Posted by barbaracat on February 21, 2005, at 16:51:46
In reply to Re: Anyone else with fibromialgia? » Guy, posted by Impermanence on January 22, 2005, at 20:10:44
Hi Impermanence,
Firstly, yes, I also have fibromyalgia. Dx'd with it in 2000 but had symptoms for long long time. Can't tell if it's the result or cause of my mood disorder of bipolar. Awful, nasty condition. But mine has improved 80% with attention to how my malfunctioning hypothalamus (one theory of fibro) has affected my entire hormonal system and addressing that with conventional and naturopathic treatment.But back to you, Imper. I don't want to hijack this thread and we can go to a separate one, but I'm very intetested in your ideas about 'bloody antipsychotics'. I'm inclined to agree with you. I've been having APs foisted on me by pdocs for the past few years and every time I've given in have had miserable results.
I do just fine on lithium except for the damage to my thyroid, and would like to find SOMETHING but it seems the new trend to is use APs as stand alone mood-stabilizing therapy. Nuts!! It makes no sense at all! They're NOT mood stabilizers!
APs work primarily on downregulating dopamine in an attempt to muffle the excitatory response, and but do nothing to effect the ionic electrical potential where TRUE anti-convulsive mood stabilizing occurs. There's even a new med that combines prozac and olanzapine (I think that's the drug combo. My new therapist was trying to push it on me). What is going on with this profession???? I've grown so paranaoid at anything put out by drug companies and I wish for our sakes they'd get their greedy little acts together.
> Stop taking Zyprexa now, I don't understand why you where put on this for anxiety, stupid pdocs seem all too keen on this poison lately. You need something to lift your mood and help you get moving again not drain the soul out of you. Antidepressants should help and are a usual course of treatment, also Tramadol (Ultram) is a powerful analgesic that binds to µ-opioid receptors and inhibits reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin giving it Antidepressant qualities as well, it's known to be successful in the treatment of fibromyalgia.
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> Heres a good link with lots of reading:
> http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/fibromyalgia.html
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> Stay positive Guy and get off that bloody antipsychotic, it's not helping you. And get a new GP and PDOC while you're at it.
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> Good luck.
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