Fibromyalgia Myths and Truths by Lena Sanchez

Fibromyalgia Myths and Truths.

© By Lena Sanchez

When, after 15 years of excruciating pain and hospitalizations

without an answer to the pain suffered daily, I was finally

diagnosed with Fibromyositis, now known by it's common

name Fibromyalgia (FMS), I was given a lot of prescriptions

and told that I would more than likely end up in a wheel

chair.

That is a very true if I had continued to take those

prescriptions and listen to those doctors who haven't a

clue as to what is going on in FMS patients, yes being

wheel chair bound, a side effect of the prescriptions

they are prescribing for FMS, would have been my fate.

It took years of trial and error and a lot of years on

prescriptions before I was able to break away from the

traditional wheel-chair bounding medications.

Most usual prescriptions given are NSAIDS (ibuprofen,

Motrin, etc.) or prednisone containing medication and the

truth of it is, those medications will eat away at your bones

and tendons and put you in a wheel chair along with eating

the lining of your stomach creating IBS, horrific bowel

problems. IBS is listed as a symptom of FMS, when in

actuality it is most usually a side effect of the treatment.

The next prescription given will be something to help you

relax and sleep, as FMS people have a hard time

staying asleep and end up with severe pain because of the

sleep deprivation. When I kicked the prescription habit I

was taking 150 mg of Amitriptline at bedtime. That was

a nightmare in itself. Sure, I got the sleep but it took

most of the day for me to be alert enough to feel good

and the pains would still be there.

Morning meant -getting slowly out of bed then into the

hottest shower I could stand enabling me to be awake

enough to get to work, but most of all to help weaken

the pain enough for me to contend with it all day. That

was not a fun time.

Some days it would be so bad I could not get out of bed

without screaming in pain. Some days I couldn't get out

of bed pain because the pain was more than I could stand.

Every movement created tears.

Those years sent me researching for something to stop the

pain but keep me out of a wheel chair!

FMS MYTHS that I found are:

Prescriptions are the only answer for FMS pain. Traditional

medical world is the only ones who can help you with FMS.

You will end up in a wheel chair. You are a mental case. You

will most likely develop Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). FMS

will get worse with age. Doctor says that's all that can be

done for your pain!

All those are myths but may come to be reality if you follow

the traditional prescription route of treatments and spouted

by doctors in our world of pain but really have no clue

what to do for us… Frustrating for the doctor who recognizes

that he/she is limited in their knowledge and frustrating for

those of us who have to live with it.

TRUTHS I found are;

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BIO:

***Lena Sanchez a happy retired Medical Office
Nurse/Administrator/Consultant who took charge of
her life 8 years ago and is committed to helping
others do the same in all areas of life… Editor of
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