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Posted 11/8/2010 11:03 AM (GMT 0)
Seeing a Multiconvergence therapist at the moment. As she understands it, everyone who suffers from Fibromyalgia has had a trauma in their life. This trauma then effects Fibromyalgia, IBS and so on. The cure apparently, is to deal with the trauma correctly and that would then cure your Fy and IBS.
Dou you agree?
Posted 11/8/2010 12:45 PM (GMT 0)

One of the most widely asked questions on this forum is 'how did your fibro start'.  Some have an idea but the answers are so disperse that it's hard to see a connection.  Some say there symptoms happened after a bad bout of the flu...how would addressing that in therapy cure the disease?  Others say they were in some kind of accident...others think it could be surgery and the assault on the body...others just woke up one day after having a wonderful productive life and were over come with pain, out of nowhere.  And many can remember their symptoms starting after emotional trauma...a death, divorce etc.  I think it is a given that any kind of stress, physical or mental will bring on a flare and keeping that at bay or learning how to cope and deal with it better would in turn crank down the volume on the severity of the pain.  I don't think there is a cure at the moment, but understanding the stressors and keeping those at a minimum would certainly help.

Donna

Posted 11/8/2010 2:56 PM (GMT 0)
I am really starting to agree on that. I trace things back to my childhood when my mom died when I was 4. Thats when my insomnia started. My dad didnt believe in doctors so I went undiagnosed with alot of problems. In my 20s I had the horrible pain of endometriosis then 30s I slipped a disk in my back and got spondylitis. I believe my fibro started as a child but was dormant and only showed its at times.
Posted 11/8/2010 3:09 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with Donna, I think stressors can cause fibromyalgia to flare up. I do think that some traumas can cause the onset. But I don't agree that dealing with the trauma will make the fibromyalgia go away. I think as posted above, keep stress levels down will keep it at bay. I don't think that there is a cure for it honestly, but maybe someday they will find one. That would be wonderful if they did.

Keeping stress levels down, getting regular sleep and exercise helps. Watch your diet. That makes a big difference, and drink a lot of water to keep the muscles hydrated.

I hope that you find what works for you. And if dealing with the trauma works, that is even better. Best wishes to you.

Hugs, Karen
Posted 11/8/2010 3:24 PM (GMT 0)
I agree that stress in any form emotional, mental, or physical can cause flares.
I believe we can help alleviate some symptoms by getting rid of stress. I'm not so
sure about being cured by handling a past trama correctly. Wondering if this
therapist believes this theory pertains to all illnesses...if that's the case, I must of
been really tramatized...lol.

Hugs, Robin
Posted 11/8/2010 7:45 PM (GMT 0)
I was never traumatized but still got fibro.  I had an idyllic childhood but developed Crohn's disease when I was a toddler.  That wasn't trauma either.  We all try to figure this out but I don't think we can come to the same conclusions...just like we can't all take the same medications and be helped for fibro.  It is a weird illness, for sure!

 

Sherrine

Posted 11/9/2010 4:59 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with everyone else. I believe my fibro started after giving birth to my second child. Yes there is trauma to the body during child birth, but my problem never became severe to the point of flares until recently. I was placed under a severe amount of stress when my husband lost his job and I had to move back in with my parents. Within 3 days of the stress of being back home, I was at the doctor with what they thought was a kidney stone. Found out that it was actually fibro when they couldn't find a stone. I think that fibro is there and lies dormant until the stress of life becomes too much. I think I even had it before my second child, but it was dormant. I don't believe there is a cure, only a way to limit the effects of the disease by limiting the stress. I don't think any amount of dealing with your demons with a therapist will cure fibro, but if it helps to deal with the stress there could be positive result from it and less pain.

Ivey
Posted 11/10/2010 3:28 AM (GMT 0)
I think Fibro is the most traumatizing thing we all have to deal with!!!!!

I am only recently diagnosed with fibro, but my history of symptoms dates back 20 years -- I just didn't know what it was all these years. My first major flare-up (that I can recall) came after my C-Section. Ten years prior to that I was in a severe car/train crash. Five years before that I had a severe infection.

Did the surgery trigger the fibro? Was it the traumatic accident? Was it the infection I had in high school? I really don't know, and to be honest, at this point it doesn't matter. All I want is to learn ways to treat the symptoms and pray that more research gets done to give us HOPE! Some days, battling fibro makes a person feel like they are on death row -- we suffer a horrible sentence, but occasionally we are awarded a "stay of execution". We have our good days, we have our bad... but we never get a permanent "pardon".
Posted 11/11/2010 1:45 AM (GMT 0)
crushfibro lol i agree firbo is the most tramatic thing i have to deal with ..

I dont know what triggered mine , i dont have childhood issues realy just normal ones lol
Posted 11/11/2010 2:47 AM (GMT 0)
Geesh.. being on death row and getting an occasional "stay of execution" - that describes how I feel COMPLETELY!!! Three days ago I felt like I was knocking on deaths door. Today I felt like I could conquer the world. Guess the Governor called this day in for me??
Posted 11/12/2010 7:40 PM (GMT 0)
This is interesting... my doctor said the same thing, but not that it would "cure" it, just lessen the pain. He was adamant about me trying to figure out what caused it. That is a little overwhelming though when it could be a number of things! I don't think I ever had any kind of severe trauma though. I did have anorexia for a couple of years but it was never too severe.... then from 2007-2008 I had three miscarriages in a row, with three D and C's to take care of it (so under general anesthesia), so it COULD have been that, but don't know if that qualifies as trauma. IT certainly was stressful though. And then last summer I hurt my back and ended up with a bulging disc, so could have been that. Who knows, really. But I was never abused, and grew up in a healthy family etc. I wonder what would be qualified as "trauma". AT this point, I don't care how it started, i just want to know how to lessen the pain!
Posted 11/12/2010 7:43 PM (GMT 0)
Oh, also what does everyone think about sleep deprivation possibly being a trigger? For the past five years (since my youngest was born) I average 6 or 7 hours of sleep-- go to bed between midnight and twelve thirty and wake up at 6:30 or 7. I know that is not too bad, considering some people get hardly any sleep, but I know your best sleep is supposed to be before midnight. i am finally starting to go to bed closer to 11 at least! But I still wake up unrefeshed, which I know is a problem with Fibro
Posted 11/13/2010 12:50 AM (GMT 0)
I'm with the majority here, let's just get rid of it already! I too had a wonderful childhood and nothing worse than a million other people ever happened to me to explain this crazy condition.

Debbie
Posted 11/13/2010 2:14 AM (GMT 0)
Trauma - I was married to an abusive man for nearly 20 years - in that time I had thyrotoxicosis and a thyroidectomy.  I recovered and got very fit and went back to college and studied Law and Japanese.  I finally left my husband and I took nearly ten years to get over the abuse and the marriage.  Then I had a minor car accident causing a C5/C6 lesion.  Then I got a bad bout of the flu and when I got out of bed I needed a walking stick for nealry two years.  I took Lyrica and it went into remission.  I turned 50 and I was honestly happier then I'd ever been, then I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer and the fibro has returned!

Trauma and and perhaps a genetic predisposition - yeah, I think I know where my fibro came from.

I want to ask someone, anyone, maybe our esteemed moderator - I've just been diaganosed by my Oncologist with hepatic hemangioma.  Is that what's called leaky gut syndrome and is there a connection with fibro?

Love to you all from downunder (you brave things you)

Oxygene wink

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