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There is no standard diet for fibromyalgia.
Some people found it by trial and error
http://www.ctds.info/fibro-food.html
I would encourage you to focus on three things:
1-Get Good Sleep. Avoid Benzodiazepines like Ativan and Valium. These meds don't give you refreshable sleep.
2- Get Exercise and physical therapy; with a chiropractor or physical therapy
3- Get treated for depression in order to increase your threshold for pain
4-Avoid pain meds as much as you can but take them if you need to go to sleep.
5-Use muscle relaxant like Flexeril
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do you know of any exersizes or nutritional foods that are good for fibromyalgia patients. I also have deppression, anxiety,bursitis,protruding disks in my neck and back,insomnia,chronic fatigue,and muscle spasms. I am trying to find other alternatives other than prescriptions that would be better for my body. I am afraid of what all my meds are dueing to my body.I woud like to be able to be more mobile and to not loose any more muscle tone and to be less stiff.
I am 58 years old...and have been having tremors for the past 15 years. I have had many MRI's and CT Scans, seen a nerologist and no-one can find an answer. It only happens when I first stand up after sitting.
When they first started, I passed out for a few seconds.
Have not done that lately. I would stand up and my body would feel like it was going numb from the feet up. I would get a terrible whoosing sound in my ears (any exterior noises would go in/out ).
Lately my arms are going numb.
If I were to sit down immediately, the numbness and shaking stops.....
It seems when I need to empty my bladder, I usually cannot make it in time, and the tremors are really bad.
Trying to hold on to the door of the bathroom, my hands and arms just cannot grab anything....this summer, it caused me to fall in the bathroom, and my bladder completly emptied....(which I cannot tell is happening)
I feel....it has something to do with my back...perhaps something being compressed...causing these symtoms, according to my doctor...they think not.
They do not think my symptoms are Muscular Dyst. related!!!
If you have anything at all...that could lead me to a cure...or answer of what is happening, I would greatly appreciate it. Or if I am not making my diagnois clear for you. Thank you...and awaiting your reply
I heard that your specie number is decreasing. Look at this article from Yahoo!
Tue Feb 12, 6:16 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Fewer American doctors are focusing on primary care, but the decline is being covered by physicians from other countries. The General Accountability Office said Tuesday that as of 2006 there were 22,146 American doctors in residency programs in the United States specializing in primary care.
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That was down from 23,801 in 1995, the research arm of Congress told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
"It is troubling to me that the number of Americans pursuing a career in primary care has declined," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
Overall growth in the number of primary-care physicians "has been totally due to the number of international medical students training in America," Sanders said. "We are increasingly dependent on international medical school graduates to meet our needs. Currently, one in four new physicians in the U.S. is an international medical graduate."
In its report on primary-care providers, GAO said the number of international medical graduates training in primary care had grown from 13,025 in 1995 to 15,565 in 2006.
For specialists, the number of Americans in training went from 45,300 in 1995 to 47,575 in 2006 and over the same period international specialists grew from 11,957 to 12,611, GAO said.
"There are simply not enough primary-care providers now and the situation will become far worse in the future unless we do something," Sanders said. He urged doubling funds for the National Health Service Corps to $250 million next year.
The service corps offers scholarships to students dedicated to practicing primary care in communities of greatest need. In return for scholarship support, they must agree to practice in communities where need is the greatest.
"Part of the solution lies in making medical, dental and nursing education affordable for all Americans," Sanders said.