Re: Do I have FMS/How to get diagnosed?
- From: Michael B <baughfam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:47:11 -0700 (PDT)
Well, we have seen that your doctor may well be wrong about
you needing less sleep as you get older.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/health/28real.html
Your doctor may well be wrong about your neuropsychiatric
dysfunction, and there may well be physical issues to be dealt
with, especially an evaluation of your vitamin D status.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1495109
Along with other issues, your thyroid and adrenal status may
be needing closer attention.
http://thyroid.about.com/cs/fibromyalgiacfs/a/fibrothyroid.htm
http://www.freebohemia.com/th_adrenal.html
And note that thyroid supplementation should NEVER be done
in the presence of unresolved adrenal dysfunction. Unfortunately,
morning cortisols of 6 are the low end of "normal", it should be
twice that, in the opinion of many professionals.
Regarding your sleep apnea, it might be resolved with a return
to good Vitamin D status. Others have found that to be the case.
http://www.cfs-recovery.org/introduc.htm
And unresolved sleep issues can cause fibromyalgia symptoms.
http://www.cfs-news.org/fm-pt.htm
The two close family members that are already diagnosed
with FMS may well have similarly deficient evaluation/treatment
history.
Frankly, I doubt that you have fibromyalgia. It is evaluated by
pressing with ten pounds of finger pressure, just enough to make
the tissue slightly blanch. Chat with people that have been checked
for fibromyalgia, they don't describe the pressing on those tender
points as "not bad" like you did.
Hey, you came here and asked valid questions, I hope we've given
you valid answers. Never did ask you to take your temperature
before getting up, if it's lower than "normal" it may suggest that you
are hypothyroid. But it can be confounded, especially by using an
electric blanket, having an inaccurate thermometer, or simply being
unwilling to take the measurement. Some doctors deal with the
symptoms of hypothyroid, and in the process tend to feel that a
TSH of 3.0, or even 2.0 should be the high side of "normal", instead
of 4.5.
http://www.mercola.com/article/hypothyroid/diagnosis.htm
Didn't ask you if you were a vegetarian, if you are or if you have an
especial fondness for soy, your thyroid function may be inhibited.
http://www.keephopealive.org/j2004v2n3.html
Or several other factors, as mentioned in the "Journal of Immunity"
article.
I suggest you do some serious speculation about what you need
to do and learn before you go back to your doctor. You've asked
how to be diagnosed. And the anwers I've given are not all-inclusive,
they were to just get you started.
On Mar 6, 2:39 pm, Newb <n...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi there,
I have read a bit on the "Newbies Welcome Package" and it appears that
I may have fibromylagia. I looked at the illustrations where you
need to have 11/18 digital points. I have 16 right now, but they're
not "too bad" but enough to bother me throughout the day and disturb
my sleep.
I also have other issues like anxiety, sleep apnea (that does not help
my symptoms or improve my sleep, especially deep sleep), poor
concentration, and I am easily tired/fatigued.
Doctors all think that I suffer from General Anxiety, I don't think
so. Two of my close family members also suffer from FMS.
I have recently changed family physicians. How does one actually get
diagnosed for FMS and what can/should I expect when visiting a doctor
to get diagnosed/assessed for FMS?
Thanks in advance
S
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