tc1963
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Hi, I have not posted in a while because I have not had a whole lot to say. Basically since I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia 3 years ago my life has been non-existent! I would hurt so bad that I just could not get out of bed, I paid no attention to my family and they all suffered, I gained a tremendous amount of weight which made me feel ugly and repulsive. I complained all the time that I hurt or I was tired. I have had 3 different Physicians who have tried to treat me for the Fibromylagia and non of them where successful! In fact the last Physician had put me on Cymbalta and I almost commited suicide! Then I decided to take matters in my own hands! I had read an interesting article on the National Fibromyalgia website about Fibromyalgia and diet. So I wanted to learn more and I emailed the woman that wrote the article, her name is Colleen Brown. I explained to her what I was going through and asked for help!!! She emailed me back and she told me a very interesting story based on clinical studies. As a person with Fibromylagia we have problems sleeping and when you have problems sleeping your body never goes through all the stages of sleep that you need. When this happens your body produces little to no Seratonin, this will cause problems with metabolism and weight loss and also will cause your body pain! So I decided to start researching Seratonin and what I could do to help my body produce it? I found there are two supplements on the market that are safe for helping you get restrorative sleep, one is L-trytophan and the other is 5-HTP. You can obtain either one of these supplements from a health food store. I started by first of all getting off of the antidepressents, I felt the only thing that was making me depressed was hurting and if I could stop the pain then I no longer needed the antidepressents. I started taking 2 of the L-Trytophan every night 30 minutes before bedtime and to my good fortune I was falling asleep and waking every morning with no pain! I have been able to exercise on a daily basis and have returned to being myself the way I was before I was afflicted with Fibromyalgia! I have not tried the 5-htp as of yet but everything I have read about it, it is recommended for people with Fibromyalgia and depression. I am about out of the L-trytophan and once I finish that I am going to try the 5-htp and I will repost as soon as I know how it works for me. If anyone is interested in dicussing this with me just give me a holler! |
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