Living With Fibromyalgia

Sharing knowledge gained over 35 years and over living with fibromyalgia has been my dream for many years, and with the help of friends and family is possible. As this author has found for the first time changes in 1978 for the treatment of fibromyalgia / products affected by this disease are amazing. But the horror stories should be shared.

Historically fibromyalgia patients have few options to try to live with this disease. For example, in the last 70 years, the medical community, if people labeled as mentally ill or suffering from a form of arthritis and told to live with it.

Personally since the first symptoms of fibromyalgia are related to panic attacks / severe panic, the medical establishment had no idea symptom of fibromyalgia are often mental symptoms. More than one doctor has diagnosed psychosomatic symptoms in nature, and / dollar to cope. Referral to a psychiatrist are also standard in the treatment of fibromyalgia during this period, no matter what their symptoms were.

Errors committed by this author especially during the first years of life with fibromyalgia include unconditional trust in medical / medical institutions. The money spent not even surprised most people, but when the pain is unbearable temptation to give an additional doctor a chance to really understand and help often overwhelms common sense.

Throughout the 1970s to the conclusion at the end of 1990 and will receive high quality care from any doctor fibromyalgia was almost impossible. Most doctors do not understand fibromyalgia and refer patients to the next call to the best specialist prescribe another antidepressant. Meanwhile, the period of antidepressants have been the first choice for the treatment of fibromyalgia.

During this period began to appear reports on patients with fibromyalgia try to end his life after his doctors prescribed one of the many antidepressants used at that time. According to reports, some of suicide during this period. This type of stroke and the diagnostic criteria used by the miss of the medical establishment was the norm in the late 70s to early 90s.

Horror stories abound of people living with fibromyalgia for many of these years, and to some extent today. Some of the procedures and potential wrongdoing involving treatment of fibromyalgia are:

1) breast reduction surgery for many women who suffer from fibromyalgia to relieve neck / back.

2) All teeth removed with doctors suggest that these procedures relieve symptoms such as facial pain, temporal mandibular disorders, mercury poisoning, etc.

3) Many surgeries neck / back or due to gross negligence, greed, or incompetent doctors who had no clue how to treat fibromyalgia.

4) Forced to enter psychiatric hospitalization and anti-psychotic drugs prescribed for prolonged periods in some cases facilities. Your continued use of antidepressants, and the horrible reactions.

5) facial surgeries, surgery of the female reproduction, and surgery if absolutely useless for countless people worldwide who suffer from fibromyalgia.

Fortunately, in the last ten to fifteen years, most of these procedures have been completed. But living with fibromyalgia seem to always produce new challenges for those who are forced to deal with the medical profession. New problems are finding the medical center / alternative treatment for fibromyalgia appropriate.

Today many options for the treatment of fibromyalgia is often overwhelming. Options include many types of natural / alternative treatments that promise many experts have the answers for the treatment of fibromyalgia. The treatment of these issues is often too harsh for someone with fibromyalgia, because they are too ill and can not make these decisions alone.

Research and networking with others who are living with fibromyalgia is a great tool to find options available today for this disease. Even with the variety of fibromyalgia treatments available today have to put a little faith in your final choice after due diligence on the provider survey. Often, family members are a valuable resource in the search for alternative treatment.

Living with fibromyalgia is and always has been hell on earth. Although today there are good options available for those who suffer from this disease. Unfortunately, many options are downright snake oil salesman, and caution / research is paramount.

Fibromyalgia is finally getting the attention necessary government agencies, the medical establishment, and to some extent the general public. For all these reasons living with fibromyalgia has seen a marked improvement since the disease authors concluded that life there for many years. Only time will tell whether the clinical research trials in progress / help those facing the disease each morning, one day tell the world of fibromyalgia is not a problem. "Hope springs eternal for those who believe."