Serious replies only please..Dr's that treat Fibromyalgia in Pa?

Question

pain for years...do not remember a time i was pain free. thought i was crazy until a PA said..i think this is what you have. Had all tender spots. fibro "fog". fatigue.if I am touched i hurt in that place for hours! Christmas shopping, shopping on busy days..nightmare cause you're going to get bumped. Leg pain so severe at night I cry. Have been x rayed, mri'd, ct scanned head to toe. no arthritis or anything abnormal, except for some minor changes lower spine..cracked tailbone years ago. I work and rarely miss work, though at times I think my fogginess makes me appear ditzy.taking Effexor for deprssion, which seems to do nothing for the pain or depression. No pain meds, heard they don't work anyway. PLEASE..from people who have been thru it,are there any Dr's in Pa that treat fibro? prefer to not take meds if i don't have to. I am desperate, get worse as I get older. sometimes just to move is a nightmare. please don't answer if you are going to say there is no such thing,need help.

Answer 1

My sister has it plus a million other things.............but she says that accupuncture helps....................good luck bc i do believe you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Yeast overgrowth is usually involved - go slow with killing it dieoff caused cramps in the muscles - replace with probiotics.

I use both a chiropractor (activator not bone cruncher) and massage therapist with the information below.

Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.

Answer 3

Any rheumatologist will treat fibromyalgia. I know, because I have rheumatoid arthritis along with fibro, and I have a sister who suffers from fibromyalgia. Both of us live in Pennsylvania. You don't say where you live in PA, but there are many rheumatologists in the Pittsburgh area. I prefer not to put my doctor's name and phone number in this post, but if you contact me by email (check my profile) I'll help you out with it.

Answer 4

How rude! If it have been me i might thoroughly forget approximately with regard to the digital mail and the guy who sent it and positioned it out of my concepts. i would not provide them the delight of attending to me. If I had to furnish a respond i might probable say some thing sarky like 'are not you the charmer, win a impressive style of friends with that mouth?'

Answer 5

You really need to get your pituitary gland tested! Low growth hormone (IGF1 test) will cause fibro symptoms, depression, brain fog, fatigue, achiness. I have these same symptoms.

Answer 6

sorry this is a devastating and disabling disease and i sympathize with you. i do believe in nutritional medicine - where it is believed that sever oxidative stress - usually after a stressful event. is a major cause
pls look into this web site i believe having tried the physicians try this. go to this web site:www.nutritional-medicine.net.