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Suggest Treatment For Fibromyalgia
Hi, I have been diagnosed with Fibro Myalgia and would like to know if the condition is being taken seriously by the medical world, researched and looking for a cure. Is it a virus? I struggle to manage the condition which has proved to be life changing, I have practised Yoga for 30 years, always been an active person and now find it difficult to just get through the day. Thankyou Jane
Tue, 31 Oct 2017
It is a set of symptoms with the current listing includes things that literally everyone has. It is basically depression. People with it have every indication of depression. Anti-depressants help it. BUT this does not necessarily apply to everyone with fibromyalgia; just to most and to those who fit the current definition of it.
Note that another ingredient of the diagnosis is that no sign of a real disease is present. So if there are signs of infection--it is not fibromyalgia.
Treatments are mostly for depression: 1) anti-depressants, 2) nerve dampers/ anti-epileptics 3) muscle relaxants 4) counseling as if the person has depression.
Note that another ingredient of the diagnosis is that no sign of a real disease is present. So if there are signs of infection--it is not fibromyalgia.
Treatments are mostly for depression: 1) anti-depressants, 2) nerve dampers/ anti-epileptics 3) muscle relaxants 4) counseling as if the person has depression.
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