Fibromyalgia or Depression?
There are many people, especially doctors, who claim that fibromyalgia is just a symptom of depression. I’ve had both, and I know the difference quite well. They are very, very different.
Being in pain all the time can certainly lead to depression. That’s just logical. There are, however, people who have fibromyalgia who are not clinically depressed. […]
May 24, 2008
Tags: depression, Fibromyalgia, FMS, psychology Posted in: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Pain 
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Cortisol and FMS and CFS/ME?
There’s been a lot of buzz over the past week about a study published in the Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome that suggests treating fibromyalgia and ME/CFS with cortisol (a steroid), based on the fact that most patients have low cortisol levels. I do not have access to that publication, but would like to point […]
March 22, 2008
Tags: CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, cortisol, Fibromyalgia, FMS, hydrocortisone, ME, prednisone, steroids Posted in: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, From the news 5 Comments
Responses to various comments about ME and FMS
Some of the comments are pretty old by now, but there are certain themes that come back, over and over again. I’ve decided to answer them once, and that’s it.
ME and FMS are not “lifestyle” diseases. Researchers have found genetic, neurological and cardiological anomalies, so get off that blame-the-victim bullshit. We know better. We’ve done the […]
January 23, 2008
Tags: allergies, causes, CFIDS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, diet, exercise, fatigue, Fibromyalgia, FMS, genetic basis, health foods, ME/CFS, myalgic encephalopathy, neurological disorders, Pain, treatments, weight loss Posted in: Blogroll 8 Comments
