”Fibromyalgia," is a label used to name a syndrome that appears as widespread painful symptoms in the muscular system of the body, bouts of brain fog, fatigue, and other symptoms, even though the "cause" is not known. The term "fibromyalgia" does not define a disease process—it just names symptoms, and is used instead of saying "widespread, chronic, moderate to severe pain over a wide variety of bodily regions, with bouts of brain fog and fatigue." After all, using a "diagnosis" term like "fibromyalgia" gives the impression that the doctor really knows how to help you.For fibromyalgia there is a different solution that can be pursued, even in tandem with temporarily killing pain (which might be necessary for now). Find a licensed, holistic chiropractor who will be well versed in complementary and alternative medicine, to uncover and address the underlying causes of your conditon. Can a pain-killing approach and this alternative approach be used at the same time? Yes.
Contributing Factors to Fibromyalgia: My experience shows that the person who suffers from fibromyalgia likely has some underlying gastro-intestinal (GI) system problem as evidenced by taking proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) including Prevacid, Prilosec, Protonix, or Nexium for heartburn, and may even be facing some kind of surgery in the future—like gall bladder removal. As a matter of fact, there are so many other possibilities for contributing factors, or "causes" of this pain syndrome, including functional impairments at one or several levels of the spine, that it becomes an impossible task to try to solve this puzzle all on your own, or only with the help of a medical doctor who prescribes drugs to manage your pain. You will save years of pain, anguish and suffering if you allow yourself to seek the help of the right alternative fibromyalgia specialist, and go to the alternative sooner, rather than later.
