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my view on fibro

i wrote this in reply to someone earlier on and am going to copy/paste what i had to say since writing isnt my best area of expression, and i by no means am trying to say that those diagnosed with fibro are not suffering some form of ailment but from my own personal experience i dont feel that fibromyalgia is an accurate diagnosis, here what i had to say earlier

i was diagnosed with when i was 22, 25 now, male.  unfortunately the criteria for diagnosing fibromyalgia is bull in my opinion, i've been doing massage therapy for a number of years now and to diagnose fibro a doctor will press on i believe 16 different areas of the body and if 11 or more are tender you have fibro but out of the people i've massaged of both genders of all ages i've realized that these areas the doctors press on for diagnosing are generally exceptionally sore in every person i've ever layed my hands on telling me either fibro as it's currently understood is **** or 150+ people have undiagnosed fibro witch is also 10% of the people i've massaged, that sort of statistic usually isn't common . in reality they tend to be areas known in martial arts as pressure points and also in accupunture as points of focus, and in my own studies they seem to be aggrevated from the stresses of everyday life so i still have to wonder if fibromyalgia is actually what's affecting me and many others or if it's something completely different that the doctors have no idea how to diagnose or treat and use the pressure point scam as an excuse to prescribe meds that sponsor their next summer cruise or just a way of saying "i have no idea whats wrong but im going to give you the security blanket of a doctor's diagnosis rather than let you sit and wonder whats really wrong"
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frustrated isnt the word lol. im 25 and dont have a life nor have i had one for 7 years now. i have symptoms of lupus yet my ana comes back negative, i have stabbing pains in my joints and muscle aches that make it difficult to breath yet my sed rate is only a 9. 3 years ago i ate a large dose of hallucinogenic mushrooms and 99% of all my symptoms and pains went away completely for 6 months and i was able to walk 5-20 miles a day all summer. but eventually things came back and i dont know what to think, i can work a good deal of the muscle aches out but unfortunately cant reach my own back nor find someone who uses the same techniques i do accurately enough to offer relief, if insurance covered a naturepath id be there asap lol. i was also told by a family friend that her doctor said that if a parent has an auto immune disorder in her case lupus that her children would be highly likely to develop fibro in their lives witch makes me wonder if maby fibro is the onset of some form auto-iimune disease  but moving so slowly and quietly that it skips like a ninja just below the radar for a long time. best of luck tho with your suffering as this just sucks heh
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I surely understand your skepticism.  Very interesting observation, as you are a m. therapist!  I have researched just my symptoms, and I could have hypothyroid, anemia, systemic yeast, Sjogren's or fibro.  So many ailments, so few cures. . .these all have all these same symptoms!  I've heard they can now give you blood tests that rule out most of these other things, leaving fibro.

My only point in searching is to find solutions to the symptoms, and not worry so much about what to call it.  Though I have said in the past I would love to "Name That Misery!"  I would love even more finding that combination in diet, exercise, supplements and clinical pharmacueticals that will help me individually.  No specialist doc can possibly take all issues, both physical, mental, emotional and spiritual and give us the magic pill, but I wonder if Naturopaths who look at the whole person could find a combination that would improve quality of life?  Have you seen any?

You sound frustrated and tired of it all.  I understand so well.
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