I've heard that Fibromyalgia pts. have awful pain when the trigger points are pressed into by the doctor.

Have you seen a pain management doctor yet?

Not yet, at this point, I'm doing OK with it, in other words, it's not overwhelming me. My physician here is so great to work with me and as long as I keep everything manageable myself, then I'll wait.

Not sure how I did that but posted in your post...

I've done that too! But I found what you wrote. Yes, there's studies being done in NC. But, I live in the mountains, the nearest city in which those studies were being conducted was like 1 1/2 hrs away, because I have to work it made it impossible to be a part of that.

It's the fatique that gets to me more then the pain. I've always been a "go getter" and it frustrates me to no end that this is interferring with that. And sleep...when I have told people that I can't sleep, that when I wake up, I'm AWAKE, they'll say something like why don't you lay there for awhile and go back to sleep. I don't know about others but there is no "groggy wakeup time". I am either asleep or wide awake! I've tried a few sleeping aids, they'll work for maybe two weeks. What I have started doing, tho', is when I feel sleepy, no matter what time of day or night, I go to bed instead of trying to fight it. While I'm at work I can't do that, but if I come home at 6 and by 6:30 I'm sleepy, I go to bed.

The SS administration has also now accepted this as a condition for which people can qualify. I haven't tried to file and don't intend to while I can still manage. I guess in my mind I feel that if I do that, I'm giving up!

The Fibromyalgia Network publishes periodicals and has a web site. I've found those to be of help to more understand all the symptoms and what seems to benefit.

I am very lucky that I have a physician who has done research and works with me.

I wish you luck with the studies, you'll be helping a lot of people as well as yourself if they find something to help. I will also keep you in my thoughts!

Ps. Stay away from Diet anything!!! The artificial sweetners increase pain!!!!

Really? I have Lupus and I wonder if that is also true for my pain.

Fibromyalgia is any widespread, chronic, inflammatory response in the body that can't be positively diagnosed as a "known" condition.

The sure fire way to tell if this is your condition, and not a misdiagnosis for a treatable issue that's being overlooked, is to abstain from sugars and artificial sweeteners and cut back on carbs...especially from white flours, corn and potatoes for two weeks and get muscle stimulation/building exercises every day...no cheating! If the condition eases after two weeks, then the diagnosis, though vague, is accurate.

Some peoples muscles become intolerant to sugars, and instead of absorbing them as they should, they break them down which causes the trigger points to become hard and sensitive. This is why the trigger point test is commonly used to diagnose..which is not that conclusive.

Dietary changes and building new muscle to better absorb the bodies sugars is the best and most natural way to control this condition...if that's what it is.

Sorry to here that, Ruth.

I do much better than most.

i have been diagnosed with it ,

as well as a myriad of other things...




It sounded like a cop out to me...

when they are just speculating


i guess i will look into the things suggested here ...


to alleviate pain


thank you very much

I started this post in the hopes that it would be a place where people could share information that would help and for those who might know someone else and it would help to educate.

I, ask, please...to anyone else who desires to post here, if what you have to say won't help, then please refrain from posting at all! (yes, I know about freedom of speech but this isn't about wars, religion, etc.)