An Update on Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a mysterious disorder of unknown cause characterized by widespread pain, abnormal pain processing, sleep disturbance, fatigue and often psychological distress. According to the CDC, fibromyalgia affects an estimated 5 million adults. Dr. Sean Mackey, assistant professor of anesthesia at the Stanford University Medical Center, discusses our current understanding of this cryptic disorder: its pathology, diagnosis and treatment.

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@ragegrrl Just talking to myself now, sorry!

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@4chango 4chan...go! :-p

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@4chango Shame this account was closed :-p

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@4chango Part 10.... I have plenty of clues, I am a sha-woman of amazing power, born through the blood of the Norse, I am a daughter of Frayja! I command the spirits of the wisest of spirits, I was just testing you, you will be sent a spirit with this message...."your stupid is showing"

[heartfullofwine]

I'll also add that i'm from Australia and I feel it's less accepted here as being genuine. In America, it's more accepted and often I wonder whether that's because the drug companies love an illness to market a range of drugs at... Here there is no prescribed drug..

[heartfullofwine]

@julsjuls2009 It isn't a disease though it's not degenerative, and it's strange to have an illness where a bunch of professionals call it that when it's not the way it functions. I tend not to tell people I have it and hide what I go through a lot because a lot of professionals say that it's just depression, or it's just that your muscles hurt because you don't eat well. I eat well I feel the same. Extremely frustrating illness that no one has any real answers.

[julsjuls2009]

Thank you for a very educational explanation of the CNS in fibromyalgia. I was diagnosed at age 28 and I am now 48. It's been a long 20yrs. Everything that you discussed made sense to me as a patient. I hope that more Dr.s will come to understand this disease in order to help their patients. I was at a lost at 28yrs old. I thought I had some horrible disease that was going to kill me. Glad to find out later it wasn't. Thanks again for the lecture and hope more people will watch and get informed.

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nice video sharing thanks.

[4chango]

@LifesMyWife Part 0: You say that a natural fix would be better, but modern medicine only uses chemicals? First, keep in mind that allopathic is not modern, but Dark Age medicine.