as long ago but better than nothing I’ve managed to have a part time career Tried food eliminations long ago and am trying again I can’t see that I will ever be cured but plod on determined to have a life