Recent Posts Tagged With 'fms'

• Do you have trigger points/CMP?

  Posted on Wednesday August 19th, 2009 at 01:06 in pain, chronic myofascial pain, treatments, cmp, fms, trigger points

  Trigger points (TrPs) confuse many people. People who suffer from Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) have tender points that are used for diagnosis, not trigger points. TrPs can lead to Chronic Myofascial Pain (CMP). Trying to explain both of them is really...

• Fibromyalgia or Depression?

  Posted on Saturday May 24th, 2008 at 21:19 in Psychology, pain, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, fms

  There are many people, especially doctors, who claim that fibromyalgia is just a symptom of depression. I’ve had both, and I know the difference quite well. They are very, very different. Being in pain all the time can certainly lead to de...

• Cortisol and FMS and CFS/ME?

  Posted on Saturday March 22nd, 2008 at 00:10 in fibromyalgia, steroids, From the News, cfs, chronic fatigue syndrome, cortisol, prednisone, fms, hydrocortisone

  There’s been a lot of buzz over the past week about a study published in the Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome that suggests treating fibromyalgia and ME/CFS with cortisol (a steroid), based on the fact that most patients have low cortisol le...

• Responses to various comments about ME and FMS

  Posted on Wednesday January 23rd, 2008 at 15:11 in causes, allergies, pain, fibromyalgia, fatigue, treatments, chronic fatigue syndrome, cfids, fms, health foods, myalgic encephalopathy, me cfs

  Some of the comments are pretty old by now, but there are certain themes that come back, over and over again. I’ve decided to answer them once, and that’s it. ME and FMS are not “lifestyle” diseases. Researchers have found gen...