Fibromyalgia - Is a whole life illness ?
Author: Franchis Adam
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Fibromyalgia is a whole life illness, and it requires a whole
life solution. There is no magic bullet to "fix" fibromyalgia,
but for those that are willing to target their condition from a
number of different angles, there really is hope. For those of
you who have tried to go the route of conventional medical
treatment, you have probably hit a lot of brick walls in your
search for help, and it is hard to believe anyone who is outside
of that realm who tells you that there are solutions to your
condition. This is a debilitating, life destroying illness, and
you deserve help with your condition that you are not receiving.
Doctors have told you that you have an auto-immune condition,
and that there is no real help for fibromyalgia, except for
symptom management and the use of anti-inflammatory steroids.
For pain management, the only thing that conventional medicine
has to offer are painkillers that often barely touch the extreme
pain of fibromyalgia. These painkillers can also leave a person
with the additional major problem of addiction, because most of
these substances are highly addictive opiates.
In my experience, fibromyalgia responds best when it is treated
as an infectious disease. Dr. Garth Nicholsen, M.D., head of the
Institute for Molecular Medicine, has done a lot of research on
this issue. There is a lot of evidence pointing to the
likelihood that fibromyalgia is caused by an infectious pathogen
called a mycoplasma. Others with fibromyalgia may also have
undiagnosed Lyme disease, which is caused by the spiral shaped
bacteria, borrelia burgdorferi. These conditions are difficult
to test for and diagnose properly because these pathogens have
forms that do not have a cell wall (and therefore don't have the
typical markers most tests look for that sit on a cell wall) and
they can hide inside the body's cells. They frequently do not
travel in the bloodstream. When fibromyalgia is treated as a
condition caused by a stubborn, difficult to treat infection,
people tend to improve much more rapidly than when they are
treated through other approaches.
The pathogens involved can attack your nerves, your brain, and
your muscle tissue. They can cause heart irregularities. They
can affect your hormones and throw them entirely out of whack,
mess with your metabolism, and cause symptoms in the brain that
are similar to Alzheimers. No wonder you feel so lousy. And
people have been minimizing your problem and treating you like
you are exaggerating. That is truly tragic and unfair.
In my experience, recovering from symptoms of fibromyalgia
myself and treating people with this condition, there are a
number of effective therapies that can help you get your life
back. Recovery is a slow process, and people have temporary
symptom aggravations as they get better called
Jarrisch-Herxheimer reactions, or herxing for short. Many people
can feel a significant improvement in quality of life within
three months, and continue on to have a steady improvement that
leads to a much more normal life within a year. Different people
respond differently because they have different constitutions
and immune systems.
One of the cornerstones of the protocol I used to help myself
was the use of essential oils. Essential oils are very potent
natural substances, that have a wide variety of properties. They
can be anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving, and
hormone-balancing. These substances can also cross the
blood-brain barrier, where they can potentially address the
brain problems that people with fibromyalgia have. They can also
improve oxygenation and blood circulation in the body and
especially, to the brain, which can really benefit energy
levels. Improving the condition of the brain, can also relieve
the crushing insomnia that many people with fibromyalgia
experience. The area of the brain that controls sleep-wake
cycles often gets really disrupted by fibromyalgia. Applying the
essential oils to the area of the head where that sleep center
is located (the back of the head just above the neck) can
improve sleep. The oils can also address pain issues that are
not easily improved by other methods. My theory is that it kills
the pathogens that reside in the area of the pain. If this is
true, it removes the root cause of the pain, instead of simply
masking it.
Essential oils can also potentially benefit symptoms of chemical
sensitivity that many people with fibromyalgia experience. My
theory about these chemical sensitivities is that certain
aspects of liver functioning and the body's natural
detoxification process get disrupted. Again, I believe this is
because there is a pathogen that has not been properly detected
that triggers this disruption. This is based on my experiences
treating myself with essential oils, and on what I have read
about the possible causes of this condition. When I applied the
oils to the area over my liver (the lower right rib cage area)
regularly, my chemical sensitivities disappeared. This seems
counter-intuitive, because essential oils are aromatic
substances that those with these sensitivities try to avoid. But
that has been my personal observation of how essential oils may
benefit this condition.
Other aspects of a holistic protocol for fibromyalgia include
herbs that are antibacterial, and herbs and nutritional
supplements that have traditionally been used to treat gout. It
is also important to take supplements and engage in activities
that improve blood circulation. People with fibromyalgia often
have a tendency to form scar tissue too easily, because of a
condition of the blood called hypercoagulation. This means that
your blood may be too thick because there is too much fibrin(
the substance that creates scar tissue) in your blood. There are
natural supplements that may help to correct this condition.
Certain digestive enzymes, in particular, can be beneficial for
this aspect. People can often feel a significant reduction in
pain and an increase in energy and improved cognitive function
simply from correcting this one issue.
Certain types of exercise (when you are up to it), massage, and
bodywork can also be very helpful. Combining the use of massage
and essential oils together may significantly improve the
potency of both modalities. Deep massage improves the
penetration of the essential oils into the tissues of the body
and it can help break scar tissue down in areas where it is
causing pain and disruption of your body's natural functioning.
Heat therapies can also be helpful for people with fibromyalgia,
even if it initially causes a temporary aggravation in symptoms.
Hot baths, saunas, and the use of an infrared heat lamp, can all
help, especially combined with the use of essential oils.
Certain homeopathic remedies can also be very helpful for those
with fibromyalgia, if they are given at high enough potencies.
The remedy has to match a person's symptoms and constitution
closely enough to work. Some of the remedies I have found to
work are glonoinum, causticum, aurum metallicum, and
rhododendron. These remedies are taken one at a time for a few
weeks at a time in order to see full benefits.
All of the therapies above are based on my personal experience
treating myself for these symptoms, and on treating others
people who had the same symptoms, once I figured out what worked
for me. They are not meant as a substitute for conventional
medical advice or treatment.
Nevertheless, if you look outside of the box, I have no doubt
that you will find that you can start getting your health and
your life back.
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