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Welcome! please take a look in the Medicine & Treatment section for the posting entitled Important Links This is a good place to start learning about the condition. #1 is to read the national guidline for diagnosis & treatment of Fibro contained in the posting. just like your dr. was off base on the overweight bit I doubt that you will be able to see any beneifit from diet & exercise alone (losing weight never hurts unless uour underweight as insulin resistance - the precurser to Type II diabetes is a perpetuating factor for FIbromyalgia Flare) . You need to understand what meds work & what don't and how much to take & when. you also need to understand just what "excercise" means in this context - it's all in the guidline. To much of the wrong kind of exercise or physical therapy can make it worse not better. I reccommend you print it out & bring it to your provider (doctors are human & they don't keep up on everthing). I would tell him/her that this is the national standard & treatment protocol & that you want to follow the recommendations for treatment & medication contained within the document. except for Lyrica which isn't on the guideline (too new) I would take only the meds that have been tested and proven effective (aka in the guidelines). If you are offered Lyrica I'd say try it & see if it helps a very important fact to note is that anticonvulsants (ie Nurontien/Gabapenetin was not even surveyed because it is not effective (regardless of what the drug salesperson told your Doctor). Also the guidelines do not recommend Trigger Point Injections unless there is an underlying condition like Bursitis that is already being treated. In addition to the National Guidelines for Treatment of Finbromyalgia the section contains multiple links to information of Fibromyalgia backed by good science. Anyone of the links will lead you to valuable information on Fibromyalgia & its perpetuating factors,treatment & co-morbidities (related symptoms). Feel free to ask questions either in a new posting or via a private message to me if you're shy or embarrased to ask the forum in general. Again, Welcome Bruce (bshapiro) |
