GP told m today Fibro was caused by stress

[TXMomOfFaith]

I went to the doc today complaining of all these aches and pains and such. She said it sounded like I had fibromyalgia. She then said that fibro was triggered by stress. What?

[PlateletGal]

I know that physical stress, such as a car accident, can make fibro worse. However, there is no evidence that fibromyalgia is caused by stress. I would consider asking your physician for the research to back up her claims.

[kitonthemoon]

There's one born every minute..........I meant, doctor with 'psychological' theory on Fibro, ME/CFS!!!   Can  I cuss?  just kidding.

[TXMomOfFaith]

I was thinking, well why do I still hurt even when I am not stressed? This doesn't make sense. I mean I have heard of people getting tense when they are stressed, but getting a whole condition. I don't think so. I do not doubt however that some of my stress over my medical problems I am dealing with have caused me to make myself sick,  but not with fibro.

[PlateletGal]

Its funny because a lot of money was allocated towards research to find a link between stress and CFS. And yet no link could be found ! What they suspect is pathogens... the same probable cause for autoimmune "syndromes" such as Sjogren's Syndrome and Guillian Barre Syndrome.

[Melissa70817]

I do have to wonder.  I believe that I had fibro for much longer than when my pain actually started.  I actually believe that I've had it since the birth of my youngest child.  BUT, my pain started during a VERY stressful period in my life.  The company I was working for was sold, I had very low self esteem at the time as far as how smart I am, the company was known for buying smaller companies and closing them down.  Once they came in it was like a whirlwind, they swooped in and started laying people off.  Nobody including me knew if they were going to have a job.  Being a single parent with children dependent on me I was FREAKING out.  I received no child support so I would have had NO income.  I didn't know what I was going to do about supporting the kids.
  I was jet skiing and we turned, when we turned I felt the tendon on my shoulder slide from one side to the other.  There was no pain at all until about 2 days later, I couldn't lift my arm to bring my hand to my lips.  That was the first of my pain.  I wasn't injured, no surgery, no nothing, just major stress.  My pain never went away, instead it started spreading.  To this day I have not gone a day without pain since my shoulder first started hurting.  
When I had my last child, I had a tubal and the wound from that surgery got infected.  I had a bad pregnancy, very stressful, almost losing my son, went into labor from the time I was 5 1/2 months pregnant until I finally delivered and so on.  I was put on so many meds to stop my labor.  I just wonder if that experience along with the surgery for my tubal and the infection had something to do with it.  Since I had my son I have had chronic vaginal bacterial infections.  I believe this was the first sign of FM.  I guess we will just have to continue guessing as to what the cause might be.  We know what the effects are, don't we......

[droopy56]

Stress is caused by stupid doctors.

[telephofee]

I'm with Droopy56.  I have it, but it took over 2 years and for things to get worse to finally diagnose it.  Other things had to be ruled out.  I fit the criteria and tender points, etc.  I also have IC, which can tie in with it.  Hope you are doing o.k.  Not fun to not feel well.

[telephofee]

Also, rheumotologists are the ones that should be making the diagnosis.  They are the doctors that deal with fibromyalgia.

[PlateletGal]

Not all rheumatologists.. LOL! I know rheumatologists who are very upset that they are getting the fibromyalgia patients because they feel that neurologists should be seeing these patients. Actually... they have a point because fibromyalgia is a neurological / immune disorder.

In my opinion, the best physician is one who keeps up-to-date on the latest research and knows about the alternative methods that the fibro experts are using to treat the condition. Co-cure.org is one of the websites that lists these physicians who are so interested in helping fibro patients.

[PlateletGal]

I forgot to add... my rheumatologist told me that she did not believe in CFS or fibromyalgia. I found out later that their attending physician was telling all of the residents in rheum that these illnesses did not exist.

[skbroker]

Hello Plat

I was just wondering how your protocol was going and if you see any improvements.  thanks

[PlateletGal]

Its going great... thanks for asking. Since I've been on this "pathogen killing" treatment.. I've made so much progress. I have more energy on my good days, my adrenals are functioning better, my allergies are soooo much better and my intolerance to gluten is GONE. I also rarely have tachycardia anymore and my blood pressure is more stable. I also have a mole on my left food that is disappearing ! Amazing... considering that I've had it there since I was a child. From what I'm reading and understanding... this treatment should be lowering my risk for cancer as well. This is what healing is... not taking drugs